Ken Stanford

The Lula City Council is considering leasing Rafe Banks Park from Hall County.

With pressuring continuing to build but no breakthroughs in sight, budget bargaining between President Barack Obama and top lawmakers resumes Monday at the White House, with both sides hoping to slash the deficit as the price for permitting the government to borrow more than $2 trillion to pay its bills.

A South Carolina television station says a Forsyth County man has been killed in a wreck on I-85 in Anderson County.

Hall County Fire Chief David Kimbrell says some juveniles who were taken into custody after a fire was discovered in the middle of a South Hall road early Sunday are being questioned about other fires in that area.

Georgia DOT announces a public information open house and detour meeting to discuss the proposed detours of local roads that intersect State Route 17 in Franklin and Stephens counties. Two projects will widen SR 17 to a four-lane, divided highway from the Franklin-Stephens County Line to Memorial Drive in Toccoa.

A drifter already sentenced to death for killing a hiker in Florida and serving a life sentence for killing a Buford woman in Dawson County is expected to appear in a North Carolina courtroom later this month.

More retail growth is planned along Winder Highway which has seen a spurt in such activity since a stretch of the road was four-laned several years ago.

House Republican budget negotiators have abandoned plans to pursue a massive $4 trillion, 10-year deficit reduction package in the face of stiff GOP opposition to any plan that would increase taxes as part of the deal.

For nearly two months, the murder trial of Casey Anthony was a living entity. It breathed daily across national television airwaves, then was reinforced nightly on cable TV programs that dissected every word uttered in the courtroom and fueled speculation on her fate.

Al-Qaida's defeat is "within reach," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief. He said eliminating as few as 10 of the group's top figures could cripple its ability to strike the West.