Ken Stanford

Georgia was the first state in the nation to allow Bible classes in public schools, but the number of districts offering the classes have dwindled to just a handful as budgets remain tight.

A 35-year-old Gainesville man has been arrested for allegedly trying to exchange $50 worth of drugs for sex during an encounter with an undercover agent posing as a prostitute.

Authorities say five people have been killed in a head-on collision near the south Georgia town of Glennville and a sixth person is hospitalized.

*Hall County school officials want to know what the school system can do to better prepare students to enter the job market.

Winter looks to be cold and wet across the northern tier of states, and the drought will worsen in the South, where conditions are expected to be warmer and drier than usual, government forecasters said Thursday.

Tinker the Teenage T-Rex made its debut at the DaVinci Academy (DVA) at South Hall Middle School Thursday, with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on hand for the unveiling.

Flowery Branch High School students Thursday got a lesson in safe driving from the Duluth Police Department.

Authorities say two people trying to stay warm inside their Kennesaw home have died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.

Jacobs Media (WDUN, WDUN-FM, 1240 ESPN Radio, and AccessNorthGa.com) has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 GSBA Electronic Media Beacon Award and will be honored at the GSBA/GSSA Annual Winter Conference in December.

Sixty-four sailors from the San Diego-based U.S. Third Fleet will be kicked out of the Navy for drug use, mostly involving a synthetic drug that mimics marijuana, military officials said Thursday.