Bryan Pirkle

Plans to expand a supermarket on the city's soundside and plans for a restaurant on the north side of town are on the agenda for next month's Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board.

Commercial poultry producers say they're concerned the outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu virus found in Washington and Oregon will hurt exports by prompting some nations to impose trade barriers.

Several thousand Christian pilgrims on Wednesday flocked to the biblical town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations at the traditional birthplace of Jesus, lifting spirits after a year of conflict and failed peace efforts.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say a lab technician is being monitored for possible exposure to the Ebola virus.

A former sheriff's lieutenant in coastal Georgia has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

State law enforcement agents are investigating allegations that a sheriff's deputy hosting a Christmas party at his home drew his gun and pointed it at a guest.

An Atlanta airline baggage handler suspected of helping smuggle firearms onto passenger jets to New York City has been arrested by federal agents, authorities said Monday.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners has voted to extend the existing Local Business Initiative through December 31, 2015.

The computer files of more than 40,000 federal workers may have been compromised by a cyberattack at federal contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions, the second breach this year at a major firm handling national security background investigations of workers at federal agencies, the government confirmed Thursday.

U.N. experts say radical splinter groups within the Taliban movement that are strongly opposed to any negotiation with Afghanistan's new government are gaining prominence.