B.J. Williams

A senior regional police official and a city administrator in the typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city in the central Philippines say the death toll there could reach 10,000 people.

The jury in the trial of Paul Bennett - the man accused in a boating accident that killed two boys in June 2012 - will resume its work Monday in Hall County Superior Court.

Two Gainesville police officers rescued a 5-year-old boy from a burning house on Banks Street early Saturday morning, according to law enforcement authorities.

A metro Atlanta man has been indicted in the slaying of his girlfriend, who authorities say died from being beaten a hammer.

As the holiday season quickly approaches, the city of Gainesville is launching a new campaign encouraging recycling.

Motorists on Georgia 400 can stop paying tolls on Friday, November 22, according to the State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA).

At last report, authorities were still looking for a man who allegedly abducted his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter from the parking lot of a Commerce hospital late Friday afternoon.

A 10-year-old girl weighed just 32 pounds when her burned body was found last week in a trash bin, a Gwinnett County police detective testified Friday.

Georgia's net tax collections for the month of October totaled $1.46 billion, an increase of 5.9 percent compared to the month-ended October 2012

Georgia's child protection agency apparently dismissed a report that a Lawrenceville girl had been beaten with a belt without sending caseworkers to interview her, examine her injuries or question her parents.