Ken Stanford

A retired Army colonel, who survived World War II's "Bataan Death March," says he came close to dying during the 6-day, 7-night ordeal in the Phillipines but "thinking positive" helped pull him through.

A Georgia immigration lawyer has filed a lawsuit asking the federal government to intervene to block Georgia's new law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect.

A new national assessment finds that less than a quarter of students are proficient in U.S. history.

The late-spring heat wave is threatening some three-year-old trees and grass at Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville.

The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq.

Wholesale prices rose at the slowest pace in 10 months in May as food costs fell and gas prices rose by the smallest amount in eight months. The figures suggest consumers could see some relief from rising prices soon.

There was no public comment Monday night as the Hall County School Board moved closer to final adoption of its new budget.

Hall County is trying to sell the Liberty Mutual building on Browns Bridge Road which it recently bought as the future site of many county offices.

Federal authorities say a preliminary investigation shows that a plane that crashed into a north Georgia mountain had its right wing low when it collided with a tree about 50 feet above the ground and was destroyed by fire.

It probably wasn't a drought breaker but parts of north Georgia got more rain over the weekend than they've received in several months. Gainesville was among them.