Georgia News

State corrections officials say they're investigating the apparent suicide of a convicted murderer from Hall County at the state prison in Reidsville.

Parts of Georgia, including Gainesville and surrounding areas, are bracing for strong winds and heavy rains associated with Hurricane Florence with landfall expected sometime Friday along the South Carolina-North Carolina coast.

As Hurricane Florence threatens the east coast, AAA urges Georgia drivers to prepare now for strong storms and rainfall.

A domestic dispute involving two Toccoa residents resulted in the arrest of those individuals in connection with a multi-county/multi-state chop shop operation.

Brian Smith, an arson investigator in Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ State Fire Marshal’s Division and a lifelong resident of Habersham County, has been named state Fire Investigator of the Year.

Georgia Power customers will get a $25 credit on their September bills in connection with the financing of the Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion, company officials said.

Eddie Staub, the founder and executive director of Eagle Ranch in Chestnut Mountain, is the winner of this year's E. Dale Threadgill Community ServiceAward from Leadership Georgia.

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) said Friday the city of Atlanta is "eroding public safety" by refusing to house federal immigration detainees in the city jail.

Actor Burt Reynolds, who died Thursday at the age of 82, got his big break in the movie "Deliverance," which was filmed in Rabun County.

Four suspects from Buford are awaiting sentencing after they entered guilty pleas to running a phony sweepstakes scam that targeted elderly residents.