B.J. Williams

Hall County Commission Chairman Dick Mecum was recently named as the 2015-2016 Chairman of the Public Safety and the Courts Policy Committee for ACCG

The Transportation Security Administration is tightening security rules for airline and airport workers in the wake of a criminal case in which an Atlanta baggage handler was accused of smuggling guns on commercial jets, Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said Monday.

A rainy weekend festival turned grassy portions of downtown Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park into a muddy mess, prompting officials to temporarily close it.

“James and Friends,” a concert featuring five organ, piano, and voice performers, including Piedmont College President James F. Mellichamp, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 25, at the college Chapel in Demorest.

A Friday fire at a home on Booth Road was intentionally set, according to Barrow County fire investigators.

Authorities said a woman has died after a tree toppled onto her house in Atlanta, pinning her inside.

Authorities say a woman has died after being struck by a train in Athens over the weekend.

The most expensive oil of 2015 triggered increases at the gas pump, and prices could continue to climb this week.

So far, 28 former Hall County students have petitioned the school district for high school diplomas under House Bill 91, signed into law during this last legislative session.

An animal shelter has rescued hundreds of chicks shipped to a Georgia post office. Hundreds of other chicks in the shipment died.