Bryan Pirkle

Georgia lawmakers have approved a $40 billion state spending plan for the next year, giving raises to the state's top judges and pushing $103 million in costs for some part-time school employees' health insurance to local districts.

Sheriff's officials say a couple wanted in the death of a man who was beaten and strangled in Kansas have been arrested in central Georgia.

As nuclear talks with Iran approach a critical deadline, the United States is considering letting Tehran run hundreds of centrifuges at a once-secret, fortified underground bunker in exchange for limits on centrifuge work at other sites, officials tell The Associated Press.

A group of citizens from Hall County made an emotional plea to Hall County commissioners at Monday afternoon's work session to rescind a vote that changes the name of a portion of Ga. Highway 347 from Friendship Road to Lanier Islands Parkway.

A 7,700-square-foot office building is planned on a vacant lot on Thompson Bridge Road across from the new Walmart Neighborhood Market.

More than 4,500 rowers and spectators from around the south are expected in Gainesville Friday and Saturday for the John Hunter Regatta.

The Gainesville Police Department is investigating after a two-vehicle crash resulted in the death of a motorcycle driver Friday night.

A Lawrenceville home has been described as a "total loss" following a severe fire Friday afternoon.

DeKalb County agreed to policy changes meant to protect the rights of people who can't afford fines and fees for traffic violations and other misdemeanors as part of the settlement of a federal lawsuit.

The body of a female University of Georgia student was found inside a campus dormitory Thursday evening.