B.J. Williams

The Union County Fire Department in northeast Georgia said that the pilot who was killed in a plane crash Thursday in Pickens County was a volunteer firefighter who had serve with the department for more than a year and a half.

Two men accused of running tractor-trailer trucks full of cocaine from Mexico to the eastern United States have been arraigned in Atlanta.

For the eigth time this year, Hall County Animal Control officials are dealing with the case of a rabid animal. The latest occurred along Price Road in the north Hall area.

Atlanta Hawks' player Thabo Sefolosha has been acquitted in a case stemming from a police fracas outside a trendy New York City nightclub.

Authorities say a motorcyclist was being treated for severe burns after fire engulfed his bike as he pumped gas at a Chevron station near Atlanta.

Authorities say one person is dead after a small airplane crashed in Pickens County.

Gainesville City officials will close the downtown streets to traffic Thursday afternoon at 5:30 for the annual Mule Camp Market festival on the Gainesville Square

A couple of train cars carrying heavy equipment slid off the tracks near downtown Lula Wednesday afternoon, but local officials described the incident as "minor."

An instructor at a Gwinnett County middle school has been charged with sexual assault and sexual battery of a student.

Georgia's first "peanut poll'' opens in Perry at the Georgia National Fair.