B.J. Williams

Atlanta's airport is expecting an increase in travel during the coming Thanksgiving week.

Governor Nathan Deal accepted the last 50-cent toll on Georgia 400 just after 11 a.m. Friday, several hours before the tolls had been set to end.

Authorities say a portion of Highway 17 in Effingham County will be closed until Monday following a tanker truck crash that killed three people.

Drug agents arrested two men in Gainesville after a 16-pound package of marijuana bound for Hall County was intercepted in California.

Work is underway on two local projects to improve the flow of water from the Tennessee River into north Georgia.

The Dow Jones industrial average is closing above 16,000 for the first time as encouraging news on the job market pushes stocks higher.

A DeKalb County police officer working with the U.S. Marshals is recovering after being shot in his left leg while serving a drug warrant in southwest Atlanta, authorities said Thursday.

Barrow County authorities said Thursday they are continuing to look for clues in the murder of 24-year-old Lance Monroe Cole, the man found dead in his home Tuesday morning.

Health officials at Georgia Tech say a student is being treated for a suspected case of bacterial meningitis.

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