Nationwide has opened a toll-free hotline to field questions from anyone who might have been affected.

Police outside Atlanta are investigating the death of a toddler, whose body was found in the backyard of her home.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program has granted over 53,000 requests for protection from deportation since the government began accepting applications in August.

Residents needing a driver's license can now check wait times at local offices of the Georgia Department of Driver Services.

Rescuers search Altamaha River for missing hunter... moonshine makers and city officials in Dawsonville say they're preserving a way of life... police have shot a man who they say stabbed his mother... state-of-the-art fire station is being planned for Valdosta...

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Firefighters are investigating a blaze at a mobile home in Columbus that witnesses say was set.

Police are investigating skeletal remains found off a highway in north Georgia.

Rescuers are searching the Altamaha River for a Glynn County man who left by boat to hunt hogs and never returned.

Holly Springs police say a 40-year-old officer and his wife were among those injured when a train collided with a float carrying wounded veterans during a parade in Texas.

Holly Springs police say a 40-year-old officer and his wife were among those injured when a train collided with a float carrying wounded veterans during a parade in Texas.

Officials expect Lake Lanier to drop six inches each week at the current release rate.

A group of central Georgians studying the future of Macon's airport recommends that it should concentrate on increasing technical jobs related to aviation.

The Ford Motor Company Fund is pledging $1 million to the American Red Cross for efforts including workplace development training for veterans, military members and their families.

An audit report found that despite a school board's decision to cut 150 positions from its central office, only 109 might have been eliminated -- and district officials can't find the detailed list of people and positions that were to have been cut.

Federal officials say they're lowering Lake Lanier's water level and increasing the flow of water downstream to ease drought conditions in parts of Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

Officials in Hall County are working to determine whether a landfill owned by Gov. Nathan Deal's business partner may have violated zoning rules by composting food waste.

A 17-year-old Houston County girl has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the shooting death of her 12-year-old sister.

Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was shot in the back while he slept in his bed south of Atlanta.

Lawyers have given a Georgia judge sexual recordings of the CEO of the Waffle House restaurant chain in a lawsuit stemming from accusations made by a former employee who says she was forced into sex.

Leaders in Georgia's agriculture industry are urging farmers to get ready for a pending tax break.

The 70-person Gulf Power storm restoration team returned to Northwest Florida Tuesday after spending more than two weeks assisting utilities in the Northeastern United States affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Authorities in Emanuel County say they're still looking for two inmates who were among six prisoners that escaped from the county jail over the weekend.

A hospital in middle Georgia is suggesting that about 400 additional patients get tested for hepatitis C as a former employee faces charges in New Hampshire of tampering with needles and infecting more than 30 people.

A news anchor for Fox 5 Atlanta has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after authorities say she caused a wrong-way crash on a city street.