B.J. Williams

Authorities have told a broadcast outlet that high winds overturned at least four small planes and damaged several others at a regional airport near Atlanta when strong weekend storms raked the region.

S. Truett Cathy, the billionaire founder of the privately held Chick-fil-A restaurant chain that famously closes on Sundays but also drew unwanted attention on gay marriage in recent years because of his family's conservative views, died early Monday, a company spokesman said. He was 93.

Motorists are seeing the cheapest gas prices to start September since 2010. Compared to this time last year, the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is 14 cents cheaper, 19 cents cheaper in Florida, 14 cents cheaper in Georgia and 16 cents cheaper in Tennessee.

The Georgia State Patrol said a man and woman were killed on Georgia Highway 365 at White Sulphur Road Saturday morning when they were thrown from a motorcycle they were riding.

The state Board of Education will hold a hearing in Gainesville Tuesday on the controversial Common Core Standards and other public education issues.

The Supreme Court of Georgia (SCOGA) Monday is scheduled to hear an appeal of the conviction and life sentence given one of Hall County's "Valentine's Day" murderers. It is also to hear an appeal in a Lumpkin County murder case.

Thousands of Jackson EMC customers in the northern part of Hall County found themselves without power early Saturday morning as crews replaced a transmission line in the area.

With the official groundbreaking Friday morning for the Milton Martin Toyota dealership in Oakwood, city officials said they are looking forward to more growth in the area.

The head of the state ethics commission has been placed on administrative leave with pay, a few days after she was fined by a judge for failing to turn over key documents in a lawsuit against the agency.

Thirty-two states that either allow gay marriage or have banned it asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to settle the issue once and for all.