Ken Stanford

Pitcher Micah Owings' pinch-hit homer tied the game in the sixth and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied from four runs down to beat the Houston Astros 8-7 on Wednesday.

A new Forsyth County shopping center opened Wednesday.

A third candidate entered the race for Hall County Clerk of Courts Wednesday.

One upstate New York county is considering a plan to lure companies from Southern states by touting this region's abundance of fresh water.

A government inspection of slaughterhouses found significant problems with the treatment of cattle and two of the nation's largest beef processors - both of which provide meat for the National School Lunch Program - were slapped with humane handling violations.

Former Hall County Sheriff Bob Vass qualified Tuesday to run for Hall County Clerk of Courts, and Probate Judge Patti Cornett and Tax Commissioner Keith Echols signed up to seek re-election.

A lot of well-known people in Gainesville found themselves behind bars Tuesday - all for the sake of charity.

Michael Youngblood has resigned as head coach of girls' basketball at Johnson High School.

Officials with the Wrigley Company sought Monday to assure their 14,000 employees - about 1,000 of them in Hall County - that the sale of the company to candy-marker Mars will have little impact on them.

Each member of the Hall County state legislative delegation qualified Monday to seek re-election this year, according to county Republican Party Chairman Paul Stanley.