Ken Stanford

The Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education (GACHE) at North Georgia College and State University is awarding 16 competitive grants totaling $98,000 to area high schools on Wednesday to support strategies to assist and encourage students to finish high school and pursue a college degree.

A 65-year-old Winder man died in a crash on Interstate 20 in Louisiana.

A federal judge in Texas has agreed to fast-track a lawsuit challenging an ordinance in a Dallas suburb that would essentially keep illegal immigrants from renting homes there.

With Wall Street in turmoil and the economy hurting, whichever presidential candidate convinces a swath of persuadable voters that he gets it - and can be trusted to lead the country back to fiscal stability - could well win the White House.

More than a week after Hurricane Ike's strike, drivers across the Southeast are still bouncing between dry pumps and shuttered stations in a frustrating hunt for a fill-up and they're starting to get angry.

Sarah Palin met her first world leaders Tuesday... a crash course on foreign policy for the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Extreme drought conditions still persist in most of northeast Georgia.

Work on repairing a water main problem in north Gainesville continues, and will require closing a portion of Club Drive Wednesday and Thursday.

A new report shows the number of Georgia schools facing the stiffest sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind law is decreasing, bucking a national trend.

You may have trouble again today finding a place to fill up or top off the tank.