Parts of Lake Lanier are littered with floating debris such as tree branches and pine needles that have been washed into the reservoir by this week's heavy rains.
Early voting ends today for the special elections and referendums that are being held around the state next Tuesday, several of them in northeast Georgia.
The Georgia state Senate has voted to pass a bill that would make driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs an automatic felony for illegal immigrants.
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is turning over the cost of cleaning up methamphetamine labs - which can run as high as $2,000 per instance - to local law enforcement agencies.
A House panel has approved an $18.25 billion state budget that restores funding for some low-income Medicaid recipients and boosts health insurance costs for state employees.
With a judge's ruling of a suit against them in their favor, the developers of Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawson County have begun a key phase to the project: the paving of the track.
State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday morning that the unemployment rate in the metro Gainesville area increased to 9.0 percent in January, up two-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 8.8 percent in December.
