B.J. Williams

A Cornelia woman who told investigators she liked to blow things up in the woods is set to appear in federal court in Gainesville Friday.

A worker assisting with a professional fireworks show in Cumming Tuesday night was injured when a mortar exploded next to him.

South Carolina authorities say a 33-year-old Georgia woman has drowned in Lake Hartwell.

Four people were hurt in two separate fireworks accidents Wednesday night, according to law enforcement authorities.

The thousands of people who attended Wednesday's Annual Fourth of July Picnic at Memorial Park Funeral Home might have noticed a large area of cleared land next to the picnic site.

Hall County fire investigators believe carbon monoxide sickened 10 people on a houseboat in the Sunset Cove area of Lake Lanier

Georgia won't immediately enforce a new law that would make applicants for welfare pass a drug test before they can receive benefits.

As expected, water and sewer rates are going up for city of Gainesville utilities customers.

Gwinnett County authorities are working to identify two people killed when their vehicle crashed into a tree on Sycamore Road in Buford overnight.

Two men were burned Tuesday morning while working on a power substation at a site on Valentine Industrial Parkway in Jefferson.