B.J. Williams

Despite oil reaching its highest price of the year, the national average price for gasoline declined Sunday, for the first time since rising 27 cents during a period of 25 consecutive days.

The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday in the case of a man convicted in the 2006 sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Dawson County.

A white Georgia teacher has come under fire for what onlookers called racist comments at her school's graduation ceremony.

Oakwood City Manager Stan Brown was recently named to the American Public Works Association (APWA) 2015 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year.

The state of Alabama filed suit over a plan it said will harm water quality by keeping additional water in a Georgia lake for recreational use, the latest move in a long-running dispute over shared river resources.

A Hall County grand jury has indicted a Gainesville man on charges of aggravated sodomy, sexual battery and practicing medicine without a license.

Gov. Nathan Deal has nominated the lawmaker who sponsored the state's new $900 million transportation plan to fill a key position at the Georgia Department of Transportation.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is probing the fatal shooting of a 72-year-old man by police in Lawrenceville.

A day after he was charged with reckless conduct in the shooting of a real estate agent, a Georgia sheriff called it a ``tragic accident'' and vowed to continue his law enforcement duties.

A Georgia special education teacher is accused of cruelty to children after police say she held an autistic boy upside-down by his legs and lowered him head-first into a trash can.