Bryan Pirkle

Emergency crews responded to reports of a house fire in the eastern portion of Hall County tonight at approximately 8 p.m.

President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address Tuesday night that recent diplomatic steps offer "the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons" inside Syria without the use of force, but he also insisted the U.S. military will keep the pressure on President Bashar Assad "and be ready to respond" if other measures fail.

A northwest Georgia man accused in the deaths of his father and brother has been sentenced to life in prison.

Authorities are investigating the death of a prisoner found in his cell at the Clarke County Jail.

A fugitive wanted on murder charges has been arrested after a standoff and shootout with police in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood.

A Hall County minor was flown from the scene of a bicycle accident this evening having reportedly suffered serious injuries.

The director of South Carolina's environmental control agency has warned the U.S. Energy Department that federal budget reductions to the Savannah River Site near Aiken could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.

Federal prosecutors say a metro Atlanta police officer and another man have been arrested on corruption, drug and weapons charges.

The Georgia Department of Labor's (GDOL) Athens Career Center will help Health Care Staffing recruit workers this week.

FaithBridge Foster Care, a Christ-centered foster care placement agency, invites the public to learn about the Hall County "foster care crisis" at one of three meetings this month at Concord Baptist Church in Clermont.