Bryan Pirkle

A now-former pitcher for the Gainesville High School baseball team was arrested last week on charges stemming from a minor accident in northern Hall County.

Georgia has executed a man who was convicted of the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman during a 1996 crime spree.

Audrea Taylor, President of im2moro, an organization of young Americans seeking to get the nation's youth more politically engaged, joined the Afternoon News Wrap this week to discuss the potential influence young voters could have on this year's presidential election.

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG), along with its parent company NBG Bancorp, Inc., have been acquired for roughly $68 million, according to a statement made by the involved parties this week.

North Georgia job seekers have another chance to meet dozens of potential employers at an April 19 job fair in Duluth.

Georgia's education system could see some dramatic changes in the next two years, as Gov. Nathan Deal shifts his first-term focus on prisons and courts to education.

A recruiting event for the Hall County Sheriff's Office ADVANCE camp next month will also include a job fair, authorities said.

A Georgia death row inmate is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider his claim that his death sentence is unconstitutional because one of the jurors was motivated by racial prejudice.

Mark Green, a spokesman for the IRS, joined the Afternoon News Wrap this week to discuss tips and strategies as the deadline for filing taxes approaches.

A late April execution date has been set for man convicted in the 1998 triple murders of a central Georgia trucking company owner and his two children, authorities said Thursday.