Bryan Pirkle

A Winder man has been arrested following the robbery of the Ingles Market pharmaceutical department on Winder Highway Monday night.

Working to fill campaign coffers for House Democrats, President Barack Obama poked fun at Republicans on Monday for placing an election-year focus on the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and his namesake health care law rather than on issues he deemed more serious.

Georgia Senate candidate Michelle Nunn is refusing to say whether she would have voted for President Barack Obama's signature health care law in a race that could help determine congressional control.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he's looking at making changes to a controversial program that runs people booked for local crimes through a federal immigration database.

Candidates running in Georgia's fiercely contested Republican primary for the U.S. Senate are blasting the perceived front-runner in the race for making comments they say suggest he would support raising taxes.

Centennial Arts Academy in Gainesville has been selected as the winner of a $1,000 grant courtesy of the nationwide program

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has awarded more than $10.2 million in grants to 34 community entities around the state to help qualifying homeowners make down payments and rehabilitate their homes. Grant amounts range from $200,000 to $300,000 and recipients include Jackson County and Gainesville.

House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrats declared it merely a political ploy to raise campaign cash and motivate voters.

Georgia officials facing a short timeline to replace the statewide student test could take a major step on Thursday.

House Democrats opened the door Tuesday to participating in a special panel's investigation of the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, even if they see it as little more than an election-year ploy by Republicans to discredit the Obama administration and motivate GOP voters.