Posted: 5:47 PM A DeKalb County highway was shut down Tuesday morning when police found a suspicious looking package at a nearby motel.

Posted: 5:09 PM Police in Clayton County are seeking the public's assistance in locating a man suspected of raping a young girl last week.

Posted: 5:54 PM Authorities say a teen charged in the murder of a 21-year-old college student told police he argued with the woman and panicked before choking her to death.

Posted: 5:17 PM A 21-year-old Canton man has been charged with fatally shooting his 19-year-old girlfriend.

Updated: 2:57 AM These Florida lotteries were drawn Saturday...These Georgia lotteries were drawn Saturday...

Posted: 2:32 AM Ethics, abortion, gambling on Ga. primary ballot...Wanted man jokes with officer, ends up in jail...Columbus teen charged with murder...Man dead after possible lightning strike...Panel set up to represent SC wades into court...

Posted: 5:09 PM A 19-year-old man in Athens was arrested after he called attention to himself by joking with a police officer.

Updated: 5:04 PM A 15-year-old faces a murder charge after the body of a 21-year-old woman was found in the backyard of the home where he lives.

Posted: 5:01 PM Authorities say one man died and another was injured in a possible lightning strike at Lake Peachtree.

Posted: 4:59 PM Federal prosecutors have accused a licensed aircraft broker from Carrollton of conspiring to defraud seven southwest Georgia banks of loans totaling $3.1 million.

Posted: 4:55 PM A church in Augusta called in a master beekeeper to help relocate some buzzing intruders.

Updated: 9:26 AM Ethics, abortion and casino gambling are among the issues Georgia's Republican and Democratic parties are asking their voters to weigh in on this primary election season.

Posted: 8:47 PM Following Gov. Nathan Deal's lead, Georgia's community health commissioner says the agency is holding off on a wholesale overhaul of the state's Medicaid program because of uncertainty at the federal level.

Posted: 8:46 PM Georgia's state government ended the fiscal year of 2012 with $16.1 billion in net revenues, a 4.8 percent increase compared to fiscal year 2011.

Posted: 10:15 AM Authorities say Velvet Riggins was indicted in April on four felony charges.

Posted: 8:55 AM The 35-11 committee vote comes three weeks after the Senate passed its version of the half-trillion-dollar bill.

Updated: 8:50 PM When Georgia voters head to the polls on July 31 to weigh in on a proposed regional transportation sales tax, some of the state's political and business leaders claim they will be deciding no less than the future of the region for decades to come.

Posted: 8:48 PM For the second consecutive night, strong thunderstorms toppled trees and knocked out power to thousands of people across the state.

Posted: 11:27 PM Georgia Power says it is working to restore electricity to more than 7,500 homes and businesses, mostly in the Atlanta area, after strong storms roared through the state.

Posted: 10:01 PM Authorities in west Georgia have arrested two parents accused of making their 15-year-old daughter live in a chicken coop for days at a time.

Posted: 9:51 PM Georgia authorities say an 11-year-old girl killed her foster mother's puppy because the woman refused to take her somewhere.

Posted: 9:39 PM A county worker in eastern Georgia is out of work after entering a woman's home and walking into her bedroom to order her to cut her grass.

Posted: 4:47 PM Georgia authorities say an 11-year-old girl killed her foster mother's puppy because the woman refused to take her somewhere.

Posted: 4:32 PM Some Georgians believe the timing of a state tax holiday this year won't be particularly beneficial to parents or business owners because it will come after many school districts begin the school year -- too late for back-to-school shopping.

Posted: 4:31 PM FedEx Corp. is planning a new distribution center for its ground shipping operation in southwest Georgia.