B.J. Williams

Ron Quinn, President & CEO, Peach State Bank & Trust, Gainesville, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia (CBA) as Member at Large.

Airline delays and cancellations are up slightly from last year's peak travel season.

An event being held next week will look at ways to keep young people in Appalachia.

Republican Gov. Nathan Deal has begun stockpiling funds in case of a December runoff against Democratic challenger Jason Carter while surpassing the total amount he raised during his 2010 run, according to recently filed campaign reports.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday an inmate found dead in his cell at the Hall County Jail Sunday morning died as the result of blunt force trauma.

Police are investigating after a couple walking their dog in a Gwinnett County park found the burned body of a woman.

A Dallas hospital spokesman says the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has died.

Twelve Georgians, most from Gwinnett County, have been arrested after police in Idaho linked them to credit card numbers stolen in recent major corporate security breaches.

The rainy weather has forced the city of Gainesville to cancel today's Blue Sky Concert on the downtown Square.

Republican Nathan Deal accused Democrat Jason Carter of being inexperienced and unproven, while Carter zoned in on ethics complaints against the incumbent and Georgia's uneven economic recovery Tuesday, as the candidates sharpened their messages during their first head-to-head debate.