B.J. Williams

A retired narcotics K-9 for the Barrow County Sheriff's Office was found dead over the weekend, after he apparently was hit by a vehicle.

Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Atlanta on Tuesday.

National Park Service officials say the more than 7.3 million people visited Georgia's national parks in 2012, and the tourism generated an economic benefit of more than $343 million.

The southbound lanes of Georgia 365 at White Sulphur Road are blocked with a three-vehicle accident, according to Hall County emergency dispatchers.

A suspended Athens doctor accused of sexually assaulting a sedated patient has been sentenced to probation.

The parents of a two-year-old Flowery Branch girl are in trouble with the law after police say they abandoned their child Friday.

A retired U.S. Postal Service worker from Buford is the newest millionaire in north Georgia, according to the Georgia Lottery.

Three of the 14 suspects arrested in the undercover GBI sting known as "Operation Broken Heart" have ties to the north Georgia area.

Russia issued an ultimatum Monday, demanding that the crew of two Ukrainian warships in Crimea immediately surrender or be stormed and seized, a Ukrainian military spokesman said.

The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified Monday to hearing "blood-curdling" screams from a woman before she heard four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend.