The Georgia Guidestones demolished after explosion 'destroyed' portion, GBI says
Law enforcement agencies are investigating an explosion that caused "significant" damage to the controversial Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County forcing officials to demolish them.
Judge: Georgia county discriminated against deputy seeking gender reassignment surgery
The case involves Sgt. Anna Lange, an investigator in the middle Georgia county who began her transition in 2017 after being diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Trump rebuked with stinging losses in Georgia GOP contests
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defeated Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in the Republican primary. Kemp will face Democrat Stacy Abrams in a key governor’s race in November.
YSL rapper Gunna denied bond for RICO charge, judge delays decision on Young Thug's bond
Atlanta rapper Gunna pleaded not guilty to a RICO charge as part of an investigation into the Young Slime Life group. A Georgia judge denied Gunna bond and set his trial date for 2023.
Georgia deputies called to capture 'monkeys on the loose'
The Effingham County Sheriff's Office said deputies and state wildlife rangers were out this weekend working to wrangle some primates that got loose.
2022 midterms: Georgia primary takes center stage, Texas holding runoffs
Five states are holding midterm elections on Tuesday, including Georgia, where endorsements from former President Donald Trump seek revenge for his 2020 election defeat in the state.
Special grand jury seated in Trump election interference investigation in Georgia
Grand jurors have been selected and impaneled in Fulton County. They're tasked with deciding if former President Donald Trump and others broke the law by pressuring Georgia officials to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Georgia man indicted for 1982 murder of U.S. Army private
A Georgia man has been indicted for the 1982 murder of an Arizona military woman.
Ahmaud Arbery: Jury finds men who killed Black jogger guilty of hate crimes
A federal jury has found the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty on all counts of interfering with Arbery's civil rights in their federal hate crime trial.
Georgia toddler diagnosed with extremely rare uncombable hair syndrome
Lock Samples of Roswell, Georgia is one of about 100 known cases of uncombable hair syndrome in the world.
Greg McMichael won’t plead guilty to hate crime in Arbery death
Greg McMichael reversed his plan to plead guilty in the federal case days after a U.S. District Court judge rejected terms of a plea deal that was met with passionate objections by Arbery’s parents.
Ahmaud Arbery killing: Federal judge rejects plea deal in hate crimes trial
A federal judge said that in this case it would only be appropriate to consider the family’s wishes at sentencing, which the proposed deal wouldn’t allow.
Fulton County DA investigating Donald Trump asks FBI for security help
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday wrote a letter to the FBI office in Atlanta asking for a risk assessment of the county courthouse and government center. She also asked the FBI to provide protective resources, “to include intelligence and federal agents.”
David Perdue tests positive for COVID-19, will undergo quarantine campaign says
Former U.S. Senator and Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue tested positive Monday for COVID-19, according to a representative from his campaign.
Texas man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials
Chad Christopher Stark of Leander has been charged with one count of communicating interstate threats and now faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted.
Fulton County DA asks for special grand jury in Trump election probe
The Fulton County prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes involving Georgia's 2020 presidential election has asked for a special grand jury to help with the investigation.
'Pastor' and wife arrested after 'frightening' discovery of people locked in Griffin home, police say
Police say as many as eight people were found locked in the basement of an unlicensed Griffin group home disguised as a church. The so-called pastor is accused of denying them medical care and medications.
Georgia teen accepted into 48 colleges, earns over $600K in scholarships
Kenyari Sawyer, a 4.0 senior in Albany, Georgia, was accepted into 48 universities and colleges and received more than $600,000 in scholarships.
Gene found in Georgia sewer water could be 'global public health threat,' scientists say
Scientists have found a gene that has been declared one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity while testing bacteria in Georgia sewer water.
Biden, Harris visit Atlanta to push for voting reform bill
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Atlanta on Tuesday to discuss the need for federal legislation to protect the right to vote. But some civil rights activists, uninterested in another speech, don’t want to hear it.