B.J. Williams

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has announced the names of 20 people he's appointed to the state's newly-created Child Welfare Reform Council.

Hall County authorities have reported the fourth confirmed rabies case for 2014.

A new interchange connecting Interstate 85 and Georgia 400 in metro Atlanta is set to open Wednesday afternoon.

Reeling from allegations by federal prosecutors that he knew about the dirty tricks that helped him get elected four years ago, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray tried to rally his base. But his core supporters weren't nearly enough, as a scandal-weary electorate rallied behind a much-younger challenger who promised honest and ethical leadership.

Four more counties, including two in north Georgia, have been designated for federal disaster assistance following winter storms in February.

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for a man they believe was peering underneath dressing room doors at a department store in Cumming over the weekend.

Police in Gwinnett County are investigating after an officer shot and killed a suspect.

Chick-fil-A widened its lead over rival KFC as the No. 1 chicken chain by sales in the U.S. last year.

Authorities kept hundreds of thousands of people out of their beds early Wednesday after a magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile's northern coast. Five people were crushed to death or suffered fatal heart attacks, a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth's crust.

In a split decision, Gainesville City Council voted Tuesday night to relax distance restrictions on pawn shops in the city limits.