Ken Stanford

Classes for the fall semester at Piedmont College in Demorest began Thursday, with the University of Georgia and Brenau University planning to begin the new year Monday, Aug. 18 and Monday, Aug. 25, respectively.

A former manager of a south Georgia peanut processing plant blamed for a deadly salmonella outbreak says he lied to federal investigators to protect the company he worked for.

S&S Technical, LLC has expanded and relocated its fabrication facilities in Cumming.

A Democratic congressman is introducing a bill to curb a Defense Department program that provides machine guns and other surplus military equipment for free to local law enforcement agencies across the country.

The stock price of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway topped $200,000 for the first time Thursday.

Communities across the U.S. are drying out after unusually heavy rains swamped highways, flooded basements and were blamed for at least four deaths.

More people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, although jobless claims continue to be close to pre-recession levels.

Lake Lanier Islands has been awarded Southern Living magazine's Hotel Collection Distinction.