Ken Stanford

Jim Butterworth won the District 50 state Senate seat in a runoff Tuesday, while Brad Smith was the winner in the race for District Attorney in the Piedmont Judicial Circuit.

An American Airlines jet made an emergency landing Tuesday at New York's Kennedy airport after one of the two engines lost power.

Dangerously hot weather is forecast for parts of Northeast Georgia today.

With most schools opening for the new year within a matter of days, skyrocketing fuel costs have school systems all over Georgia still re-evluating trips for extra-curricular activities and other uses of their buses.

Little-Davenport will host its second National Night Out safety awareness event Tuesday night, but the annual program is observing its 25th anniversary this year.

With most schools in the area opening later this week, school supplies are in big demand these days - and one Gainesville church went the extra mile over the weekend to help needy students get what they need.

A 36-year-old man shot his two sons to death in central Georgia and wounded his estranged wife and his stepfather before killing himself, police said.

And then there were none. The last boat ramp on Lake Lanier operated by Dawson County is closing - the latest victim of the drought which is once again tightening its grip on the lake.

Hall County has a new public information officer.

The Hall County school system has launched a new Web site.