ATLANTA -- Georgia students posted modest academic gains in most of the tested grades and subjects last school year except in one key area. English Language Arts scores fell in all but two of the seven grade levels that were given Milestones exams, according to scores...

ATLANTA -- Chris Carr, Georgia's attorney general and a candidate for governor, is suing his Republican primary opponent in federal court over a campaign finance issue. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Atlanta filed Thursday follows a complaint by Carr against...

ATLANTA - Two former correctional officers at Augusta State Medical Prison have been indicted in connection with the death of an inmate in 2020. Robert Roberson and Marcus Phillips are charged with violating the inmate's constitutional rights by showing deliberate...

ATLANTA - Five soldiers were shot Wednesday morning at the U.S. Army's Fort Stewart southwest of Savannah. Law enforcement officers were dispatched to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area at the base shortly before 11 a.m., the Army posted in a news release on X....

ATLANTA -- Another Democrat has entered the contest to succeed term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia's highest elected office, a candidate with a history of winning statewide, albeit a while ago. Michael Thurmond, who has held a wide variety of local and state...

ATLANTA - A plan to add toll lanes along Georgia 400 in Fulton and Forsyth counties is getting a big boost from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Tuesday announced a loan of up to $3.89 billion to help build the project. The money...

ATLANTA -- In Georgia, people can be held responsible for false imprisonment if they get police to arrest someone who did nothing wrong. A former DeKalb County commissioner learned that costly lesson Monday in federal appeals court when judges sided with two...

ATLANTA - Georgia energy regulators voted unanimously Tuesday to hold hearings this fall on a Georgia Power request to certify 9,900 megawatts of new power generating capacity environmentalists say would rely heavily on harmful fossil fuels. The plan calls for adding...