Ken Stanford

The expected record corn and soybean harvest will be slightly bigger than previously estimated, the result of late summer warmth that helped fill cornstalks with ears and soybean plants with bean pods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday.

Drought conditions have returned to Gainesville and most of north Georgia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

U.S. stocks are closing out a turbulent week with another loss, giving the market its worst week since May 2012.

For the second straight year, youth and adult membership in the Girl Scouts has dropped sharply, intensifying pressure on the 102-year-old youth organization to find ways of reversing the trend.

President Barack Obama says Republican opposition to an immigration overhaul amounts to political "suicide." He says the party risks losing support from an entire generation of immigrants.

Ashley Dodd, a teacher at Centennial Arts Academy in Gainesville is a winner in Horace Mann

Karen Peck and New River gained yet another high honor in recently when the gospel music group picked up another Dove Award at the 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

Two competing measures on the Washington state ballot this fall ask voters to take a stance on expanded background checks for gun sales. One is seeking universal checks for all sales and transfers, including private transactions. The other would prevent any such expansion.

The World Health Organization says the number of deaths recorded in the Ebola outbreak has risen above 4,000.