B.J. Williams

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed legislation allowing clergy to refuse performing gay marriage and protecting people who refuse to attend the ceremonies.

Authorities have released the name of the 4-year-old child who drowned at an apartment complex swimming pool in Duluth this past Friday.

The national average climbed above the $2 benchmark last week for the first time in 83 days. Sunday's average price was $2.04 per gallon.

The Gainesville Housing Authority is moving ahead with plans to redevelop the site of the current Green Hunter Homes on Atlanta Street

For the first time in Gainesville, several churches marked Good Friday with an outdoor commemoration of the Stations of the Cross.

Emory University says it plans no further action on graffiti such as ``Trump 2016'' and other slogans supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump that were scrawled in chalk on campus sidewalks and some buildings.

Thursday marked the 40th and final day of the legislative session, and lawmakers worked past midnight to send bills to Gov. Nathan Deal

Gainesville attorney Ashley D. Bell was named this week as one of 25 "On the Rise" honorees by The Daily Report, a legal publication based in Fulton County.

Georgia lawmakers have until midnight to vote on bills expanding the number of people who can use medical marijuana, cutting income taxes and trying to lower the number of abortions in the state.

A motorcycle operator from Buford was killed in a two-vehicle crash on McEver Road Wednesday afternoon.