Georgia News

Georgia is preparing to execute a death row inmate convicted of beating another man to death in 1994.

Members of the Gainesville City Council are considering a traffic improvement plan suggested by local businesses to help alleviate traffic problems on Airport Industrial Parkway and West Ridge Road, near Lee Gilmer Airport.

A dozen suspects now face an indictment for running a drug ring known as the Lenox Park Cartel, named for the Lenox Park subdivision in Gainesville, although one of the twelve has thus far eluded custody.

Emory University says it plans no further action on graffiti such as ``Trump 2016'' and other slogans supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump that were scrawled in chalk on campus sidewalks and some buildings.

The Georgia House has again voted to require that law enforcement expedite processing of rape kits for sexual assault victims.

A Walton County man’s leg was severed just below the knee with a piece of shrapnel when he and his friends blew up a lawn mower.

Georgia lawmakers have until midnight to vote on bills expanding the number of people who can use medical marijuana, cutting income taxes and trying to lower the number of abortions in the state.

A Winder woman who practiced medicine in East Point will serve one year and one day in jail for failing to pay taxes on $1.5 million in income.

A Loganville woman is behind bars for charges related to a weekend crash that killed two people and injured a third on Highway 316 in Barrow County.

Two women are behind bars, charged with possession and trafficking methamphetamine, following a traffic stop Friday in Hall County.