B.J. Williams

For about two years now, some students at the University of North Georgia have studied in a rather unusual setting - the historic Mt. Hope Cemetery in Dahlonega.

In an investigation that lasted most of this week, agents with the Hall County Multi Agency Narcotics Squad (MANS) arrested four people and confiscated $42,000 worth of synthetic marijuana.

UPDATE: An update on Thursday to the original social media post said Hall County firefighter Sgt. Jonathan Barton has been cleared by his cardiologist and is continuing to improve.

A Flowery Branch woman has been arrested after authorities say she forged checks and used the credit card of an elderly family member without authorization.

The man who served as the first principal of Mt. Vernon Elementary School has died at the age of 66.

Lumpkin County will open a new library next month, but in order to move materials from the old location to the new site, library services will be unavailable for three weeks starting Sunday, Feb. 23.

A Hoschton driver faces charges of second degree vehicular homicide following the death of a motorcyclist in a traffic accident that happened this past Saturday in Dacula.

Investigators with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man wanted for aggravated child molestation, and they're reaching out to the public for some help with the search.

Georgia lawmakers are considering raising the state's minimum dropout age from 16 to 17.

A former sheriff for Tift County in South Georgia has been named the interim commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety.