B.J. Williams

A man accused of opening fire with a deer rifle at the Georgia State Patrol post in Gainesville Monday morning has his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

A south Georgia woman has been charged with malice murder in the death of a 5 1/2-month-old fetus she delivered after taking an abortion pill.

A German automotive parts manufacturer plans to establish its U.S. operations in Stephens County, according to a press statement from Gov. Nathan Deal's office.

Hoping to avoid an extended school year - which happened this year - the Hall County School Board has approved a 2015-16 school calendar with four built-in snow days after the first of the year.

Police say a woman who drove into oncoming traffic on Ga. 400 did so on purpose in what they say she admitted was a suicide attempt.

A man has pleaded guilty in the death of his 10-year-old daughter whose emaciated and burned body was found in a trash bin.

Million-dollar pay packages are justified to retain the presidents of Georgia Tech and Georgia State, the head of the state's university system said, despite criticism the compensation is too lavish.

Forsyth County authorities Monday morning released the identity of the victim of a Friday afternoon crash on Bethelview Road.

Athens-based St. Mary's Health Care System has acquired Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center in Lavonia.

Gas prices are still creeping up in some parts of the southeastern United States, according to this week’s report from AAA, but motorists are forecast to pay the lowest summer gas prices since 2009.