Ken Stanford

About a fifth of Georgia's state lawmakers have failed to pay their taxes on time, according to a review by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Gainesville buisnessman Frank Norton, Jr., has released a 66-page financial-related "white paper" on the Hall County Sheriff's Office, a followup to a request for information which he filed in June.

The death toll rose to nine Saturday in an air race crash in Reno as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as the 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before slamming like a missile into a crowded tarmac.

President Barack Obama is expected to seek a new base tax rate for the wealthy to ensure that millionaires pay at least at the same percentage as middle income taxpayers.

In understanding cancer, most people hear the medical side and the statistical side. But perhaps more than any other form of survivorship, there is a great need to grasp the human side

The United Auto Workers union won $5,000 signing bonuses and the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks as part of a new four-year contract with General Motors Co., two people briefed on the talks said Saturday.

Aaron Murray passed for three touchdowns and also ran for a score - all in the first half - and Georgia received a needed boost by overwhelming Coastal Carolina 59-0 on Saturday.

Orwin Smith had more than 100 yards rushing and receiving, and Georgia Tech piled up a school-record 768 yards in a 66-24 rout of Kansas on Saturday.

Hundreds of people turned out Saturday - including some in strollers and wheel chairs - for the annual Hall County Heart Walk.

The Drug Free Coalition of Hall County plans a community presentation later this month on the dangers of prescription drug abuse, while kicking off a 12-month program addressing the growing epidemic of prescription drug abuse in Hall County and the state.