Ken Stanford

Some new evidence this is a particularly bad flu season: Flu-related hospitalizations of the elderly are the highest since the government started tracking that statistic nine years ago.

After a three-week flirtation with another run for president, Mitt Romney said definitively on Friday that he will not seek the White House in 2016.

With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no longer see children whose parents won't get them vaccinated.

Southern landscapes will be the focus of two exhibits in February at the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses, including work from a Guggenheim-award winning photographer.

Southern Co. said the firms building its new nuclear power plant in Georgia estimate the project will be delayed 18 months, potentially costing the power company $720 million in new charges, company officials said Thursday.

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia has selected Ruth Bruner as this year Gainesville Woman of Distinction honoree.

Challenged Child & Friends has named veteran educator Monique Jackson as its new principal.