LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta county has removed a Confederate monument from its historic courthouse square and placed it into storage.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The new sheriff for a diverse Atlanta-area county has canceled the county's participation in a controversial program that allows for warrantless detention of arrestees at...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The sheriff-elect for a Georgia county is under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19.

Gwinnett County's incoming sheriff, Keybo Taylor, confirmed Monday's...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police are searching for a suspect or suspects in a shooting that left three people dead Saturday afternoon in a greater Atlanta suburb.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Marshals in Georgia have arrested a Georgetown University football player accused of killing a man in Washington, D.C.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — An eight-year-old murder case in Georgia has been closed after DNA linked an incarcerated suspect to the slaying, authorities said.

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A woman jumped out of a moving car with her 1-year-old child to escape being kidnapped by a man who carjacked her vehicle, according to authorities in Georgia.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An Indiana judge killed in a small plane crash in southeastern Illinois was being remembered Sunday by fellow judges as a problem-solver who helped defendants start new...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A small plane crashed Saturday in southeastern Illinois, killing the pilot who was an Indiana judge, authorities said.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff's office is thanking a group of inmates credited with rescuing a deputy who collapsed and suffered a head injury while supervising a jail housing...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Voters in Atlanta's most populous suburban county will get another chance in November to vote on a sales tax to fund mass transit expansion.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities said a Georgia man fatally shot his 83-year-old mother, then himself Wednesday afternoon.

The bodies of June Fiveash, 83, and Russell Fiveash, 51, were...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — After months on the run, a mail fraud suspect who lived up to his legal name — Speedy Gonzalez — has been arrested in Georgia.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia arrested a 19-year-old in the fatal shooting of two men 10 days after he was released from jail on drug charges, authorities said.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of a Georgia judge accused of illegally accessing a courthouse computer network.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A longtime county sheriff of one of metro Atlanta's largest counties announced his retirement Tuesday.

Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway announced his...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Taco Bell wasn't open on Christmas Day but a burglar in Georgia decided he wanted a festive feast anyway — and to take a nap while he was at it.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a stuntman killed during the production of a “Walking Dead” episode in 2017.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia church says its donating $62,000 to pay off the school lunch debt of students in three counties.

12Stone church in Lawrenceville announced that its giving...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — One of Georgia’s largest counties has created a special jail unit just for military veterans.

“The Barracks” is aimed at giving veterans behind bars a better chance...

ATLANTA (AP) — Commute times drastically increased for some drivers hoping to head into Atlanta early Wednesday after a crash closed most of Interstate 85’s inbound lanes.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A deadly crash involving a pedestrian has led authorities to close all southbound lanes of Interstate 85 in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Three police dogs in Georgia's Gwinnett County are getting lightweight protective vests.

The Georgia Police K-9 Foundation has donated the vests to K-9 Armo and K-9...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials in Georgia's Gwinnett County have approved the contract for the area's next police chief.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the new Gwinnett County...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man accused of dragging a police officer with his car during a traffic stop has surrendered to authorities.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's Department of Natural Resources has a message for anglers: If you catch a northern snakehead, kill it immediately.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Illegal marijuana users shouldn’t get comfortable in a Georgia county just yet.

Gwinnett County police announced in August that they wouldn’t jail people for small...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's Gwinnett County police department is getting a new chief later this year.

Officials say its current chief, Butch Ayers, has announced his retirement after...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say a man they initially thought died of natural causes actually died from stab wounds to his neck.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Winners of the 2018 Georgia Sports Writers Association contest. All were recognized at the organization's annual meeting in Lawrenceville, Georgia, on...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The top winners of the annual Georgia Sports Writers Association contest have been announced.

Steve Hummer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution won in the Division I...

ATLANTA (AP) — A 20-year-old Georgia woman was killed in a jet-ski wreck on Lake Lanier.

News outlets report Kaylynn Ticas of Lawrenceville died Saturday after being transported to Northeast...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Health officials are warning the public that an employee at an Atlanta-area fast food restaurant tested positive for hepatitis A.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police say human remains found in a suitcase along a Georgia interstate nearly three years ago were those of a missing woman.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta county is celebrating LGBTQ Pride for the first time.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Gwinnett County's Board of Commissioners presented...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old security guard outside a River North neighborhood nightclub.

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say a Georgia tourist downed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office says 63-year-old Rogelio Moreno Gaitan of Lawrenceville,...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta right-hander Mike Foltynewicz could return to the Braves' rotation as soon as this weekend.

Foltynewicz pitched 3 2/3 innings in a rehab start with Triple-A...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia Democrat says she raised more than $350,000 in seven weeks after announcing she'll run again for a congressional seat long held by Republicans.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz showed no issues with his right elbow, allowing no hits and two baserunners in five scoreless innings of a rehab start at Triple-A...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia are searching for a third suspect charged in the deaths of two missing men whose bodies were found this month in a storage unit in an Atlanta...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia say a disabled man whose mother is accused of trying to scam him out of $200,000 has been found safe.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The bodies of two men missing since December have been found in a storage unit in an Atlanta suburb.

Athens-Clark County investigators told news outlets that the...