Bryan Pirkle

Georgia authorities say a sheriff's deputy was hit by shotgun pellets and a man was wounded in the shoulder when gunfire broke out at a Troup County home.

An investigation is underway after several vehicles parked at fire stations across Gwinnett County were broken into during the overnight hours Sunday.

Hall County officials said Thursday that they are "prepared and poised" for a winter weather event that is forecast to hit North Georgia in the coming days.

A Lawrenceville man was recently arrested after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined that he sold numerous items stolen in Barrow County to an area salvage yard.

Six people were rescued from a burning Gwinnett County apartment building after a grease fire spread out of control on New Year's Eve.

As the year winds down and the calendar turns to 2017, the Afternoon News Wrap brought in AccessWDUN Contributing Editor Ken Stanford to discuss a few notable individuals from the North Georgia area that passed away in 2016.

Backed by ships, helicopters and drones, Russian rescue teams searched for victims in the Black Sea after a Russian military plane carrying 92 people to Syria crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff from Sochi.

Gwinnett County police are asking for the public's help identifying a female pedestrian who was seriously injured Christmas morning when she was struck by a vehicle.

Henry County Sheriff Keith McBrayer says one of his deputies died when his SUV ran off the road and hit several trees, throwing him out of the vehicle

President Barack Obama has designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.