Ken Stanford

Federal investigators say they will be looking for potential violations of labor laws at restaurants in northeast Georgia during the next month.

Georgia gasoline prices fell another 5-cents-a-gallon, on average, last wee, according to AAA South.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for one of Habersham County's longest-serving school administrators.

I've had the idea for this column bouncing around in my head for maybe two years. Just never acted on it. But then after he retired a few weeks ago, I decided it was time to write it. And, then after he died over the weekend, I knew the time had come.

A Georgia water protection group has named its "Dirty Dozen" for 2011, exposing what it says are the worst offenses to Georgia's water.

Singer Andy Williams told the crowd at his Christmas show Saturday night that he has bladder cancer.

More than 100 Georgia cities and counties will vote Tuesday on whether to legalize the Sunday sale of alcohol in stores. Many of those communities and others already allow the sale of liquor-by-the-drink on Sunday but not until this year have voters had a chance to decide the question of Sunday retail sales.

The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits.

The Hall County Sheriff Citizen

A retired Gainesville banker and civic leader has died at the age of 81.