B.J. Williams

A man carrying a gun in a holster prompted parents at a children's baseball game to halt play and round up the children behind a dugout, but authorities say no crime was committed.

Mitch Clarke, a seasoned journalist with nearly 30 years of experience in newspapers, has joined Jacobs Media Corporation as director of AccessNorthGa.com's content and marketing.

Georgia's Environmental Protection Division Director was in Gainesville Thursday, telling local business leaders that while the water war is not completely over, the state has won a number of battles recently.

An Afghan security guard opened fire on a group of foreign doctors at a Kabul hospital on Thursday morning, killing three American physicians and wounding a U.S. nurse, officials said.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the unemployment rate in the Northeast Georgia region decreased to 6.2 percent in March, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 6.3 percent in February.

As the kidnappers pulled into a quiet, upscale golf course community, they thought they were about to abduct an assistant district attorney who sent a high-ranking gang member to prison for life, authorities said.

Sheriff's officials in northwest Georgia say one of the department's drug dogs bit a deputy on his face while he was trying to snap a selfie.

The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board Tuesday turned down a plan from Polestar Development, LLC to redevelop Lanier Plaza Shopping Center on Thompson Bridge Road.

A Lula woman is north Georgia's newest millionaire thanks to the Georgia Lottery.

After a shooting at a mall in suburban Atlanta, the victim died of her injuries and the suspect apparently killed himself, police said Tuesday.