B.J. Williams

Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don't tolerate hateful behavior.

A former executive for Carter's Inc. has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, officials from the U.S. attorney's office in Atlanta said Wednesday.

About 100 soldiers are scheduled to return to Fort Benning in Georgia after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market.

Police in Alpharetta said they found almost $1 million in marijuana inside a grow house off Waters Road.

White County firefighters were kept busy Tuesday morning with two vehicle fires, one involving a rural mail carrier's vehicle.

Once fall rolls around, Hall County is hoping to have a new logo in place to use as a marketing tool.

Arson investigators said Tuesday a boat fire on Lake Lanier that left three people injured this past weekend has been ruled accidental.

Just four teacher-training programs at Georgia's college and universities earned high marks on a national survey released Tuesday looking at more than 1,000 programs across the country.

A Woodstock police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a police dog was left in his car and died of a heat stroke.