B.J. Williams

While thousands crowded the steps of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta for a "Justice for Trayvon" rally, another much smaller group gathered for the same purpose in Gainesville

While rabid animals are not uncommon in our part of the state, a Banks County family recently had an encounter that public health officials say is a bit unusual.

Atlanta police are investigating the burglary of baseball great Hank Aaron's Atlanta home while he and his wife Billye were away.

Give yourself some extra time if you're driving through central Georgia on Interstate 75 this weekend.

Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill nine presidents and was not shy about sharing her opinions, died Saturday. She was 92.

One week after a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, rallies are scheduled in 100 cities, including Gainesville and Atlanta, to press for civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says the Republican party's popularity gap with women is every bit as serious as its well-documented struggle among minority voters.

An Ellijay man recently won a brand new Honda Civic from Milton Martin Honda during a promotional giveaway in conjunction with the Atlanta appearance of country music artists Rascal Flatts.

Police have identified the two victims of a Thursday night hit and run accident on Lawrenceville Highway as Maria Alicia Cervantes Maldonado, 36, and her daughter Melissa Paola Cervantes, 6.

Young people involved in a youth ministry program in the northwest Georgia mountains are recovering at their camp after a bus crashed on Fort Mountain, sending 17 people to hospitals with mostly minor injuries.