Ken Stanford

The Hall County Sheriff's Office is dealing with the loss of two members of its command staff.

Police in riot gear cleared anti-Wall Street protesters from in front of Oakland's City Hall on Tuesday morning, leaving a sea of overturned tents, protest signs and trash strewn across the plaza.

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Tuesday released its 2012 list of ten Places in Peril in the state and it includes the pavilion at American Legion Post #7 in Gainesville.

Home prices rose in August in half of major cities measured by a private survey, a sign that prices are stabilizing in some hard-hit portions of the country. But another report says consumer confidence is at its lowest level since the recession.

Fire damaged or destroyed three mobile homes on Highland Terrace early Tuesday, according to Hall County Fire Chief David Kimbrell.

A suspect now faces murder and other charges in connection with last week's deadly home invasion in Lavonia.

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday that Hailo USA, a division of the Haiger, Germany-based Hailo GmbH & Co.KG, will open its headquarters and a wind turbine component manufacturing facility in Elberton. Hailo USA produces climbing and service lift systems, platforms, railings, shieldings, doors and other mechanical components for wind turbine towers.

Emory Healthcare officials have notified thousands of patients about a potential breach of patient information.

Twenty-five Georgians are vying for four state legislative seats left vacant as Gov. Nathan Deal has handpicked House and Senate lawmakers for state jobs.

On the same afternoon thousands of Hispanics in Alabama took the day off to protest the state's strict new immigration law, Mexican-born Francisco Mejia was ringing up diners' bills and handing containers piled with carnitas to drive-thru customers on the east side of Dayton.