Ken Stanford

A fiery wreck involving a tractor-trailer and a pick-up has closed all lanes of Georgia Highway 9 just north of McFarland Road in Forsyth County about 4:00 this morning. It was almost six hours before the road reopened.

Retailers are reporting robust sales as deep discounts on summer merchandise pulled in shoppers in June.

Student results on the 2011 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) are up in almost every grade and content area, according to the state Department of Education.

The planned execution Thursday of a Mexican national has prompted a flurry of appeals on his behalf, including a rare plea from the White House, because of what it could mean for other foreigners arrested in the U.S. and for Americans detained in other countries.

The state Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling in favor of a man who was convicted of burglary in Gainesville and sentenced to eight years in prison.

A killer grizzly is roaming Yellowstone National Park's backcountry after mauling a man who apparently surprised the female bear and its cubs while hiking with his wife.

A homeowner in Buford Wednesday night returned home to find smoke billowing from his garage.

Republicans showed new signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse Wednesday, but the White House raised the ante - pushing for more deficit reduction and taking a pugnacious tone casting the GOP as defenders of corporate tax giveaways.

A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to immediately cease enforcing the ban on openly gay members of the military, a move that could speed the repeal of the 17-year-old rule.

When an award-winning journalist recently revealed he's an illegal immigrant, two of the key players in his tale turned out to be educators who helped keep his secret. It's the kind of story teachers and principals scattered across the country know well.