B.J. Williams

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a clemency hearing for the only female death row inmate in Georgia, who is set to be executed later this month.

North Hall High School was evacuated for almost two-and-a-half hours while Hall County authorities search the school buildings following the discovery of a threat written on bathroom wall at the school Tuesday afternoon.

Investigators describe David Sanchez as an entrepreneur who was just trying to help fellow Latinos make their way in American society.

Kayla Mueller, a 26-year-old American woman held by Islamic State militants, has been confirmed dead, her parents and the Obama administration said Tuesday.

Once a firm job description is in place, the Hall County School Board will advertise for a Chief Financial Officer for the District.

The trial date is now set for a man a man accused of fatally shooting a northeast Georgia police officer and wounding another.

President Barack Obama is expected - as early as Tuesday - to ask Congress for new war powers, sending Capitol Hill his blueprint for an updated authorization for the use of military force to fight the Islamic State group.

Hall County authorities have confirmed the body discovered in a cove on the south end of Lake Lanier Sunday night is that of Kelly Nash of Buford.

Hall County criminal investigators are asking the public for help as they continue to try to solve four cold case murders.

Americans' views of President Barack Obama have improved slightly in the past two months, and opinions are more positive about the direction of the country and the health of the economy, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds.