Bryan Pirkle

The AFL-CIO union says it and its affiliated unions are freezing political contributions to federal candidates ``until further notice'' to channel funds into the labor's intensifying battle to stop or at least help shape a proposed free-trade agreement being negotiated by the U.S. and other nations that border the Pacific Ocean.

The chairman of a House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, says he will call former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to appear before his committee at least twice.

The Hall County Board of Education has approved make-up days after a winter storm closed the school system for several days, as well as the purchase of new school buses for the system's fleet.

President Barack Obama says a letter from Republican senators to Iranian leaders is ironic because, in his words, some members of Congress appear to want to align themselves with ``hardliners'' in Iran.

Rachel Burton has been named Director of Planning and Development for Dawson County.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Forsyth County Courthouse will be held Thursday at 10:00, followed by public tours of the new facility.

One person was killed Wednesday night in a two-vehicle collision on Long Branch Road in Dahlonega.

Before they ultimately postponed an execution at the eleventh hour, Georgia officials were reportedly indecisive about whether they should proceed with a cloudy injection drug, according to a court filing.

The Supreme Court of Georgia (SCOGA) is scheduled to hear an Elbert County landfill case Tuesday.

Hall County deputy sheriff AnMarie Martin will deliver the keynote address later this year for the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) Power Breakfast.