Ken Stanford

South Carolina scored twice off turnovers, including defensive end Melvin Ingram's second touchdown with 3:12 remaining, and the No. 12 Gamecocks beat mistake-prone Georgia 45-42 Saturday for the early lead in the Southeastern Conference East.

When the Gainesville Planning & Appeals Board meets Tuesday, it will have a staff recommendation for approval of a variance that would clear the way for a drive-thru restaurant at the busy Browns Bridge/McEver road intersection.

His sleeves rolled up and his finger stabbing the air, President Barack Obama pitched his newly unveiled jobs plan with campaign-style fervor Friday, urging Americans to pressure their lawmakers to pass his $447 billion initiative. "We're tougher than these times," he declared. "We are bigger than the smallness of our politics."

Gov. Nathan Deal held a moment of silence for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which took place 10 years ago this Sunday.

Utility crews brought electricity back to much of California, Arizona and Mexico on Friday, a day after a power outage left millions in the dark, paralyzed freeways and halted flights at San Diego's airport.

9th District Congressman Tom Graves says President Obama missed a chance with his jobs speech Thursday night to join Republican efforts "to get Americans back to work."

As far as Aaron Rodgers is concerned, that should just about silence any further questions about why the Green Bay Packers didn't work out as a team during the lockout.

One hundred nonprofit organizations from 44 states and D.C. - including one in White County - have received grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The funeral for well-known, retired Hall County educator Gwen Mundy, who died Thursday night, will be held Sunday.

Gov. Nathan Deal has dismissed Georgia's longtime state climatologist, but there was confusion about what transpired and the climatologist says he was never told of the development.