Ken Stanford

Jose-David and Lourdes Resendiz have lived in Georgia for 14 years, but with the governor likely to sign a bill passed by the Legislature that aims to crack down on illegal immigration, they're packing up their things and preparing to leave.

A bipartisan group of six senators - including Saxby Chambliss of Georgia - is closing in on what could represent the best chance for tackling a deficit crisis that has forced the government to borrow more than 40 cents of every dollar it spends.

The Gainesville Rotary Club was recently named district Rotary Club of the Year.

Gainesville's WDUN is the winner of the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association (GAPBA) Pacemaker Award for best news operation for 2010 among Class B radio stations in the state.

Stepping up his demand to change the nation's immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Friday promised graduates at a vast, multicultural community college that he'll keep working to help students not legally in the U.S. to become American citizens.

Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, Georgia and Michigan, including one with a branch in Oakwood.

Blairsville-based United Community Banks reports a net operating loss of $142.5 million, or $1.57 per share, for the first quarter of the year.

The Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau has come out against a tough immigration bill that passed the Legislature this month.

Three metro Atlanta men were arrested recently on drug charges in near Flowery Branch in two separate incidents and nearly $15,000 worth of methamphetamine was confiscated.

The Gainesville City Council has agreed, in principle, to schedule a referendum on Sunday liquor sales later this year.