Bryan Pirkle

Letters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge.

Forsyth County authorities Wednesday afternoon said the Georgia State Patrol is investigating the traffic accident that killed one person Wednesday morning on Highway 369.

A state-mandated ban on outdoor burning goes into effect Wednesday, May 1 in more than 50 Georgia counties, including Hall, Forsyth, Barrow, Jackson, Lumpkin and Gwinnett.

Two high-ranking officials at the state Department of Agriculture resigned after hosting a drunken party during a government-funded training session and then going skinny dipping with several employees, according to an investigation released Wednesday.

Two high-ranking officials have resigned at Georgia's Department of Agriculture.

Georgia DOT plans a traffic change on Main Street in Cleveland starting Tuesday, April 9 if the weather cooperates.

Keep America Beautiful s Great American Cleanup is the nation s largest annual community improvement program, attracting more than four million volunteers each year - and this year's event is April 13, with four Hall County cities planning to participate.

B.J. and Justin Upton never had the nerve to imagine an ending like the one they provided Saturday night not even after they both moved to the Atlanta Braves this offseason.

Churches across the region celebrated Resurrection Sunday, many rising before dawn for Easter sunrise services.

The preliminary education budget for next year was the topic of discussion at a meeting held Thursday by the White County Board of Education.