People who live outside sought shelter today as heat index values soared into the triple digits across much of Georgia today.

More than 700 bridges across Georgia can't handle increased weight limits approved earlier this year by state lawmakers.

A historic town square in Savannah formerly named after Vice President John Calhoun is one step closer to getting a new name.

More than a hundred people showed up at a Crawford County commission meeting Tuesday night to protest a proposed rock quarry.

Officials in South Georgia's Turner County plan to rededicate one of the region's most iconic roadside attractions Thursday night.

Thirty years ago today, a fire broke out in the press box at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium before a Braves game.

First Lady Jill Biden and US Education Secretary Miquel Cardona visited Augusta this week to promote administration policies.

A new study finds that if a power outage struck Georgia during a heat waves, thousands of residents could be hospitalized.

A major bridge near downtown Savannah could be lifted in an effort to boost shipping on the Savannah River.

Comment can be submitted online through July 27.

Savannah-Chatham schools are on track to start fall classes with fewer drivers than the past two years.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is asking for public comment on its proposal to lift a major bridge near downtown Savannah.

More than 38,000 federal student loan borrowers in Georgia have been approved for loan forgiveness.

A $35 million medical marijuana farm is under construction in Macon.

Georgia's highest court has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block a district attorney from prosecuting him.

Union actors in Atlanta held a rally last night in support of a national strike.  The action drew a crowd of about 1,000 supporters.

Attorneys for the City of Atlanta say an ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police training center is futile and invalid.

"If the Children’s Hospital of Georgia would like to be a place of wellness and healing, it should provide only affordable, plant-based options that can help people prevent diabetes, reduce high blood pressure and maintain a healthy weight, among other benefits," according to registered dietitians, doctors and nutrition experts with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Two U.S. Representatives from Georgia are working across the aisle to combat maternal mortality with a new bill.

Georgia's highest court has rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block a district attorney from prosecuting him for his actions in wake of the 2020 election.

Health and nutrition advocates are using nearby billboards to protest a new restaurant at the Children's Hospital of Georgia in Augusta. 

The mother of the suspect in a deadly weekend shooting south of Atlanta says her son needed mental help for nearly a decade.

Two Georgia Congressmen are working across the aisle to combat maternal mortality with new proposed federal legislation.

Weeks before the school year begins in Savannah's Chatham County, the public school district faces its worst-ever driver shortage.

The $80,000 study gives two dozen recommendations to city leaders.

The community of Crawford County is banding together to protest against a Kentucky company's development of a granite quarry on 437 acres of forest land.

Andre Longmore, the suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in a Hampton, Georgia neighborhood over the weekend, was shot and killed by police.

A funeral was held Sunday for Dr. Willie Chritine King Farris at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.  She was the last living sibling of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  

First lady Dr. Jill Biden will be in Augusta on Tuesday to promote workforce development as part of President Biden's economic policies.

Nightlife in Savannah could undergo major changes in the near future.

Dr. Christine King Farris lies in state at the Georgia Capitol today, an honor denied to her younger brother, Dr. Martin Luther Jr.

The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for automaker Rivian to build an electric vehicle manufacturing plant east of Atlanta.

Columbus will pay $600,000 to settle claims that a Black former police chief racially discriminated against two white officers.

One Georgia college administrator, Timothy Renick of Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success, says the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action should serve as a call for college and universities to look in the mirror to fix post-admission problems.