Georgia News

With only four days since he qualified to be a candidate for chairman of the White County Board of Commissioners, Joe Campbell of Cleveland has withdrawn his name as a candidate.

Georgia college students may soon be able to carry concealed firearms on campus, and some detractors are focusing on the financial impact along with safety concerns.

A single lane of the Ga. 53 bridge westbound over Lake Lanier will be closed Saturday as crews work to paint the structure.

The Georgia Senate passed its version of a $47.5 billion budget on Thursday, setting the stage for negotiations with the House over a spending plan that could increase salaries for thousands of state employees and teachers and give state retirees a one-time boost.

Now that funding is coming in from both state and federal sources, the Georgia Department of Transportation expects construction and maintenance projects to ramp up quickly across the state.

The Georgia university system’s governing board has approved rules for every campus to investigate sexual misconduct and other violations of a student conduct code.

Perdue Foods is recalling approximately 4,530 pounds of chicken nugget products produced in Gainesville for Applegate Farms.

A suburban Atlanta woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing more than $93,000 from a church where she worked.

Three bills on the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials' legislative watch list, each deemed anti-immigrant by the group, advanced in their respective chamber by the state legislative crossover deadline last week, and GALEO is stepping up its opposition to them.

The GBI investigation into $600,000 missing from the City of Demorest has concluded — or has it?