Saturday February 8th, 2025 8:09AM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
Freezing rain makes Northeast roads slick; at least 5 killed
Rain "flash-freezing" on roads and sidewalks left an icy glaze under feet and tires across much of the northeast on Sunday, causing crashes that claimed at least five lives.
6:58PM ( 10 years ago )
Israeli strikes kill 6 Hezbollah fighters in Syria
An Israeli strike in Syria on Sunday killed the son of a slain top Hezbollah commander and at least five other fighters in a move that could ratchet up tensions with the powerful Lebanese Shiite movement, which recently boasted of rockets that can hit any part of the Jewish state.
6:52PM ( 10 years ago )
Shots fired outside Bidens' Delaware home
Multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle near the Delaware home of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday night, the U.S. Secret Service said Sunday. The vice president and his wife were not at home at the time of the shooting, authorities said.
6:49PM ( 10 years ago )
Hall sheriff launches Coats for Kids campaign
After receiving reports earlier this month of children shivering at their bus stops when a blast of arctic air moved into the area, Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch began a Coats for Kids campaign.
1:35PM ( 10 years ago )
Obama to propose tax hike for the wealthiest Americans
President Barack Obama is turning to his biggest television audience of the year to pitch tax increases on the wealthiest Americans and put the new Republican Congress in the position of defending top income earners over the middle class.
9:10AM ( 10 years ago )
Gainesville's Gateway Domestic Violence Center provided services to 883 people last year
Gateway Domestic Violence Center began the new year with the installation of board members - four of them newcomers - and a report showing it provided shelter to 199 women and children last year.
8:15AM ( 10 years ago )
Owner of Hall County's last 'full service' service station dies
A man synonomous with the automotive repair and service station business in Gainesville for most of his life has died.
7:15AM ( 10 years ago )
Bill Clinton says he will measure his words if his wife runs
Former President Bill Clinton says the best part of being out of office is having much more freedom with his speeches - as long as his wife isn't a candidate.
9:15PM ( 10 years ago )
Dairy industry braces for a milk bust following 2014 boom
Milk sales set records in 2014, but plummeting prices are forcing some dairy farmers to spill the surplus down the drain.
7:02PM ( 10 years ago )
2 dead, 1 wounded in central Florida mall shooting
A Florida man had "several pockets full of ammunition" when he targeted his wife in a shooting Saturday morning that killed two people at a mall food court, police said.
6:56PM ( 10 years ago )