Ken Stanford

The academic standards that middle school athletes in Georgia must meet may be getting tougher.

Some good news for Gwinnett Medical Center and its quest to perform open-heart surgery.

Shaking off a summer of setbacks, President Barack Obama summoned Congress to enact sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night, declaring the "time for bickering is over" and the moment has arrived to protect millions who have unreliable insurance or no coverage at all.

Fire heavily damaged a North Hall mobile home Wednesday morning.

Gainesville school officials say they had 23 students out of around 6,500 systemwide who opted out of the president's speech that targeted the classroom.

A Barrow County middle school administrator has been named the nation's ``middle level principal of the year'' by MetLife and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Another economic stimulus road project set to go in the Gainesville area.

A car hit a power pole in South Hall early today, leaving more than 2,000 places in the Flowery Branch/Braselton area without power.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded nearly $20 million to 70 institutions - including North Georgia Technical College in Clarksville - to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce in nuclear and nuclear-related disciplines.

Kenny Pope of Flowery Branch suffered a spinal cord injury las tyear during a routine household chore that has left him paralyzed. And, now his story of hope and recovery is the subject of a video put together by the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.