Ken Stanford

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week jumped to the highest level in three months, a sign that layoffs could be increasing.

Georgia high school students fared worse on the SAT college-entrance exam for the fifth year in a row, according to a report released Wednesday.

Banks have stepped up their actions against homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments, setting the stage for a fresh wave of foreclosures.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday Georgia

American officials Wednesday blamed the bold attack on the U.S. Embassy on a Pakistan-based group allied with the Taliban, acknowledging that the assault brought a propaganda victory for the insurgents even as they played down its military significance.

A training session will be held in Gainesville Monday for local government officials from the area on Georgia

A Barrow County school bus driver is on administrative leave after a kindergartner's backpack became caught in the door of the bus.

The head of the university system of Georgia said Wednesday he is ordering a study of whether any of the state's 35 campuses should be consolidated to save money.

Governor Nathan Deal and Mrs. Sandra Deal will help to celebrate the 1,000th football game to be played by Gainesville High School on Friday at Bobby Gruhn Field-City Park Stadium.

Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell returned Tuedsay from a trip to Israel as part of a national delegation of elected officials, civic leaders and political activists exploring critical foreign policy and national security issues in the Middle East.