B.J. Williams

A gay rights group on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in Atlanta challenging the state of Georgia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.

A Tuesday morning ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court means a murder conviction will stand for a Gainesville man who killed his girlfriend's 18-month-old daughter in June 2011.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is warning Russia that "it's time to stop talking and start acting" to reduce tension in Ukraine.

Federal authorities have tracked down another person charged in the kidnapping of a North Carolina prosecutor's father.

Police are investigating how a woman died after her body was pulled from a north Georgia lake.

After hearing a complaint from a resident in his district, Hall County Commissioner Billy Powell said he thinks it's time for the commission to regulate gun ranges in the county.

The Gainesville and Hall County school systems each showed improvement last year over the year before in performance data released for the two years Monday by the state Department of Education.

A man arrested in Oakwood Saturday night may be responsible for an auto theft in Young Harris.

A week before his trial was set to begin, the man accused of killing and dismembering a law school classmate in Macon has pleaded guilty to malice murder.

For the sixth time in 2014, Hall County Animal Control has recorded a confirmed case of rabies.