Bryan Pirkle

An Atlanta airline baggage handler suspected of helping smuggle firearms onto passenger jets to New York City has been arrested by federal agents, authorities said Monday.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners has voted to extend the existing Local Business Initiative through December 31, 2015.

The computer files of more than 40,000 federal workers may have been compromised by a cyberattack at federal contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions, the second breach this year at a major firm handling national security background investigations of workers at federal agencies, the government confirmed Thursday.

U.N. experts say radical splinter groups within the Taliban movement that are strongly opposed to any negotiation with Afghanistan's new government are gaining prominence.

Freighters once carried Cuban nickel and limestone to the port of New Orleans and North Dakota beans to Havana. Cuban families ate bowls of American rice, while U.S. tourists flocked to casinos and nightclubs in Havana.

Banks, retailers, commuters and teachers will keep their temporary tax breaks for another year after Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a massive tax package affecting millions of businesses and individuals.

North Korea is asking the United Nations Security Council to put the CIA's harsh treatment of terror suspects on its agenda for debate.

The new Mason Street Parking Deck located near the Forsyth County Administration Building in Cumming is now open. It is the second of two new downtown parking decks to open in recent months - both part of the county

An investigation into an alleged armed robbery led to the arrests of three Gainesville men on Sunday.

A Baldwin store owner is taking issue with restrictions on package sales of alcohol in Banks County.