Georgia

This week’s school shooting in Georgia hit close to home for one of our producers at NBC10 Boston. Two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. One of the victims was math teacher Richard Aspinwall, who doubled as a defensive football coach. “I never thought that I would know one of...

The system, which authorities say was put in place about a week ago, prevented a “much larger tragedy,” Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said.

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.

Celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds (1,043 kilograms) of meth that federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said.

A female student was shot and killed this weekend at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, the university confirmed.

A Georgia man is scheduled to be put to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years.

The father of Laken Riley, a student at the University of Georgia who was killed while jogging, said he’s “angry” her death has been used politically.

A special prosecutor who had a romantic relationship with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis formally withdrew Friday from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump after a judge ruled one of them had to leave the case for it to move forward.

A Georgia judge ruled Friday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testified Thursday during a probe of her ongoing romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade, which Willis and Wade engaged in during their investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “You’re confused. You think I’m on trial. These people are on trial for trying to steal...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis acknowledged in a court filing on Friday having a “personal relationship” with a special prosecutor she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump but argued there are no grounds to dismiss the case or to remove her from the prosecution.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is defending the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

Authorities say the last of four men who escaped from a Georgia jail in October has been caught.

A Georgia elementary school employee has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of hitting several students and leaving “welts” on the back of at least one child.

A central Georgia sheriff said four men detained in the county jail escaped through a damaged window and a cut fence.

A Georgia man was left reeling after receiving a $1.4 million speeding ticket, but city officials say the figure was just a placeholder, not the actual fine.

Scott Hall, one of the 18 defendants charged along with former President Donald Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia, pleaded guilty to the charges against him Friday.

A judge granted Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ request to restrict identifying information about jurors in the Georgia election interference case.

In the past three years, conservatives in the 54,000-student district have tried to tamp down diversity policies and sexually explicit books they view as immoral.

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged concerns with the 2020 election in Georgia, his lawyer said as he sought to move charges against Clark to federal court.