Ken Stanford

Recent rains and snow have prompted a lifting of the campfire ban that has been in place several months in the Chattahoochee and Oconee national forests and the hiking trail on Blood Mountain that was closed last week after the disappearance of a hiker has reopened.

Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year and gave up his own plans for a 2008 run a year ago.

More than 800 high school soccer players, their coaches and staff will be in Gainesville over the weekend for the Olympic Development Program (ODP) Subregional girls

A 24-year-old Cleveland man has died of his wounds after being stabbed outside a Helen night spot early Thursday.

Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson says he saw remarkable progress during a visit to Iraq last weekend

The Winder soldier accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi detainee is scheduled to go on trial February 19.

A long-awaited traffic signal at a busy Jackson County intersection should be operational by early next week.

A waitress at a Huddle House in Pickens County says murder suspect Gary Michael Hilton stopped there just hours before authorities released his photograph.

The public finally got a chance to weigh in Tuesday on House Speaker Glenn Richardson's proposal to gradually erase property taxes in Georgia. And not surprisingly, school groups and local government officials, who've been excoriating the plan for months, came out swinging.

Seeking to project a united front after last year's open Republican feud, Gov. Sonny Perdue and GOP leaders barnstormed across Georgia on Wednesday promoting what they said was a shared agenda for the legislative session set to kick off Monday - and they'll be in Gainesville Thursday, appearing at Lee Gilmer Airport at 12:30PM.