Ken Stanford

The worst U.S. oil spill in decades reached into precious shoreline habitat along the Gulf Coast as documents emerged showing British Petroleum downplayed the possibility of a catastrophic accident at the offshore rig that exploded.

There apparently were no serious injuries in a one-vehicle wreck in South Hall Friday night.

A U.S. flag that flew over Afghanistan now flies over Lula Elementary School.

Only three Hall County offices will be contested in the July 20th primaries... and a candidate who said he was withdrawing from one of the races just hours after qualifying Monday -- is back in it.

Federal agents say they arrested 596 immigrants with criminal records during a three-day immigration enforcement sweep across the Southeast in their biggest operation yet.

A student at Gainesville's Alpine Psychoeducational Program is charged with assaulting two teachers.

The government says the economy grew at a solid 3.2 percent pace during the first quarter of this year as consumers boosted their spending by the most in three years.

Oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico has started to ooze ashore, threatening migrating birds, nesting pelicans and even river otters and mink along Louisiana's fragile islands and barrier marshes.

The Gainesville City Council reached a consensus Thursday on developing plans to build a water treatment facility at Cedar Creek.

Here's how some legislation fared on the final day of Georgia's 40-day legislative session: