Georgia News

Gov. Nathan Deal, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), Murray County and CSX Transportation signed a Memorandum of Agreement Tuesday to establish the Appalachian Regional Port in Chatsworth.

Local and state officials gathered in Baldwin Sunday afternoon to provide an update on Baldwin Fire Chief Joe Roy, who was struck by a vehicle while participating in a fundraiser Saturday morning.

The man who opened fire in a movie theater in Louisiana Thursday night had Georgia connections.

A state lawmaker from Gainesville and one from Homer have been named to a school counseling study committee by state House Speaker David Ralston.

A former Georgia congressman who lost his seat after years of protesting partisan gridlock will soon be teaching a class on the subject.

Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was remembered during a memorial Tuesday night as a dedicated Marine whose death during the attacks in Chattanooga crystalized him as the hero those who knew him said he was destined to be.

An Augusta church with a gay pastor who plans to get married has been vandalized with spray paint.

A Conyers K9 officer has died after being left in a hot patrol car. Its handler has been placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation.

An employee at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta is accused in a federal indictment of falsifying patients' medical records.

One of the Marines gunned down in Chattanooga, Tenn., Thursday was from Marietta.