Ken Stanford

The Supreme Court on Monday said judges may impose shorter prison terms for crack cocaine crimes, enhancing judicial discretion to reduce the disparity between sentences for crack and cocaine powder.

Ribbon-cutting was held Monday morning for Senior Helpers, a caregiver service for not only seniors, but also young adults, spouses and others who find it difficult to provide daily care themselves.

Watch for a traffic lane realignment Tuesday at a busy Chestnut Mountain intersection, Martin Road and Winder Highway.

The Lanier Child Passenger Safety Task Force recently held its first Child Passenger Safety Technician Training Class in Gainesville.

Remember August, when we were having record-setting high temperatures? Well, December is getting in on the act.

A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center early Sunday after being told he couldn't spend the night, and about 12 hours later, a gunman fatally shot a person at a mega-church in Colorado Springs before a guard killed him, police said.

State supported agencies that oversee care for mentally ill Georgians sometimes refer them to unlicensed personal care homes that operate without any state oversight, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday.

Elizabeth Collins was crowned Belle of the Ball Saturday night at the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County Charity Ball.

The next step in plans to turn Chestnut Mountain Elementary School into Hall County's first charter school comes Monday night.

Civil rights icon Andrew Young says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is too young and lacks the support network to ascend to the White House.