B.J. Williams

While the city of Atlanta typically has the largest parade for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, communities in North Georgia also plan to honor the slain civil rights leader with marches, parades and speeches.

An overnight fire at a mobile home on Dennis Drive did some damage, but there were no injuries, according to Hall County Fire Services Capt. Zachary Brackett.

Hall County high school students will have two "school from home" days on the 2017-2018 school calendar, which was approved last week by the county school board.

A Buford woman has been cited for animal neglect after one of her pet dogs was found tethered to a tree unable to get to food and water and another was found wandering with an injury.

A 5-year-old boy was the victim of a fatal two-vehicle crash on Highway 316 and Highway 81 in Barrow County Thursday night.

Voters would decide whether to legalize the growth and distribution of marijuana in Georgia for medical use under a proposal introduced Thursday in the state House.

Oakwood police are looking for a 14-year-old girl who apparently ran away from her foster home earlier this week.

Her identity remains a mystery, but fresh leads are being investigated in the case of a woman whose skull and bones were found last summer inside a suitcase along I-985 in Buford.

Gov. Nathan Deal is asking Georgia lawmakers to support a new plan for fixing low-performing schools after voters last fall rejected a proposal for state takeovers of schools that consistently struggle.

Gwinnett County firefighters have spent the Wednesday morning rush hour battling three separate brush fires on the shoulder of I-85 southbound in unincorporated Buford