Ken Stanford

Recent rains have done little to ease drought conditions across the Southeast, and the northeast corner remains the hardest hit part of Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Labor reports that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.7 percent from May to June, but was up 1.3 percent from 4.4 percent in June of 2007.

Some new traffic signals are being activated in Gainesville this week, in case you haven't noticed.

Brenau University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine today will sign an agreement to create a five-year accelerated Bachelor of Sciences/Master of Sciences degree in physician assistant studies.

There's been another confirmed case of rabies in Hall County - the 27th of the year.

Towns in Hall, Gwinnett and Rabun counties have been hit with fines by the state Environmental Protection Division (EPD).

Fair Street Elementary School principal Merrianne Dyer has been named interim Superintendent of Gainesville City Schools.

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a hefty loss in the second quarter despite a strong increase in sales, pushing its red ink to more than $7 billion since the start of the year.

A 63-year-old Habersham County man was killed in a three-vehicle wreck on Georgia 365 at White Sulphur Road Tuesday night.

Five Georgia congressmen held off primary challengers Tuesday, including U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta, facing his first Democratic battle in 16 years, and Democratic voters will return to the polls in three weeks to decide who will face Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss in November.