Georgia News

Twenty years after a self-proclaimed Satanist set fire to New Salem United Methodist Church in Banks County, the community came together Monday to remember Loy Williams, the firefighter who gave his life battling the blaze.

A man who dedicated more than 60 years protecting and serving the residents of Cornelia as a volunteer fireman was remembered fondly in Demorest Thursday.

Four rooms in a motel building at The Dillard House were damaged by fire Sunday.

For the second time this year, incumbent Rep. Dan Gasaway didn’t win the Georgia House District 28 seat for the upcoming term, and now for the second time he has filed a lawsuit related to that loss.

Union County Sheriff Mack Mason has released the identities of the three Blairsville residents who died in a plane crash that critically injured a fourth person in the area of Blairsville Municipal Airport Wednesday night.

Tuesday afternoon’s Georgia House District 28 recount revealed no differences in vote totals.

Elections superintendents in Banks, Habersham and Stephens counties are preparing for a recount in the Dec. 4 Georgia House District 28 Special Election.

A motorcade that stretched for miles escorted the body of fallen DeKalb County Police Officer Edgar Isidro Flores to Habersham County Saturday morning.

A former clerk with the Hall County Juvenile Court is facing a felony theft charge for allegedly stealing $36,000 from the court in a two-year period.

An incident reported Tuesday to Jefferson Police as a possible kidnapping attempt at a school bus stop was a misunderstanding, police said Friday.