B.J. Williams

Coastal Georgia residents who left their homes over the weekend to avoid Hurricane Dorian are now cleared to make their way back to asses what damage the storm might have left in its wake.

The Georgia State Patrol said a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a vehicle in the Oakwood area Thursday morning.

A Gainesville man convicted on felony murder and other charges in the shooting death of a rival gang member will not get a new trial.

The suspect in an August burglary at a Buford tackle shop and convenience store was arrested Tuesday in a cemetery, according to the Gwinnett County Police Department.

With Hurricane Dorian approaching coastal North Carolina, Jackson EMC has released 84 contractors to help with the anticipated power restoration efforts in the area.

Clean up is underway on Dawsonville Highway in Gainesville after a truck carrying poultry parts spilled part of its load on the roadway.

As Hurricane Dorian continues to move north along the Atlantic coast, Governor Brian Kemp has expanded the State of Emergency to nine additional south Georgia counties that could see serious impacts from the storm.

A former Barrow County magistrate judge, convicted almost a year ago in the murder of his nephew, is entitled to a new trial, according to a ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court.

A 51-year-old Gainesville man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Hall County on Labor Day.

A woman was shot and killed at a Duluth apartment complex late Sunday night and Gwinnett County police are treating the case as a homicide.