B.J. Williams

The Georgia Department of Labor released another round of unemployment numbers for October this week, and the Georgia Mountains region set records in two areas, despite seeing an increase in the unemployment rate.

A Hoschton man has been sentenced to a life prison term for the rape of a 9-year-old girl more than two years ago.

A man who apparently had been living in his truck in Habersham County suffered serious burns when a makeshift heating device in the vehicle caught fire Tuesday morning.

State fire investigators said Tuesday a mobile home fire in Dawsonville last week was the work of an arsonist.

A man who served as a medical examiner for many metro Atlanta counties - including Gwinnett - has died in federal prison.

A Jasper man was handed a three-year prison sentence in federal court in Gainesville this week after his guilty plea in a case involving a bomb threat to a church pre-school.

Thousands of chickens perished in a Monday morning fire at a chicken house in Mt. Airy.

A Dahlonega man has been identified as the victim of a fatal vehicle accident on Highway 60 Business just north of Dahlonega, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

The city of Gainesville has named Eric Rockfeld as the new deputy chief of the Gainesville Fire Department

To ease Thanksgiving traffic congestion statewide, Georgia Department of Transportation announced Monday the suspension of construction-related lane closures on heavily traveled interstate highways and state routes for the holiday weekend