Ken Stanford

Several attempts to salvage part of the 172-acre Lanier Golf Club in Cumming for a golf club or green space have failed, and now the Forsyth County Commission has voted to rezone the whole tract.

Delta Air Lines said 2,000 workers took voluntary buyouts and it will scale back flying more than planned later this year as it cuts costs to make up for higher fuel prices.

Hall County Sheriff Steve Cronic has been reappointed to the state Board of Public Safety.

Six days away from a potentially calamitous government default, House Republicans on Wednesday appeared to be slowly coalescing around a plan by House Speaker John Boehner to avert the debt crisis - a plan Boehner was still retooling to increase its complement of spending cuts.

A top job in Forsyth County - planning director - has gone to Tom Brown, the man who has served as interim director for almost a year.

Stocks fell Wednesday as lawmakers remained at odds over how to avoid a debt default. A weak report on orders for manufactured goods also weighed on stocks.

A Lumpkin County woman is in critical condition after a swimming pool accident Tuesday.

The Gainesville City Council Aug. 2 is expected to set the qualifying dates for this year's city council and school board elections.

Home prices rose for the second straight month in most major U.S. cities - including Atlanta where they were up one percent - and are stabilizing after years of declines.

After conducting on online survey over the past few months, Elachee Nature Science Center in Gainesville is moving ahead with its latest venture: a nature-based pre-school.