Ken Stanford

A tornado watch has been posted for parts of northeast Georgia, and another has been issued for central Georgia.

The federal agents arrived by the dozens, driving unmarked cars and white vans. They sealed off the entrances of a manufacturing plant in south Mississippi and rounded up hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants.

Michelle Obama declared "I love this country" Monday as she sought to reassure the nation that she and her husband Barack share Americans' bedrock values and belief in a dream of a better future.

U.S. deportations have jumped by more than 60 percent over the past five years. Mexicans accounted for nearly two-thirds of those deportees, helping to roll back one of the biggest migrations of recent history.

Three suspected shoplifters arrested at a Buford Wal-Mart may be connected to similar thefts elsewhere in North Georgia.

Both sides rested this morning in the murder trial of Ignacio Vergara in Hall County Superior Court, with the defense declining to put up any evidence.

Nearly $13 million in state funds six cities and counties in the Gainesville area were counting on to help them increase water supplies are on hold.

Water conservation in the metropolitan Atlanta area apparently is paying off.

Habitat for Humanity of Hall County reached a milestone Sunday with the dedication of two more homes.

Barack Obama says Joe Biden is ready to step in as president. He's not bad in the role of attack dog, either, wasting no time gnawing at GOP rival John McCain.