Ken Stanford

Sony will lay off 100 workers at its distribution center in Carrollton in west Georgia.

A prosecutor says a drifter charged with kidnapping and killing a hiker will plead guilty in the case at a hearing this afternoon.

A longtime Gainesville resident has been put in charge of State Representative Carl Rogers' Gainesville office.

The Head Start and Early Head Start programs in 20 north Georgia counties - including Hall - recently met full compliance from the federal Office of Head Start in Washington.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to begin an update of the water control plan for the drought-ravaged river basin that includes Lake Lanier.

Gainesville-based First Century Bank has announced the launch of its new online lending division, CenturyPoint Mortgage.

The number of U.S. homes that slipped into some stage of foreclosure in 2007 was 79 percent higher than in the previous year, a real estate tracking company said Tuesday.

Hall County is ahead of the game when it comes to a new statewide campaign to help Georgians prepare for a large-scale disaster.

A much more patient-friendly MRI is now being used by Northeast Georgia Medical Center and hospital officials say it also offers the region's highest-precision readings.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday for a former longtime Banks County Commissioner and member of the State House of Representatives.