B.J. Williams

A car fire prompted the closure of the Dawsonville Highway bridge at the Hall/Forsyth County line during Thursday morning's rush hour.

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgia and its chief election official for allegedly not giving enough time to military service members, their families and citizens living overseas to return absentee ballots for the Aug. 21 federal primary runoff election.

Forecasters have issued a fire danger statement for Thursday based on dry condition and low humidity levels predicted for the day.

Habersham County authorities were working two major accidents during the Wednesday morning rush hour.

Hall County Commissioner Scott Gibbs says he has been hearing increasing complaints from some of his constituents in the Mt. Vernon Road/Shirley Road area about rising insurance premiums.

The American Civil Liberties Union will help the Ku Klux Klan in its bid to join Georgia's highway cleanup program as a legal fight looms.

The district attorney in Cherokee County has found no wrongdoing on the part of a deputy who shot and killed a teenager during a standoff in May.

As the summer heats up, safety advocates are again warning parents about being extra cautious when it comes to leaving children in vehicles unattended.

Authorities say searchers looking for a 13-year-old boy missing in Lake Lanier plan to use an underwater robotic camera and other new dive equipment as search efforts resumed Monday morning.

One year after Georgia lawmakers passed a tough immigration law, a newspaper investigation found that many city and county governments are not in compliance.