Union City News

Sparkle Rai's father Bennet Reid wiped away a tear Thursday evening when he heard the sentence.

An Atlanta man was sentenced to life plus 10 years Thursday for murdering his ex-lover - the second time he had been found guilty of shooting a former partner.

A freight train derailed in Union City Wednesday, causing about 17 cars to leave the track.

UNION CITY, Ga. - Seventeen cars from a coal train have derailed and tipped over in Georgia.

A freight train derailed in Union City Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. About 20 CSX coal cars overturned at the rail crossing near Flat Shoals Road and Union Street, said Union City police spokesman George Louth.

Georgia law enforcement is looking for speeders. The Governor's Office of Highway Safety is holding an all day speed enforcement crackdown that will run all day today.

Charles B. Pyke, Sr. Mr. Charles B. Pyke, Sr. of Fayetteville passed away June 13, 2009.

A woman is in serious condition at Grady Memorial Hospital Tuesday night after a three-car fiery crash in Union City.

From left, Ballethnic teacher Shell Stachowicz helps Jason Lucas, 10, son of Nena and Waverly Lucas, and Lea Jones, 8, daughter of Vanessa and Caldwell Jones, during dance rehearsal.

Union City police said on Thursday that a former Fulton County police officer is accused of sexually assaulting prostitutes.

Gerald Copeland, a retired Lieutenant with the Fulton County Police Department was back in trouble with the law Thursday.

A judge today lowered former Chattanooga city employee Keele Maynora s bond from $100,000 to $50,000 after hearing from her spiritual adviser, a bondsman and Ms.

That information came out during a Monday morning bond hearing before Judge Poole, who agreed to lower the bond from $100,000 to $50,000. Public Defender Ardena Garth said Ms.

Fulton County's jail problems have become a source of revenue for Hall County. Since February, nearly a fifth of the inmates in Hall County's 1,026-bed jail have been from Fulton County, part of a long-standing plan for the jail to bring in about $4 million annually by boarding inmates from other counties.

A trucker clung to the back of his trailerless semi Tuesday while a man who commandeered the vehicle led police on a 50-mile chase down an interstate in Georgia, authorities said.

An Albany man faces several charges after hijacking a truck and leading police on a chase through four counties, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

Police took a man into custody after he led them on a chase through seven counties, from Metro Atlanta toward Macon, in a stolen, big-rig tractor Tuesday afternoon.

Police say they've arrested a man who stole a trailerless semi and led them on a 50-mile chase down a Georgia interstate with the semi's owner clinging to the back.

A brand new school bus en route to California from Georgia crashed into a creek bed along East Overland Trail on Saturday.

A Fulton County jury found two Union City men guilty Thursday in the August 2007 slaying of 18-year-old Brandon Horton.