Georgia News

DULUTH, Ga. (WSB) -- A fight between parents at a youth baseball game landed the team’s head coach and a mom in jail

ATLANTA, Ga. (AJC) -- Coca-Cola insists the copy of its secret formula auctioned this week on eBay is a fake.

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease has been fitted with bionic hands.

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) -- Police say a suburban Atlanta man faked his owned kidnapping to avoid telling his parents he was failing a college English course.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Military officials say two Fort Bliss soldiers and one from Fort Stewart in Georgia were killed in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, said Friday that she will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. Video

HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Investigators say DNA tests confirm that human remains found in Hawkinsville are those of a college student who disappeared last month.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Authorities say more than 30 catalytic converters have been stolen from vehicles during the past two weeks in Atlanta and nearby Decatur.

ATLANTA, Ga. (A) -- Gov. Nathan Deal has signed an executive order implementing restrictions on a set of academic standards adopted by the state.

MORROW, Ga. -- Thieves cut through a double steel door and stole thousands of dollars' worth of popular Brazilian hair from a local beauty supply store.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (WSB-TV) -- Gwinnett police are reporting cases of car-surfing among young people, and a father was allegedly behind the wheel in one case.

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. -- Paulding County Schools administrators are investigating how a high school yearbook got published with the word "freak" attached to a student's name.

CARNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Franklin County sheriff's officials say a person was killed and two others were injured when a car fleeing from police crashed on Interstate 85.

ATLANTA (AP) -- State officials and lawmakers have launched a campaign aimed at addressing the issue of prescription drug abuse among teenagers in the state.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is running for re-election.

CAIRO, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of threatening others with a knife in south Georgia has been killed.

ATLANTA (AP) — A red panda at Atlanta's zoo has died after suffering a sudden illness.

Three suspects face charges in south Georgia after law officers raided businesses where they suspected illegal gambling was taking place.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trace Adkins has an apprentice of his own.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.