Ken Stanford

Hundreds of barrels of crude oil spilled into Montana's Yellowstone River after an ExxonMobil pipeline beneath the riverbed ruptured, sending a plume 25 miles downstream and forcing temporary evacuations, officials said.

A fierce thunderstorm swept through a normally rural Wisconsin county that was packed with holiday campers, toppling trees that killed an 11-year-old girl, blowing ashore boats and injuring more than three dozen people, officials said Saturday.

Despite U.S. reports of progress on the battlefield, American troops were killed in the first half of this year at the same pace as in 2010 - an indication that the war's toll on U.S. forces has not eased as the Obama administration moves to shift the burden to the Afghans.

The first North Georgia Community Health Awards were presented during a recent luncheon at North Georgia College & University.

Effective September 1, the fare for Forsyth County's public transportation Dial-A-Ride service will increase.

The memory of a Confederate general that Gainesville claims as her own continues thanks to a devoted historic study group that bears his name.

A three-vehicle traffic accident in Fannin County Friday night left one person dead.

President Barack Obama said Saturday that "nothing can be off-limits" in the budget debate - even though Republicans have said tax increases are. The president said every tax break and federal program must come under scrutiny.

Two Georgia technical colleges are merging into one institution.
Sandersville Technical College and Heart of Georgia Technical College in Dublin are officially becoming Oconee Fall Line Technical College on Friday.

After spending years at the center of heated national debate over capital punishment, Illinois' death row officially died Friday when a state law abolishing the death penalty quietly took effect.