B.J. Williams

An Atlanta-area prosecutor said Thursday he plans to ask for an indictment of a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed naked man last year.

A woman who is a suspect in jewelry store robberies across the south - including two in north Georgia - has struck again.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) announced the university recently received a $7,000 student recruiting grant from the U.S. Poultry Foundation and $3,000 from Pilgrim's to help support students interested in careers in the poultry industry.

After spending more than a year on renovations, Gainesville-based Homestar Financial Corporation this week cut the ribbon on its new headquarters building in the old Gym of '36 off the downtown Gainesville square.

Gwinnett County SWAT officers have been on the scene of a domestic incident in Buford since Tuesday night, and now authorities say the man is holding his toddler son hostage.

Hall County School System officials are challenging students in the district to create videos that show the dangers of distracted driving.

A man accused of stabbing his mother to death near Woodstock is now accused of attacking another inmate inside the Cherokee County jail.

A standoff at a motel outside Atlanta that involved a number of children ended Tuesday morning with the suspect stabbing himself but no one else injured, police said.

The Gainesville City School Board welcomed a new member Monday night at the Board's first meeting of 2016.

While Hall County teachers spent the day Monday preparing for students to return to class after a winter break, school administrators were in a day-long meeting learning the ins-and-outs of the school resource officer program.