Ken Stanford

A Hall County fugitive is in custody but the Pendergrass police officer who arrested him is now the subject of an investigation.

A former district attorney in northeast Georgia was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison in a payroll theft scheme.

Days after Democrats vowed to vote as a bloc against House Speaker Glenn Richardson's tax plan, the Republican overhauled the measure in hopes it will earn the 120 votes it needs.

An early morning fire damaged two units at a Buford apartment complex, displacing two families.

Although White House-brokered negotiations failed to produce a resolution in the tri-state water wars, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue remains optimistic.

Georgia's top child welfare official is calling it quits.

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Monday she'll press on with the campaign after Tuesday's crucial primaries, arguing that momentum is on her side despite 11 straight losses to rival Sen. Barack Obama.

For years, Hispanics have lagged behind other voters in their political clout, in part because so many of them were under 18. But, that is changing.

The U.S. launched a military airstrike in Somalia to go after a group of terrorist suspects, defense officials said Monday.

Machinists at the Lockheed -Martin plant in Marietta have approved a new contract, averting a threatened strike.