Ken Stanford

Jessica Colotl, a former Kennesaw State University student who was nearly deported after being jailed for a driving offense, may not avoid a criminal conviction after all.

A federal judge has refused to block key parts of Alabama's new law on illegal immigration, including its requirement to check the immigration status of students.

The 26 states that have sued to overturn President Barack Obama's health care overhaul have filed a Supreme Court appeal pressing for a speedy ruling to the "grave constitutional questions" surrounding the law.

Georgia is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entire health care overhaul.

The Obama administration cut corners when it produced a key scientific document underpinning its decision to regulate climate-changing pollution, an internal government watchdog said Wednesday.

Authorities have made two arrests in a weekend jewelry store burglary in Cumming, described as one of the largest ever in metro Atlanta.

Hamilton State Bank has opened its new operations center in Oakwood, bringing 40 jobs to the community.

A rape charge has now been filed in Oakwood against a man police say kidnapped a woman friend from a Gainesville park Sunday.

Two Gainesville residents are among about 16,000 nationwide named semifinalists in this year's National Merit Scholarship competition.

Georgia could cut jobless benefits for people who are out of work in order to repay the federal government for $721 million the state borrowed to help the unemployed.