Health officials said seven Georgia residents - including one in northeast Georgia - have become ill in a nationwide outbreak of tomato-associated salmonella.
The state Board of Education Thursday voted to grant charter school status to Hall County's World Language Academy, the first such designation for a school in the county school system.
Retail sales jumped by the largest amount in six months in May as 57 million economic stimulus payments helped offset the headwinds buffeting consumers.
Hancock Fabrics - which has a store in Gainesville - has filed a reorganization plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission and expects to emerge from bankruptcy in August.
It's been five years since the Anderson Creek trail for off-road vehicles near Ellijay has been closed, and the U.S. Forest Service service is now making it permanent.
Four of the nation's largest homebuilders - some with developments in Hall, Forsyth and Gwinnett counties - have been fined by the federal government for water pollution.
Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister.
Extreme drought conditions have returned to most of northeast Georgia - including Hall County - and rivers and streams in most of the area are at record lows for this time of year.
