B.J. Williams

The Tennessee Valley Authority is encouraging many of its employees to retire early or resign.

A Gwinnett County man who pleaded guilty to transporting a woman across state lines for prostitution as part of a multistate kidnapping and human trafficking investigation was scheduled for sentencing Thursday afternoon in Mississippi.

Struggling department-store operator J.C. Penney announced it will cut 2,000 jobs and close 33 under-performing stores as it tries to get back on the path to profitability.

A floor covering company has announced plans to develop a manufacturing plant at the site of an existing facility in northwest Georgia.

University of Georgia police say an autopsy has failed to determine the cause of death of a University of Georgia student who was found dead in his dorm room.

The Kiwanis Club of Gainesville announced this week that it is accepting nominations for the John W. Jacobs, Jr. Youth Service Award.

Three people were displaced by a house fire in Buford during the lunch hour Wednesday.

Oakwood Police said no one was hurt when a lone gunman robbed the Sun Trust bank branch off Mundy Mill Road in Oakwood Wednesday morning.

University of Georgia police are investigating the death of a student whose body was found in his dormitory room.

Democrat Michelle Nunn said Wednesday that if she's elected to Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat that she would introduce legislation implementing a lifetime ban on members of Congress from becoming registered lobbyists, pledging she'll never become a lobbyist.