B.J. Williams

The national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.39, down a fraction of a cent from last week, but prices in Georgia are up a nickel a gallon.

A Georgia doctor faces more charges in a federal case in which prosecutors say he ran an illegal prescription drug business with the help of Mississippi casino workers.

The Investigation Discovery Channel plans to air a show Sunday night about the disappearance and death of a Buford man earlier this year, and producers claim they were given an exclusive on Kelly Nash's cause of death.

A former University of Georgia police officer has threatened to file a $5 million lawsuit against the state Board of Regents after he was fired for refusing to arrest two drunk, underage students who needed medical help, his lawyer said Thursday.

The director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the agency will need extra resources as more police departments are requesting state agents to investigate shootings involving officers.

Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks has pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false tax document.

A Georgia school superintendent says he's advised a teacher not to take political positions in conversations with students following a complaint from the parents of a student at Dublin Middle School.

Georgia transportation planners say converting Atlanta's Downtown Connector into a double-decked superhighway -- or creating tunnels beneath or parallel to it -- are the types of ideas they want explored.

The Georgia State Patrol said Thursday morning that a deadly crash on Poplar Springs Road in south Hall County occurred when a dump truck blew a tire and veered into the path of a small SUV, killing the driver of the smaller vehicle.

The Veterans Affairs system operates more than 1,000 facilities. A look at some regions where waits were longest over a six-month period beginning on Sept. 1 and ending Feb. 28: