State highway officials say 21 people died on Georgia roadways over the Labor Day weekend, including five high school students.

Opening statements began in a trial that could result in Georgia Democrats gaining seats in Congress and the General Assembly.

A former White House drug policy advisor is asking Governor Brian Kemp to reject a rule expanding medical marijuana access.

Georgia's two US Senators visited Valdosta yesterday to tour areas hard-hit by Hurricane Idalia last week.

US Coast Guard officials are urging boaters along Georgia's coast to use extra caution in the hurricane's wake.

Georgia's behavioral health officials plan to ask for more funding from state lawmakers next year.

Clean-up from Hurricane and Tropical Storm Idalia continues across South Georgia as residents, workers and volunteers cleared fallen trees, restored electricity and picked through the debris of devastated homes.

Georgia Power customers could see their average monthly bills rise by about $9 a month to pay for a new nuclear power plant.

Gov. Brian Kemp pushed back on calls from former President Donald Trump and a select GOP lawmakers pushing for a special session to punish Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

Clean-up from Hurricane and Tropical Storm Idalia continued across South Georgia today as residents wrestled with fallen trees.

Georgia Republicans are divided over calls to impeach the Fulton County prosecutor who brought charges against Donald Trump.

Governor Brian Kemp rejected the idea of a special session to remove the Fulton County District Attorney as a "grifter's scam."

A Lowndes County man was killed Wednesday clearing storm felled trees from a roadway, one of the dangers of Hurricane Idalia even after it has passed.

Thousands are without power Thursday morning and many schools are closed after Idalia barreled through Georgia Wednesday.

The conservative Georgia Freedom Caucus is holding a press conference next week to call for a special session of the legislature.   

Hurricane Idalia barreled into South Georgia this morning, tracking toward the state's largest coastal city, Savannah.

The storm is bringing down power lines across South Georgia where power companies report at least 100,000 outages.

A rare super blue moon will be in the sky tonight at the same time that Hurricane Idalia is expected to bring its storm surge.

Residents in South Georgia are preparing for tropical storm or hurricane force winds tomorrow as Hurricane Idalia approaches.

Forecasters are anticipating four to eight inches of rain, enough to overwhelm stormwater drains and lead to flash flooding.

The Savannah attorney who owned the University of Georgia's famous bulldog mascots, Sonny Seiler, has died at age 90.

Georgia is preparing for the midweek arrival of Hurricane Idalia.

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows testified Monday at a hearing in Atlanta.

Georgia is preparing for the midweek arrival of Tropical Storm Idalia, expected to be Category-3 hurricane as it approaches Florida.

Commissioners in Metro Atlanta's DeKalb County are asking taxpayers to chip in $15 million for a new mental health crisis facility.

School officials in Metro Atlanta’s Forsyth County canceled talks by a children's book author last week after he used the word “gay.”

A newly published biography about one of history’s most towering figures from Georgia is being described as the first major biography of the Revered Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior in decades.

Marc Nobleman came to Forsyth County schools to give an inspirational talk to elementary school students about the origins of the superhero Batman. He left with a lesson on the county's policies about the word "gay."

Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is one of several defendants charged with trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election. Meadows is seeking to move his charges from state to federal court.

State agriculture officials say Savannah is the site of the first known nest in the United States of the invasive yellow-legged hornet.

Some Georgia families may qualify for assistance with their water bills through the federally funded Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.

All nineteen people indicted in Georgia's illegal election interference case have turned themselves in at the Fulton County Jail.

Three high school students were hospitalized in Augusta yesterday after suffering from heat-related illnesses at a track meet.

Savannah city council members have chosen the name of a formerly enslaved Union Army nurse for one its town squares.

American University history professor Allan Lichtman talks about the ex-presidential mugshot and how Donald Trump's indictment won't affect his prediction for who'll be the next president.

Former President Donald Trump was booked and released from Fulton County jail last night. 

Supporters and protesters of former President Donald Trump gathered outside the Atlanta jail yesterday where Trump turned himself in to authorities.

A formerly enslaved Union Army nurse is the new namesake of a historic town square in Savannah.