Georgia News

Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt has announced that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo initial treatment in January.

Georgia's biggest county court system has elected a new chief judge. Cynthia D. Wright will succeed Doris Downs and become the next chief judge of the Fulton County Superior Court in May.

Georgia spends less in its juvenile-justice system per child than comparable states, according to a recent state audit.

Georgia Power says Gov. Sonny Perdue has been asked to remove the dirt dredged from near his vacation home and dumped into Lake Jackson last month.

When you put your family in the car this Thanksgiving, ita s every parenta s duty to tell them about the Facts of Life.. . Take a deep breath and count to three: ONE: Nationwide last year, 40-percent of all traffic crash victims killed during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period were NOT wearing their safetybelts.

Even in a robust economy, few companies volunteer to be taxed, but the three insurers that administer the state's Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids programs are willing.

Keeping convicted sex offenders from getting into trouble over the Internet once they're released can be a difficult task, but Georgia's Department of Corrections is using technology to help.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has set a Jan. 5 special election for two vacant sets in the state Legislature.

An animal rights organization says the use of a live bulldog mascot contributes to the breed's health problems and wants the University of Georgia to consider an alternative.

For the 46th year in its history, Georgia Farm Bureau members will travel to Jekyll Island for the organization's annual meeting Dec.

The wife of former Ashland Daily Tidings Editor Andrew Scot Bolsinger pleaded not guilty Monday to fraud and theft charges related to the pair's alleged swindling of investors of more than $200,000 through a string of failed downtown Ashland businesses they co-owned while he was the editor.

A former University of Georgia student has posted bail on charges he held a Clemson University student against his will at a local fraternity and beat him.

Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation will perform major reconstruction of Interstate 75 at different locations between Exit 37/Adel-Old Quitman Road and the Crisp/Dooly County line.

Dr. Craig McDaniel, president of Georgia Northwestern Technical College , has named Anthony Gallman as cosmetology instructor; Larry Jarrett as aviation maintenance instructor; Lura Sheppard as GED chief examiner; Lee Ann Williams as practical nursing instructor and Denise Wittman as medical business administrative technology instructor.

Traffic enforcement efforts will be stepped up during the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday period that begins Wednesday and lasts through the weekend.

A riding lawn mower may have four wheels, a powerful engine and can cost as much as a used car.

The group met for second time Monday while it tries to develop an alternative plan to using the lake.

Back in July, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen warned that his fellow Democratsa health proposals would not only come with a trillion-dollar federal price tag.

The National Weather Service has issued a Dense Fog Advisory for parts of middle Georgia through 7AM Thursday morning.

Georgia Department of Human Resources, with whom North Georgia Community Action Inc.