B.J. Williams

Gainesville police have identified a suspect in the Friday night robbery of the Captain D's restaurant on Pearl Nix Parkway.

The federal government is appealing an order by a federal judge in Atlanta that certain nonprofit organizations in Georgia affiliated with the Catholic Church are not subject to a contraception mandate included in the president's health care law.

Authorities say they're investigating the death of a 15-year-old teenager killed when a gun discharged during a father-son outing along the Broad River in northeast Georgia.

Boaters using the southern part of Lake Lanier this holiday weekend will find new aids to help them with their nighttime navigation.

Authorities say a massive fire at a chemical plant outside Atlanta that spewed black smoke and flames visible for miles has been extinguished.

Gainesville police are looking for a suspected armed robber who held up the Captain D's restaurant on Pearl Nix Parkway Friday night.

Hall County authorities said Friday a 12-year-old boy will be charged in connection with Wednesday's hoax bomb threat at Chestatee Academy.

A Maysville woman involved in a single-vehicle car accident on May 13 in Clarkesville has died from injuries she sustained in the crash.

Federal prosecutors say a northwest Georgia woman has pleaded guilty to stealing her granddaughter's Social Security benefits.

Grief counselors will remain on campus throughout the school day Friday following the drowning death of a 16-year-old student in Cedar Creek Reservoir Thursday afternoon.