One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.

Secretary of State Press Office Yesterday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger made a formal request to the newly appointed Attorney General, The Honorable Pam Bondi, urging the Department ...

A U.S. Senate committee has approved businesswoman and former Georgia U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to lead the Small Business ...

The final day of Jimmy Carter's state funeral is Thursday as his life is celebrated in Washington. Follow for updates from D.C. to Plains.

Jan. 21, 5 p.m. As snow continues to accumulate across metro Atlanta, MARTA has suspended bus service and the Downtown Atlanta streetcar. Bus service will resume when road conditions allow, according ...

Governor’s office of Highway Safety The Americus Police Department announced today that it has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant in the amount of $29,438.48 from the Governor’s Office of ...

Locations impacted by the alert include Americus, Buena Vista ... remains in effect until 9 a.m. for central and west central Georgia." Preparing for impending lightning strikes: Expert safety ...

Jan. 21, 7:40 p.m. GDOT is warning motorists to stay off roads due to icy conditions. We’ve heard various reports of impassable side roads across Atlanta and cars being abandoned along North Druid ...

Thousands of drivers on a Georgia highway found themselves in a 15-hour-long traffic jam caused by the rare snowstorm that ...

The National Park Service released the first public images on Friday of former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter's final resting place.

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Americus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing disabled man.