B.J. Williams

When the crowds converge on Bobby Gruhn Field in Gainesville Friday for the Kia Motors Friday Night Lights event featuring the Atlanta Falcons, local authorities say they'll be prepared.

O.J. Simpson won a small victory Wednesday in his bid for freedom as Nevada granted him parole on some of his 2008 convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery involving the holdup of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel room.

Authorities say at least five people were hit in a spree of shootings in Savannah, including two people who were killed by the gunfire.

Forsyth County authorities said a portion of Georgia 400 northbound south of McFarland Road was blocked as a result of an overturned logging truck Wednesday afternoon.

Health officials say breast-feeding rates continue to inch up: Now more than 3 in 4 mothers try to breast-feed their newborns.

It is now up to a military judge to determine if Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will spend the rest of his life in prison even after being acquitted of the most serious charge against him for his release of thousands of documents to the website WikiLeaks.

City officials in the north Georgia town of Nelson are warning residents to "bear-proof" their properties after the police chief had a run-in with a black bear.

Authorities say two suspects got more than they bargained for during a robbery attempt at an Alpharetta jewelry store.

Georgia's Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens Tuesday morning said he has asked U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to delay the filing deadline for Obamacare rates from the state.

Gainesville-based trucking company GTO 2000, Inc. announced Tuesday it plans to increase the company workforce by 20-percent as soon as 2014.