Ken Stanford

A firemen and two police officers from Gainesville are among four northeast Georgia nominees in a national all-star competition for first responders, according to the sponsors Web site.

A few years ago the then-governor of Georgia created quite a stir when he declared that there are two Georgias - the fast-growing, economically well-off northern part of the state and South Georgia, which is not growing as fast and is not as economically

A few weeks ago in this space I tried to have some fun with curling after having watched a few hours of the little-known sport during the Winter Olympics. But, in all seriousness, I enjoyed most of what I watched during the two weeks of the games fro

A Lumpkin County man goes on trial Monday for murder in the death of his wife two years ago.

You can hardly pick up a newspaper or news magazine these days and listen to a newscast without hearing about the business of lobbyists, whether its in the halls of Congress or the Georgia State Capitol - and one political science expert says only the pol

Gainesville's Charlie Company has ended its mission in Iraq and the entire 48th Brigade is now packing up and getting ready to come home.

The immigration bill being debated by the Senate is coming under sharp attack from House conservatives, including Nathan Deal of Gainesville.

The dean of the Hall County state legislative delegation said Friday this year's session of the Georgia General Assembly, which ended Thursday night, was a productive one, despite early predictions to the contrary.

If some state lottery outlets in northeast Georgia notice a drop in their sales starting today, they can blame North Carolina.

It was bound to happen and it did Wednesday: the string of below-normal daytime temperatures in Gaineville ended.