Ken Stanford

The search resumed Wednesday in Lake Lanier near Browns Bridge for a man missing and presumed drowned since early Tuesday afternoon.

A new school in Habersham County will be dedicated next month in memory of a Medal of Honor winner, Hilliard A. Wilbanks.

Indictments have been returned in the death of an 18-month-old Gainesville girl last month.

A teenage girl was apparently injured by lightning Tuesday night while standing in the doorway of a house in Lawrenceville.

This will mark the 21st year of the Gainesville State College Summer Scholars Institute (SSI) which began on Monday, June 27 and runs through July 21.

The chairman of Georgia's state Senate Banking Committee has avoided losing commercial property in Cumming to foreclosure.

Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation made public Tuesday.

An Arizona-based development company has announced plans to develop a vacant tract in Jackson County into a 3,800-home mixed-used community with two elementary schools, an office and research park, stores and pedestrian trails.

A massive dust storm descended on the Phoenix area on Tuesday night, drastically reducing visibility and delaying flights as strong winds downed trees and caused power outages for thousands of residents.

President Barack Obama says back-channel talks with congressional leaders last weekend have produced new progress in advance of a White House session Thursday on deficit reduction.