Georgia News

It was likely a lightning strike that sparked a house fire in the Suwanee area of Forsyth County Thursday afternoon, officials said.

An unlucky — or for law enforcement, lucky — 911 call led deputies to a $408,600 drug bust in Habersham County this week.

A single lane of I-85 will be closed for approximately four hours Thursday morning as crews perform maintenance work on concrete slabs in Banks County.

An Auburn man is facing charges of felony murder and animal cruelty for allegedly shooting and killing his neighbor and his neighbor's dog.

Sugar Hill City Council, in the wake of market study along Buford Highway, is once again considering the approval of an 81-unit townhome development it rejected in 2016.

A Forsyth County woman is dead and a second suspect is facing charges for the theft of a vehicle and subsequent chase that ended in Gwinnett County.

Schools in Hall and Gwinnett counties are among the latest recipients of "Tiny Grants," announced last week by Gov. Nathan Deal.

Dozens of new laws are now in effect with the start of Georgia's fiscal year, including an end to a ban on guns on the state's public college campuses.

Barrow County officials are hoping the public won't fall victim to scammers posing as Barrow County EMS officials soliciting donations.

A Georgia Department of Corrections employee who most recently held positions at Phillips Transitional Center in Buford and Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto begins a new assignment today (July 1) as warden of Whitworth Women’s Facility in Hartwell.