Georgia News

Thousands of people are without power, trees and powerlines are down, and roads and schools are closed across south Georgia as Hurricane Hermine moves through that part of the state.

Officers from several jurisdictions in two states have captured the man accused in a homicide in Oconee County, S.C., early Thursday.

A Talmo woman died of her injuries Thursday when a car she was trying to push off the roadway rolled back over her.

The Gainesville Fire Department is expected to renew its agreement with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) to host the Georgia Search and Rescue (GSAR) task force for the region.

The opening of the Splash Park in downtown Sugar Hill, originally scheduled for Thursday evening, has been pushed back to Friday evening.

A suspect is behind bars for an alleged fraud scheme involving consignment boat sales, swindling customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Hall County.

The collections of a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) have come in 4.27 percent above projections, county officials said.

The Splash Park at Sugar Hill is slated to open Thursday, officials said.

Georgia law enforcement officers have joined the national effort "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign to keep drunk drivers off the road prior to and during Labor Day weekend.

A female suspect is wanted for allegedly dragging and running over a Statham Police officer with her car during a traffic stop Saturday.