Ken Stanford

With enrollment at record levels, Piedmont College in Demorest has begun construction of new residence hall for students.

Georgia gasoline prices increased slightly last week. Meanwhile, continued efforts by the European Union, U.S., U.K., and Canada to curb Iran's nuclear program continue to create tension between the countries and pushed oil prices to $100 a barrel in the past two weeks.

Sunday alcohol sales continue to spread in communities across Georgia since lawmakers legalized them this year.

Georgia regulators failed to collect fines from nearly one in five child care providers whom they punished for breaking state rules, according to an analysis Sunday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Two Georgia Tech students were targeted by criminals within a few hours of each other.

Immigration was a dominant topic during the last legislative session in Georgia and while it's likely to surface again when lawmakers return to the Capitol next month, it probably won't take as large a share of the spotlight.

Molly Gay, representing the Gainesville Jaycees, was crowned the 2011 Belle of the Ball Saturday night at the Gainesville-Hall County Junior League

Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney in campaign debate Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, "The only reason you didn't become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994."

Georgia's inspector general has said Gov. Nathan Deal played no role in the departure of two top officials at the state ethics commission. But in an interview included in the state watchdog's report, one of the former ethics officials said federal prosecutors were investigating Deal's tax records and loans.

Nearly 600 students at Gainesville State College were eligible to participate in Summer and Fall graduation Saturday.