The Federal Aviation Administration said that the U.S. air traffic system will resume normal operations by Sunday evening after lawmakers rushed a bill through Congress allowing the agency to withdraw furloughs of air traffic controllers and other workers.
Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge.
Forsyth County authorities Wednesday afternoon said the Georgia State Patrol is investigating the traffic accident that killed one person Wednesday morning on Highway 369.
A state-mandated ban on outdoor burning goes into effect Wednesday, May 1 in more than 50 Georgia counties, including Hall, Forsyth, Barrow, Jackson, Lumpkin and Gwinnett.
Two high-ranking officials at the state Department of Agriculture resigned after hosting a drunken party during a government-funded training session and then going skinny dipping with several employees, according to an investigation released Wednesday.
Keep America Beautiful s Great American Cleanup is the nation s largest annual community improvement program, attracting more than four million volunteers each year - and this year's event is April 13, with four Hall County cities planning to participate.
