Ken Stanford

A new Interstate 85 toll that lets drivers in DeKalb and Gwinnett pay to avoid congestion could spread to several other highways in the metro area under plans by the state.

Drug abusers are exploiting Medicare prescription's benefit to score large quantities of painkillers, and taxpayers have to foot most of the bill, congressional investigators say in a report.

A mobile home fire in Barrow County Monday morning displaced six people, two adults and four children.

Some Georgia Tech students are on edge as police search for two suspects after a pair of attacks on female students.

A sponsor of Alabama's tough new immigration law told desperate tomato farmers Monday that he won't change the law, even though they told him that their crops are rotting in the field and they are at risk of losing their farms.

The Gainesville Board of Education Monday night agreed to seek input from School Governance Councils and parents while considering revisions to the long-range (2014-2018) facilities needs for the school system.

Protests against Wall Street spread across the country Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, in a show of anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed.

Texas prosecutors agreed Monday to release an Austin man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for beating his wife to death - but always maintained his innocence - after DNA tests showed another man was responsible.

ESPN is pulling Hank Williams Jr.'s classic intro song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the country singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama.

During a recent ceremony at Hall County Fire Department headquarters, the Georgia Arson Control Board presented an anonymous Hall County resident with a $6,000 check for information provided to the Hall County Fire Marshal