Ken Stanford

On the rebound, Barack Obama left Hillary Rodham Clinton with fast-dwindling chances to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination after beating her in North Carolina and falling just short in an Indiana cliffhanger.

Brad Morris has been reappointed to a full, four-year term as head of the public defender's office for Hall and Dawson counties.

Gainesville and Hall County will remain in a level 4 drought, even though some neighboring communities may be able to reduce their water restrictions.

In case you haven't noticed, the level of Lake Lanier - on the rise since March 5 - is dropping again, and has been since last Thursday.

The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.

Sardis Road at Dawsonville Highway has been re-opened, less than two hours after authorities shut it down because of a gas leak.

A preliminary hearing has been set for the Gainesville man accused of killing a West Hall man during a home invasion last week.

The death toll from a devastating cyclone in Myanmar could reach more than 10,000 in the low-lying area where the storm wreaked the most havoc, the country's foreign minister warned Monday.

Environmentalists say they're dumbfounded about a real estate company's proposal to build a 200,000-square-foot water park in Buford while the state remains in a drought.

A tractor-trailer driver escaped serious injury Monday morning when his rig was cut in half by a train in Pendergrass.