B.J. Williams

A bill allowing sick patients to legally take a marijuana derivative to ease their symptoms failed Thursday in the final hours of Georgia's legislative session, stalling amid a dispute between House and Senate lawmakers.

Voters will decide whether to freeze Georgia's top marginal income tax rate at the current level of 6 percent.

People with a license to carry a weapon could bring their guns into some houses of worship under legislation adopted by Georgia lawmakers.

The Junior League of Gainesville- Hall County has entered into a contract to purchase the Elks Lodge on Riverside Drive in Gainesville.

A youth minister at a Forsyth County church has been fired after he was charged with child molestation late last week.

Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean are debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that Georgia

The Georgia Board of Regents has voted to implement a system-wide ban on the use of all forms of tobacco products.

A soldier is being hailed as a hero for pulling two boys from the Chattahoochee River in Columbus.

A judge has ruled that a Georgia state senator acquitted of illegally claiming mileage and expense reimbursement is entitled to have the state pay his legal bills.