Georgia News

In courtrooms around the country, judges are teaming up with prosecutors, defense attorneys, parole officers and substance abuse counselors to make long-term changes in the behavior of people with multiple arrests for impaired driving.

Agriculture department officials in North Carolina are holding a series of meeting with backyard poultry owners to talk about the dangers of avian flu.

When Georgia students took a new test based on Common Core standards last year, their rate of proficiency in English language arts and math was below 40 percent in each grade level, according to results released Thursday.

Northside Hospital and Gwinnett Medical Center announced Wednesday they have approved a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to begin discussions to combine their operations.

An air quality alert has been issued for Hall and a number of other north Georgia counties for Wednesday.

Law enforcement officials in six states, including Georgia, are launching their 24th annual "Hands Across the Border" campaign aimed at catching motorists driving under the influence.

Scientists are fine-tuning what they know about rivers and marshes flushed with saltwater by ocean tides so they can better predict how rising sea levels will reshape the Georgia coast over the next century.

Emergency officials on the Georgia coast are urging residents to start preparing for possible trouble from Tropical Storm Erika.

The man who shot and killed two journalists in Roanoke, Virginia Wednesday spent part of his career at a TV station in Georgia.

Gov. Nathan Deal Friday announced that 78 Georgia communities, including some in northeast Georgia, will receive $36.8 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBGs).