B.J. Williams

The state Department of Natural Resources is offering birthday gifts to Georgia anglers.

A strong earthquake that shook an arid, hilly farming area in northwest China sparked landslides and destroyed or damaged thousands of brick-and-mud homes Monday, killing at least 75 people and injuring more than 400, the government said.

State officials have let a former Coca-Cola building in downtown Atlanta sit empty after buying it for $1.1 million instead of following through on plans to turn it into a state history museum.

Another telephone scam has popped up in the area. This time, it's happening in Forsyth County, where authorities say a man is posing as an officer with the Warrant Unit of the Sheriff's Office.

A 15-year-old boy who disappeared while on a jet ski in Lake Hartwell has been found safe.

A Hall County marketing and communications consultant is the first to announce his run for the Hall County Commission post being vacated by Craig Lutz.

Scientists are predicting a large mosquito population in Georgia during the next few weeks.

Cherokee County sheriff's officials say a biologist searching for snakes in Woodstock has instead found a set of skeletal remains.

The Department of Natural Resources said a teenage girl was injured by a boat propeller during an outing on Lake Lanier Sunday afternoon.

While thousands crowded the steps of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta for a "Justice for Trayvon" rally, another much smaller group gathered for the same purpose in Gainesville