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Ron Warnken stands beside the Chattahoochee River in east Cobb County and looks at a paved boat ramp on the Sandy Springs side. It's next to an electrical facility and the Morgan Falls dam.

Armed with more than $300,000 in pledges, a Lilburn group has launched a drive to recruit businesses along Lawrenceville Highway into forming a community improvement district.

Georgia's attorney general has ruled that state agencies —- the road-builders at the Georgia Department of Transportation, in particular —- do not have to adhere to local storm water runoff regulations.

Traffic violators in the city of Atlanta just got a kick in the rear.

The state Department of Transportation's staff is recommending that the DOT board reverse its 2005 policy banning tolls on regular, now-free lanes.

Several schools that initially failed to meet this year's federal accountability benchmarks could have a good chance of shedding the label this fall.

During the past five years, the Morgan family in Winder has shared their struggle against cancer with hundreds of people around the country to support other families and show the need for cancer research.

NICHOLSON - They came in SUVs and mini-vans: thirty-four baseball teams from all across the Southeast vying to find out who has the best 11-year-old squad in their league.

A former Danielsville city clerk awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $200,000 from the small Madison County community.

The TEA Party activists who've protested bailouts and economic stimulus spending are now turning their attention to health-care reform.

One person died and another escaped a house fire Friday evening in Duluth, Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services representative Capt. Tommy Rutledge said.

Famed CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite has died at the age of 92.

EXCLUSIVE: A suspect who escaped from Atlanta police custody only to be recaptured hours later allegedly had the same gun used in the shooting death of a Chattahoochee Tech instructor in June.

A federal judge in Florida has ruled Atlanta's withdrawals from Lake Lanier reservoir are illegal.

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- A former Fort Benning civilian employee has pleaded guillty to burning down the post's Judge Advocate General's office. U.S. Attorney Maxwell Wood said Friday that 31-year-old Shawana Topekia Pierce pleaded guilty to arson in federal court in Columbus on Wednesday.

Police in Sandy Springs want all women who frequent area grocery stores to be on the lookout for a suspect who is targeting female shoppers.

Nationwide Tea Party Patriots protest President Obama's health care reform bill.

Winder-based First Piedmont Bank became the state's 15th bank failure late Friday, seized by state and federal regulators as part of the Peach State's ongoing banking crisis.

There is a lot of debate about the proposed health care reform bill and whether or not the thousands of pages of proposals will actually benefit Americans.

The search is over for a 40-year-old baby sitter on the run. Late Friday afternoon, Carollton police arrested the woman accused of feeding a 1-year-old child wine.

Fire charred a thrift store in Athens, destroying the main funding source for the Athens Salvation Army. Arson investigators are now looking into the fire which started at the back of the building where people drop off donated goods.

One person was found dead in a burning house in Gwinnett County Friday night and crews were on the scene to search for more possible victims.  

Walter Cronkite, the premier TV anchorman of the networks’ golden age who reported a tumultuous time with reassuring authority and came to be called “the most trusted man in America,” died Friday. He was 92.

After a two and a half month undercover operation, Smyrna police arrested several people in connection with an illegal gambling and bootleg CD and DVD operation.

Marietta police are still investigating the murder of a teenager in 2008. Two men shot and robbed the teen on a street corner as he waited for a friend.

Adam Murphy has this week's best and worst restaurant scores from around the Metro.

Regulators have shut down First Piedmont Bank in Georgia, the 54th federally insured bank to fail this year.

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A federal judge in Florida has ruled Atlanta's withdrawals from Lake Lanier reservoir are illegal.

Sandy Springs Police are chasing two suspects involved in a Robbery off Northridge and Roberts Drive.

Winder. Ga.-based First Piedmont Bank became the state’s 15th bank failure late Friday, seized by state and federal regulators as part of the Peace State’s on-going banking crisis.

Georgia will uphold its original approval for an open heart surgery program at Gwinnett Medical Center.

Dendreon Corp. , the Seattle-based drug maker, is looking at Atlanta's south side for an $80 million manufacturing facility that could create at least 300 jobs. (DNDN) (TGX)

Blockbuster Inc. has moved deeper into consumer electronic sales by partnering with portable media manufacturer Archos to sell the Archos 10 netbook, a mini-laptop that will allow users to conveniently play movies and other entertainment. (BBI)

Housing woes cut into second quarter 2009 earnings for BB&T Corp., which said Friday that net income dropped 71.7 percent for the three months ended June 30. (BBT)

Today's forecast from the National Weather Service is calling for cooler temperatures along with sunny skies, with a high near 84 for the day. A calm wind becoming north between 5 and 10 mph is als...

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — It was a reunion of reunions. Twelve Apollo astronauts reminisced, traded stories and poked fun at each other Friday night as the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing ...

The Free Clinic of Rome wanted to get the community’s attention, so it brought in New York Times best-selling author Mary Kay Andrews to help with a fundraiser. The event took place Friday nigh...

There’s a new pastor in town at Second Avenue United Methodist Church , and his name is the Rev. Thomas McElroy, and he is already beginning to see a vision for his new home. McElroy, who for th...

A Rome man was in jail without bail Friday night on two felony theft counts related to stolen automobiles. According to Floyd County Jail records: Ashley Alton Diamond, 31, of 106 Chambers St., w...

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Chuck Morley, a 35-year newspaper veteran, has been named general manager of the Thomaston Times. Morley is a journalism graduate of East Tennessee State University and began his newspaper career ...

After a tough and disappointing 3-7 season in 2008, the Upson-Lee Knights are preparing to turn around their fortunes in 2009. The Knights are currently working out and conditioning three days a week.

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July 17, 2009 Cumming police reported July 5 that two people alleging they had been beaten by strangers couldn't really make up their minds as to what really happened.

July 17, 2009 First Piedmont Bank, Winder, Georgia, was closed today by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.

July 17, 2009 The man police say is responsible for several bank robberies in the North Fulton and metro Atlanta areas is in Fulton County jail.

July 16, 2009 It's time for the city of Roswell to spruce up the primary gateway into our great city, the Ga. 400/Holcomb Bridge Road Interchange. The city should have an entrance that makes those entering know they are in Roswell and are welcome here.