Ken Stanford

Hundreds gathered in Athens Thursday night to light candles to remember Athens-Clarke County Senior Police Officer Elmer

Whitney Houston was a chronic cocaine user who had the drug in her system when she drowned in a hotel bathtub, coroner's officials said Thursday after releasing autopsy findings that also noted heart disease contributed to her death.

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder, assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers as they slept, a U.S. official said.

The funeral will be held Saturday for a longtime, former Gwinnett County Clerk of Court.

Funeral services for former Gainesville Fire Chief Verner (Sug) Hamrick have been announced.

The Banks County Sheriff

Two Louisiana residents were indicted Wednesday in the February death of a Clarkesville man.

The number of people seeking unemployment aid in the U.S. fell to a four-year low last week, bolstering the view that the job market is strengthening.

Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank.

A missing 5-year-old child was reunited with his family just before 5:30 Tuesday afternoon.