B.J. Williams

Five Georgia state parks, including two in north Georgia, will be soon be completely managed by private, for-profit firms.

Fifty years ago, an angry white mob attacked a racially mixed group that sought to integrate a whites-only lunch counter in Mississippi's capital city.

The Georgia Department of Transportation begins overnight roadwork in Winder Tuesday night, closing one lane on State Road 11/Broad Street.

The Georgia State Patrol Monday afternoon released the name of the man who allegedly led authorities on a two-county chase, ultimately crashing into a trooper's vehicle in Hall County Sunday night.

Three Georgia counties have joined a growing partnership that officials in southeast Georgia say will attract more film and television projects to the region.

A piece of the Berlin Wall was auctioned off in Gwinnett County over the weekend as part of an effort to pay back victims of an investment scheme.

Atlanta band Granville Automatic is preparing to release a music video filmed at an ice cream shop on the site of the 1864 battle that left the city in flames during the Civil War.

Americans planned to gather at cemeteries, memorials and monuments nationwide to honor fallen military service members on Memorial Day, at a time when combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindles.

Authorities say an overturned tractor trailer has forced the closure of one lane of I-85 northbound at Exit 147.

Gwinett County Police Animal Welfare & Enforcement is hosting a pet food and pet supply drive this weekend to aid the only functioning animal shelter in Moore, Oklahoma, the site of a devastating tornado on Monday.