Bryan Pirkle

Interactive Neighborhood for Kids is getting closer to its fundraising goal for a new state-of-the-art children

Gwinnett County police are investigating an apparent murder that occurred Saturday in Auburn.

Hall County officials will host a public input meeting Thursday on the project list for the Special Purpose Location Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) to be voted on in a referendum next spring.

Attorneys for a Montana man said in court Thursday that his adrenaline was sky-high and he was defending his home when he fired a shotgun four times into his garage in April, killing a 17-year-old German exchange student.

A 21-year-old Alto man has been identified as the victim of a three-vehicle crash in White County Wednesday night.

Senate Republicans are showing divisions over President Barack Obama's pick for attorney general. Some cite the president's executive actions on immigration as reason for pause, but others are open to the selection of Loretta Lynch.

Declaring the ``fight is nowhere close to being over,'' President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded strides in the effort to confront Ebola in West Africa and in protecting the U.S. against the spread of the deadly virus. He said squelching the disease remains an urgent priority even if the American public's attention has shifted elsewhere.

Stores are welcoming a second wave of shoppers in what has become a two-day kickoff to the holiday shopping season.

Protesters in Ferguson pressed pause Thursday as the city welcomed Thanksgiving, decorating boarded-up storefronts with some Dr. Seuss inspiration and gathering for church services a stark contrast to previous days of outrage over the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case.

Firefighters were called to a local apartment complex Wednesday afternoon following reports of a fire that had ignited inside one of the units.