Ken Stanford

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he will not seek the White House in 2012 and says "now is not my time."

The Hart County Sheriff

An intersection on a poplar short-cut between Shallowford Road and Browns Bridge Road on the west side of Gainesville will be closed most of the day Wednesday.

Presiding Justice George Carley will leave the Georgia Supreme Court in July 2012, handing Gov. Nathan Deal a chance to name a replacement to the state's highest court.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.6 percent early Tuesday, bringing it into what many consider to be a bear market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell near a record low as investors piled into lower-risk assets.

A movement is now underway to save the visitors center at the Mayfield Dairy in Braselton, which draws 130,000 visitors a year.

Main Street Gainesville kicks off the October Blue Sky Concert series Wednesday with the country sounds of The Steve Bryson Band.

Georgia Trend magazine's 2011 "40 under 40" honorees include one northeast Georgian.

Northbound motorists on I-985 in the Oakwood and Gainesville areas are likely to run into delays during midday Tuesday and Wednesday.

A Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down an international jetliner with a bomb in his underwear walked into the start of his federal trial Tuesday and declared that a radical Islamic cleric killed by the U.S. military is alive.