Ken Stanford

Most north Georgia students will return to school today after getting a day off as campuses closed to deal with storms and flooding.

Mitsubishi Power Systems (MPSA) will locate a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant near Savannah, ultimately creating 500 jobs and investing $325 million.

Tenneco says it will be closing its plant in Cozad, Nebraska, and moving part of the production there to Hartwell, Georgia.

The devastating flooding in Georgia Sunday and Monday can be classified a "storm of the century," according to the National Weather Service (NWS) and state Climatologist David Stooksbury.

Lake Lanier is now within four feet of full pool for the first time since the recent drought... thanks to all the rain we've had the past week which totals 9.68 inches at the Gainesville airport.

Green Street in Gainesville has now reopened after a fallen tree shut down the busy roadway Monday.

A meeting is scheduled October 1 at which public input is invited on plans for North Hall Park.

Georgia's top court is considering whether a man who suffered from severe brain injuries when he killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend in Jackson County should be put to death.

The situation in Afghanistan is growing worse, and without more boots on the ground the U.S. risks failure in a war it's been waging since September 2001, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says in a confidential report.

Things have gone from bad to worse across north Georgia during the night as the rains continue... for a seventh day now.