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Crash at Ga. 365 and Ga. 197 sends driver to hospital; no students on...

MT. AIRY, Ga. — A school bus and a minivan collided Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Ga. 365 and Ga. 197, sending the...

Department of Homeland Security enters shutdown, amid dispute over funding

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The second partial government shutdown in 2026 began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, after lawmakers left the nation’s capital without reaching...

Toccoa woman arrested after missing court in infant death case

TOCCOA, Ga. — A Toccoa woman accused in the 2022 death of her infant child is behind bars after failing to appear in court,...

Trial of alleged Apalachee school shooter’s father could set a new precedent in Georgia

(GPB News) - The trial of Colin Gray, the father of the suspected Apalachee High School shooter, will begin on Monday, after a days-long...

Van driver killed in rear-end crash on Ga. 365 in Hall County

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Social Circle man was killed Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Cornelia Highway at Lula Road, according to the...

Feds: ICE agents appear to have made untruthful statements about north Minneapolis shooting

(States Newsroom) — Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have made untruthful statements under oath in their account of a Jan....

Toccoa police arrest two on drug distribution charges

TOCCOA, Ga. - Toccoa Police Department investigators arrested two people Wednesday after a search of a residence on Andrews Road turned up multiple controlled...

Senate Republicans sign off on cuts to Georgia’s income tax rate while ending some...

(Georgia Recorder) - Senate Republicans passed a proposal Thursday to reduce the state’s income tax while cutting some of the state’s tax credits for...

Lumpkin sheriff warns of phone spoofing scam

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — The Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers are spoofing the agency’s phone number...

Man identified in fatal Hall County camper fire

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities have identified the person found dead Thursday afternoon inside a burned camper on Bivens Road north of Gainesville. Randall Lynn...

Threatening call prompts lockdown at Elbert County High School

ELBERTON, Ga. — A threatening phone call to Elbert County High School on Thursday afternoon prompted a districtwide lockdown as authorities investigated the report. According...

Brushstrokes of Change plans Valentine’s Day workshop in Cornelia

CORNELIA, Ga. — The community art initiative Brushstrokes of Change will host a Valentine’s Day workshop Saturday at the Ballard Center, inviting residents to...