Ken Stanford

Along with 2007, the Suwanee Police Department is saying goodbye to hand-written traffic citations. The department recently upgraded its computer software and earlier this month began issuing electronically generated tickets.

Consumers put aside worries about slumping home sales and soaring gasoline prices and headed to the malls in November, pushing spending up by the largest amount in 3 1/2 years. The better-than-expected surge lessened fears of an imminent recession.

Gainesville-based MSE Branded Foods has been awarded the rights to operate a Chick-fil-A

Georgia's state climatologist warned Friday that without more rain over the next three months, the state could face a drought next year even worse than this year's record conditions.

The woman wanted by Louisana authorities in their investigation into the murders of two Gainesville men has been located in Gainesville and turned over to Louisana investigators.

A suicide attacker detonated a bomb packed with ball bearings and nails amid hundreds of worshippers Friday at the residential compound of a former top security official for President Pervez Musharraf, killing at least 50 people, authorities said.

Metro Gainesville added 300 new jobs last month... and led the state, percentage-wise, new jobs this year, according to Mayor Bob Hamrick.

A judge's decision in a death penalty case to replace an indigent defendant's attorneys because the state couldn't pay them anymore has a human rights group crying foul and other Georgia lawyers wondering if they face the same fate amid a defense funding crisis.

Although Georgia doesn't wield the same influence it once held over the federal budget, lawmakers from across the state got a piece of the pie as Congress wrapped up annual spending bills with a massive catch-all package this week.

What a Christmas present! United Way announces record gift.