B.J. Williams

The Georgia Department of Education has released the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) based on data from the 2013-2014 school year.

The Chestatee High School Robotics team has advance to the upcoming state championship for the first time in team history

For the first time in its history, the sponsors of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade will allow a group representing the gay community to participate, drawing cheers from Mayor Martin Walsh, who boycotted the event last year over the exclusion.

Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 141 people, mostly children, before Pakistani officials declared a military operation to clear the school over.

A public watchdog says the construction of a nuclear power plant in Georgia is running a year late, a lag that could trigger big expenses.

For the first time in three decades, the nation's most common sexually transmitted disease is a little less common.

The city of Lula is making steady progress on a seven-phase streetscape project for the historic downtown area, and city council learned Monday night that Phase III should be finished in the next couple of weeks.

A man already accused of gunning down two homeless men in their sleep and fatally shooting a hairstylist as she walked to her car now faces charges in the death of a fourth person.

Robin Williams' suicide seared into the world's collective mindset more than anything else this year, based on what people were searching for on Google.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday took his most definitive step yet toward running for president, announcing plans to "actively explore" a campaign and form a new political operation allowing him to raise money for like-minded Republicans.