Ken Stanford

Would you be willing to drive from Gainesville, Cornelia or other "points north" to Gwinnett, park your car, and hop a rail link to MARTA to get to Atlanta? Such a connection will be the focal point of a study next month by a Gwinnett County group.

A Suwanee woman is now in charge of construction and maintenance on all state routes and Interstates in Hall, Forsyth and Dawson counties.

Gov. John S. Corzine signed into law Monday a measure that abolishes the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment.

No, it's not the next installment of popular CBS television series "Survivor," but it could be titled "Survivor: Amicalola."

One week after record-setting highs in Gainesville and elsewhere in North Georgia, bone-chilling cold greeted church goers and Christmas shoppers Sunday; there may have been some tornadoes in South Georgia; and blizzard conditions prevailed in other parts of the country Sunday.

Six members of a Buford family were being treated Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville early Monday for carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Georgia State Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision that the choice to end a loved one's life should be left to family members, not hospitals.

Some lawmakers are up in arms over big bonuses paid out to Georgia Lottery employees - and legislation has been filed to provide more legislative oversight of Lottery spending.

It's more like the kind of thing you see planned for South Hall or West Hall ... but this one's planned for East Hall, and it goes before county planners Monday night.

Common goals and a cooperative effort between the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's Office led to the recent convictions of 13 people for offenses ranging from dealing narcotics, to child molestation, to identity fraud, according to Sheriff Mark McClure.