Local/State News

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners recently approved a resolution enacting a moratorium on accepting applications to rezone property to the Multifamily Residential (RES6) zoning classification.

The average price for gasoline was the lowest for the Labor Day holiday in 11 years.

Atlanta police are trying to identify a suspect in a sexual assault during Dragon Con, the annual science fiction and fantasy convention.

With the winter ice storm of 2015 just a memory for most people in north Georgia, emergency officials in several counties rehearsed their response to a future winter event last week.

Two brothers have been charged after being accused of trying to kill their parents, beating them both in a suburban Atlanta home, police said Sunday.

It's almost time for an annual clean-up event for Lake Lanier, and this year the effort is going high-tech.

An Elbert County woman was the victim of a holiday weekend crash, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

One of the world’s largest science fiction and fantasy-themed conventions kicked off its 29th annual convention on Friday; DragonCon is underway, a celebration of all things pop culture.

Hall County authorities have recovered the body of a 21-year-old man who had been missing in Lake Lanier Sunday evening.

A team of a Hall County firefighters that competed last month in the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge is seeking some sponsors after they were successful enough to go farther than the next level.