Local/State News

The trend continues in Georgia, with the state once again setting records for employed residents, labor force and jobs in May.

Fire and medical personnel never know what they will encounter during their shift, as Habersham County Emergency Services employees found Wednesday.

A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to raping and impregnating a 12-year-old relative will serve 25 years in prison

Comcast is making a $65 billion bid for Fox's entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company

A Wednesday-night fire destroyed a chicken house on Copey Creek Road off Hardman Road outside Clarkesville.

Both men face the death penalty.

A Democratic political group has launched a legal campaign to create majority-minority congressional districts in three Southern states, claiming the current maps discriminate against black voters

A Gainesville man remained in the Hall County Jail with no bond Wednesday in connection to a sexual assault case involving a teenage girl.

Authorities say an Atlanta police officer has been arrested in an apartment where seven pounds of marijuana and an assortment of prescription pills were found

Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville has reached an economic milestone.