Ken Stanford

The newly-formed Habersham County Sheriff

Top House Republicans rebelled Sunday against a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months, reigniting a politically fueled holiday-season clash that had seemed all but doused.

Newt Gingrich leads the Republican presidential field in his former home state of Georgia, according to a new poll released Sunday.

Hundreds of advocates for immigrants who gathered outside Alabama's state Capitol are calling for the repeal of a controversial law that they say harkens back to the state's segregationist past.

An Alto man faces charges in Hall County, Banks County and Alto after an incident in Alto Thursday night.

A fleeing suspect

Among the 402 graduates who received degrees from Piedmont College recently were 15 students wearing decidedly different commencement gowns. They were the 15 students to earn the college s first Doctor of Education degrees.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today that it will award $1.8 million to assist in the funding of three affordable housing developments in Georgia, including Forsyth County.

Another medical building is on the drawing board for the growing medical community in the Oakwood area.

White County Middle School 7th- and 8th-graders will have a Christmas present awaiting them when they return from their Christmas break: the new middle school building will be ready for them.