B.J. Williams

The city of Baldwin in Habersham County will not have to pay more than $200,000 in fees to an engineering firm for work it did on a proposal for the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Only a few Gainesville City water customers remain under a boil water advisory following Sunday's storm activity, but it's a different story for those who get their water from the city of Flowery Branch.

The new chairman of the Georgia Republican Party says the party won't twiddle its thumbs under his leadership.

The Atlanta City Council is expected to consider a request to construct a Ferris wheel once used in Paris that would soar 20 stories over downtown Atlanta.

The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election losses.

Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kan. One person was killed near Shawnee, Okla., and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state.

The 50 or so men and women who earned their U.S. citizenship at a ceremony in Gainesville Friday represented nations from all over the globe, from India to Ghana and El Salvador to Russia.

Franklin County authorities are on the lookout for an escaped inmate who scaled a fence at the county detention center Friday morning just after 10:30.

Dick Trickle, a former NASCAR driver whose larger-than-life personality and penchant for fun won him legions of fans despite a lack of success beyond the nation

Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, announced plans Friday to run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.