Bryan Pirkle

DeKalb County agreed to policy changes meant to protect the rights of people who can't afford fines and fees for traffic violations and other misdemeanors as part of the settlement of a federal lawsuit.

The body of a female University of Georgia student was found inside a campus dormitory Thursday evening.

One person has been arrested and nearly $50,000 worth of drugs seized following a raid in Hall County on Wednesday.

Two Gainesville residents were arrested by Hall County authorities on Tuesday during the course of a drug investigation.

White County voters said yes by a wide margin to extending the education sales tax in the county.

Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators who warned that any nuclear deal could expire the day President Barack Obama leaves office, a senior U.S. official said Monday.

Michelle Obama won't avoid Cambodia's human rights record when she visits the southeast Asian nation this week, her final stop on a two-country trip to promote a new U.S. initiative to help millions of girls worldwide attend and complete school, the White House said Monday.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will sponsor a career expo for job seekers Thursday, March 26, in Toccoa.

Stephen Gurr, a senior investigator for the Gainesville-based Northeastern Judicial Circuit

The World Health Organization marked a grim milestone Thursday in the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, estimating that the virus had killed over 10,000 people, mostly in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.