Bryan Pirkle

Dawson County authorities are investigating a reported shooting that occurred near Ga. 400 Monday afternoon.

During National Teen Driver Safety Week, AAA released research that indicates interacting with passengers is the most common distraction leading to teen driver accidents in Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced a series of planned upcoming closures that will allow for the continued resurfacing of Browns Bridge in Hall County.

A man convicted of killing an Atlanta police officer and wounding a second officer with an AR-15 rifle was scheduled to be the seventh person executed by the state this year.

The number of police officers killed as a result of criminal acts decreased in 2015 from the year before, dropping from 51 to 41, the FBI said Tuesday.

A heat expert testified that temperatures peaked around 125 degrees inside the SUV where 22-month-old Cooper Harris died after being left there all day in June 2014.

A traffic stop in Lumpkin County ended with two arrests and the seizure of roughly $8,000 worth of methamphetamine on Friday.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, marked by an outpouring of pink in various forms, from ribbons, to t-shirts, to football uniforms. The Better Business Bureau warns, however, that not every charity looking to ride the pink wave will handle your money properly, in a practice known as "pinkwashing."

Disaster relief efforts are in full swing along the southeastern seaboard, as emergency workers and volunteers endeavor to provide shelter to those displaced by Hurricane Matthew and clean up the damage left in the storm's wake.

Author and certified Interface Therapist Tammy Billups, who specializes in relationships between people and their pets, joined the ANW this week to discuss her book "Beyond the Fur" and share a few tips on how to maximize the owner-pet dynamic.