Ken Stanford

Republicans hope to recruit 100 Hispanic candidates for legislative seats across the nation in 2012, looking to rebuild its bench of GOP officeholders.

The woman life-flighted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta Sunday afternoon after her car wrecked in Gainesville has been identified as Karen Mosely, 45, of Buford.

Northeast Georgia Heart Center (NGHC) in collaboration with Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) announces completion of the first robotic-assisted coronary angioplasty in the state as part of the CorPath PRECISE trial.

A review of state records by The Associated Press shows that members of Georgia's ethics commission have made political contributions while serving on the panel, and that one commissioner also works as a registered lobbyist.

Residents of the Atlanta Union Mission's Potter's House shelter in Arcade have attempted a large-scale gardening project that's turned out to be a big success.

The crew of the last space shuttle has floated out of the International Space Station, forever.

A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to raise the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other dementia later in life, researchers found.

U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, whose signature counterinsurgency strategy has yet to deliver a safer Afghanistan and push the Taliban to reconcile with the country's Western-allied government, handed over command of international forces here on Monday.

Morning rush-hour traffic on Athens Highway south of Gainesville had to be re-routed for a time and there were delays into late morning Monday because of a tractor-trailer fire.

Fire destroyed a North Hall mobile home early Monday.