Ken Stanford

Three of Georgia

With Hinesville and Gainesville leading the way, Georgia recorded a net loss of 20,600 jobs between June 2010 and last month.

More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, evidence that layoffs are rising and the job market is weak.

Because they are women, Melinda and Suzanne Sheldon cannot legally marry under the laws of their native Georgia. But their neighbors in a relatively rural part of the state were more accepting of their union, throwing the pair a party when they came home from their wedding in Vermont.

Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA's 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and tears.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in June, up one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 9.8 percent in May.

Two suspects are at large after a robbery on the southside of Gainesville Wednesday night.

First Century Bank (FCB) has been recognized by the ABA Banking Journal as one of

A Brenau University graduate has been promoted to vice president and director of corporate communications for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.

Running out of time, President Barack Obama softened his stand and signaled Wednesday he would back a short-term deal to prevent a disastrous financial default on Aug. 2, but only if a larger and still elusive deficit-cutting agreement was essentially in place.