B.J. Williams

The firefighters who are stationed at the Gainesville Fire Department's Station 2 now have a new home.

After learning about illegal drugs being smuggled into the Lumpkin County Detention Center, investigators quickly shut down the operation, according to information released this week by the Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office.

Four suspects remain at large following more than a dozen auto break-ins at the Sterling on the Lake subdivision earlier this week.

An order last month allowed grand jury proceedings in Georgia courts to resume and now jury trials can start again after a months-long shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.

A fire that has been burning at a mulch company in the Auburn area since Saturday is causing visibility problems for motorists on nearby Georgia Highway 316.

The ongoing water war between Florida and Georgia is expected to go back before the United States Supreme Court at some point in the 2020-2021 term.

Georgia is taking a one-time $240 million hit to its bank account because accounting software wasn't sending the right share of sales taxes to local governments.

After interviewing witnesses and piecing together evidence over the last week, investigators with the Oakwood Police Department have now charged a business owner in connection with an altercation that happened at a store on Sept. 28.

A suspect now has been named in a double shooting that happened early Monday morning in Lawrenceville.

Regal Cinemas, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. is temporarily shuttering its locations Thursday. That includes the Hollywood 15 Cinemas in Gainesville.