Ken Stanford

The call is going out for employers who have job openings to help find new employment for those people losing their jobs with the closing of a Lumpkin County plant.

A former Gainesville woman who has a child with the teenager she married is fighting for custody of their child.

Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for in a single town after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said Monday.

A survey says the national average price for regular gasoline rose about 15 cents in the last two weeks.

The city of Cornelia has received a $25,000 grant from the state Department of Community Affairs.

A robbery investigation in Gainesville has led to the arrest of a reputed street gang member.

Jose Reyes had four hits and was thrown out at the plate in the eighth inning while trying to complete the cycle with an inside-the-park homer, leading the New York Mets over the Arizona Diamondbacks and former Gainesville High standout Micah Owings 7-2 Friday night.

Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.

Change has been the buzzword this election season. But Georgians aren't likely to see much at the state Capitol.

The Federal Reserve and other regulators are moving to crack down on "unfair and deceptive" practices in the credit card industry that have added billions in debt to people already struggling to cope with the economic downturn.