Ken Stanford

U.S. stocks ended the day Tuesday slightly lower, avoiding the sharp declines that occurred in Europe and China.

Two new fire stations, renovation of the headquarters branch of the county library system and Spout Springs Road right-of-way purchase are included on the draft of SPLOST VII projects released by the county Tuesday afternoon.

A Gainesville church has agreed to give the city of Gainesville an easement which the city says is needed for a new housing development.

A federal autopsy in the Ferguson police shooting reached similar conclusions to those performed by local officials and a private examiner hired by 18-year-old Michael Brown's family, documents show.

A Douglas County man is suing the county and election officials, saying his civil rights were violated when a poll worker asked him to remove his National Rifle Association hat when he went to vote.

The number of available U.S. jobs rose in October to the second-highest level in 14 years, and companies kept hiring at a healthy pace, adding to evidence of an improving economy.

Hundreds of people marched through Berkeley for a third night a row, blocking a major highway and stopping a train as activists in this ultra-liberal bastion protested grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men on the other side of the country.