Ken Stanford

The leader of Muslims in Gainesville attended a candlelight vigil in Atlanta Thursday night for the three Muslims who were murdered in North Carolina earlier this week.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) will hold a free event to help college-bound students and their parents complete forms required to apply for federal financial aid on Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m. UNG's Cumming Campus.

The Obama administration is taking a wary, wait-and-see approach toward the new Ukraine peace agreement, which was reached without direct American input and as the U.S. considers whether to give defensive weapons to Ukraine and slap fresh sanctions on Russia.

It's early for many Americans still sloshing through winter to plan their gardens, home improvements and spring sports leagues, but stores gearing up for warmer weather are fretting that they won't have some products to sell due to a labor crisis at West Coast seaports.

Bitterly cold winds pushed wind chills below freezing at times across north Georgia Thursday afternoon and there's no let up in sight through at least mid-morning Friday.

A Wind Chill Advisory has been posted for some mountain regions in north Georgia until 9:00 Friday morning.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce is currently seeking nominations for the 2015-2016 Class of Leadership Hall County.

Congressional Republicans vowed Thursday to toughen President Barack Obama's day-old legislation to authorize military force against Islamic State fighters, and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi warned, "It's going to be hard" to find common ground.

The federal judge who overturned Alabama's gay marriage ban ordered a defiant county to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, signaling to probate judges across the state that they should do the same.

Stocks closed Thursday near an all-time high as technology, materials and energy companies notch big gains.