Danville, GA

ATLANTA - Atlanta police have confirmed they are investigating a shooting that shut down all lanes of Interstate 85 northbound in Atlanta Monday morning. Police blocked all lanes of the interstate at Georgia 400 shortly before 5 a.m. The investigation was over and the interstate re-opened by 6:41 a.m. Police...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — A 15-year-old girl has died after being struck by lightning while she was swimming at the beach on vacation. The incident occurred at approximately 2:37 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, while the teenager was swimming in the waters off of Tybee Island in Georgia -- a beach town about 18 miles east of Savannah, according to the Tybee Island Police Department.

As the nation marked the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to contend with for 2021.

Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced, on Thursday, June 10, a $2 million grant for road and infrastructure improvements necessary for the establishment of a new Inland Port in Hall County, Georgia, that will allow expansion of operations through the Port of Savannah.

ATLANTA (AP) — Boosted by President Biden’s win and two U.S. Senate victories, high-profile Democratic candidates in Georgia are running for statewide office in a way unseen in years. Seven sitting Democratic lawmakers have already declared candidacies for one of Georgia’s eight statewide offices — a full nine months away...

COLUMBUS — A Georgia jury has awarded $500,000 to a woman who sued her former pastor, alleging that he had sexually abused her for years, starting when she was 15 years old. Jurors in Columbus found that Lewis Clemons, who led the Faith Unlimited Ministries and Kingdom Awareness Ministries churches, must pay Lequita Jackson, The Ledger-Enquirer reported.

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia State Patrol is searching for a driver who led a trooper on a high-speed chase in Walton County Sunday night. Authorities say a trooper clocked the driver going more than 120 miles per hour on Highway 78 shortly after 9:30 p.m. During the chase,...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – A jury convicted a Georgia man of murdering an off-duty employee at the RipTydz Oceanfront Grille in Myrtle Beach. According to information from Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson’s office, 26-year-old Jakkari Brown was found guilty Thursday of murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, unlawful consumption of alcohol while carrying a concealed weapon, and use of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol following a three-day trial.

Nearly 93 percent of school-age children went from in-school learning to remote learning throughout the pandemic, but some households were more equipped than others. A side-effect of the digital divide, the “homework gap” refers to students 18-years-old and under who lack the connectivity needed to complete remote school work and subsequently fall behind academically.

ATLANTA (CBS46)—A possible shooting leaves a major highway shut down in Midtown. CBS46 is working to get details from police after a reported shooting left 85N near Ga. 400 shut down early Monday morning. Police have not released any details but several motorists were standing on the highway as the...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Some affordable housing units will soon be built on Wynn Place near the VECTR Center in Warner Robins. Some people in that area are upset with city council's approval. Jeffrey Holden has lived on Wynn Place for 20 years and he says he and his neighbors...

Police say they have arrested an Atlanta-area street racing organizer, one of the first people to be charged under a new Georgia law that creates criminal penalties against not only participants, but organizers. Online jail records show Adolfo Robledo was booked into the DeKalb County jail on Thursday on three...

One person was killed and seven others wounded in a mass shooting Friday night in Savannah, Georgia. Police say a car drove by an apartment complex, and shots were fired into a crowd. Sixty bullet casings were recovered at the scene. A 20-year-old man was killed in the gunfire. Two...

MACON, Ga. — Multiple cars are involved in a wreck that happened on I-75 southbound on Saturday. According to Public Affairs Officer Emmitt Bivins, there are no "serious injuries" in the accident that happened around noon. Several lanes were closed while deputies worked the scene, but now lanes are back...

A Baldwin County deputy who died Sunday from an accidental drowning while attempting to save a swimmer in the Gulf of Mexico was remembered Saturday as a “hero,” a “warrior” and someone who approached a lifelong career in public service with “150 percent.”. Deputy Bill Smith, 57, was eulogized during...

It may seem counterintuitive, but a possibly record tax surplus that the state will run this year may prove a headache for the people who figure out what to do with it. They know from experience that lawmakers, interest groups and political strategists will be flooding them with ideas for the extra revenue the state will take in by the time the books close on fiscal 2021 in a few weeks.