Georgia News

The Super Bowl is a busy time in the world of sports betting, and Flowery Branch's mayor is getting in on the fun, placing a bet with the chairman of the Foxborough, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen.

The country’s largest week-long canoe/kayak camping adventure this year strokes through the 163-mile-long Etowah River that flows from the northeast Georgia mountains to Rome.

Protesters will gather at two of the nation's busiest airports to protest President Donald Trump's travel ban.

The Georgia Department of Transportation recently awarded about $8.6 million for road projects in Dawson, Fannin and Pickens counties, including a roundabout in Dawson. Contracts for work in two other area counties were also approved.

The City of Cornelia will use a $1.2 million low-interest loanfrom the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority to replace the city's current water meters.

A former Hall County fire marshal, who now works for the state Department of Juvenile Justice, has been appointed to the Executive Board of the Emergency Management Association of Georgia.

An announcement by Gov. Nathan Deal Friday morning means big business for Banks County.

A state lawmaker returning home from the Capitol is recovering after being shot during a robbery at a convenience store in Columbus.

Georgians could buy beer directly from craft breweries under a proposed bill.

"There were some amazing moments of forgiveness, something I've never seen in my 20 years of practicing law."