Ken Stanford

The Flowery Branch City Council Friday refused to bend the rules to allow a Waffle House to come to town.

A group that favors limitations on immigration says the illegal immigrant population in the U.S. is down by 11 percent over a year ago.

The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-year high of 5.7 percent in July as employers cut 51,000 jobs, dashing the hopes of an influx of young people looking for summer work.

A new law that allows Georgians to thwart identity thieves by freezing their credit reports takes effect Friday.

The state Department of Corrections now says the diversion centers in Gainesville, Macon and Waycross, which will be closed Oct. 1, will be converted into probation offices and day report centers.

Cafe Risque was a little more true to its name than residents of a small northeast Georgia town could take.

A two-day orientation for new employees in the Gainesville City School System began Thursday.

The state tax-free holiday will draw many back-to-school shoppers into malls this weekend.

Officials of unions that represent Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants, ramp workers and reservation agents told lawmakers Wednesday they are worried Delta Air Lines Inc.'s plan to combine the two carriers could lead to lost pension benefits for employees.

Georgia's sputtering economy and lagging tax collections are forcing legislative leaders to reconsider $700 million in new spending.