Ken Stanford

Georgia CALLS (Georgia Center For Abundant Living Life Skills), a non-profit helping high-risk, returning citizens make a successful transition from incarceration back into society as business entrepreneurs, has officially launched its pilot site in Buford.

For the second year running, Carriage Auto Group will be sponsoring a concert featuring Grammy Award-winning Christian band Third Day to benefit a scholarship fund with Toccoa Falls College and a Gainesville-based non-profit.

Severe thunderstorms pounded parts of Georgia before dawn today, knocking out power to more than 31,500 customers statewide.

Georgia Highway 53 West in Dawson County in the area of Will Hall Road and Georgia Highway 183 was closed for several hours Tuesday morning due to a large power line down in the area.

Conservative Catholic bishops concerned about an unprecedented opening to gays and divorced people are seeking to make their voices heard at a Vatican meeting on family life, emphasizing the benefits of faithful Catholics, the fundamentals of church doctrine and the dangers of sin.

About 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were involved in the care of Thomas Eric Duncan after he was hospitalized, including a nurse now being treated for the same Ebola virus that killed the Liberian man who was visiting Dallas, according to medical records his family provided to The Associated Press.

Rising sea levels and other effects of climate change will pose major challenges for America's military, including more and worse natural disasters and the threat that food and water shortages could fuel disputes and instability around the world, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Monday.

Work related to the construction of the Mason Street Parking Facility near the Forsyth County Administration Building will result in changes to parking areas near the building, effective Thursday.