Ken Stanford

Georgia's incoming Schools Superintendent Richard Woods says he has a long list of lofty goals when he takes office in January.

U.S. stocks finished modestly higher Friday after the government reported a surge in hiring last month.

City and county leaders will meet again next week to discuss the upcoming Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) referendum in Hall County.

A bill that would block suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving Social Security benefits is heading to President Barack Obama for his signature.

NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth. The achievement opens a new era of human exploration to put people on Mars.

House Republicans are making a final push this month to give schools a temporary break from healthier school meal standards.

The University of North Georgia's (UNG) Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl team, sponsored by the Mike Cottrell College of Business and its BB&T Center for Ethical Business Leadership, was named a semifinalist at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Ethics Bowl Nov. 15 at Clemson University.