Authorities say they arrested a man who was trying to steal liquor through the roof of an Augusta, Ga., liquor store. Richmond County Sheriff’s Lt. Robbie Silas told The Augusta Chronicle that Deputy Wade Smith was conducting a routine patrol …
A week after a tornado struck northwest Georgia, an examination of damage has resulted in losses estimated at $1.82 million in the Rome area. The Rome News-Tribune reports Floyd County Emergency Management Agency Director Scotty Hancock says two-thirds of the …
Atlanta, Ga., police are searching for a suspect who broke into at least two rooms of a retirement home in the Buckhead area and has been seen in at least one other home in the metro area. Detective James Polite …
Crews at Fort Benning are working to repair three buildings damaged by a tornado on the Georgia Army post eight months ago. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that fixing two Army barracks buildings and the National Guard training center is estimated …
Passengers are getting heavier, so the Coast Guard is trimming the number of seats on Savannah, Ga.,’s ferryboats. The Savannah Morning News reports the water taxis taking visitors between Savannah’s riverfront and its convention center across the water have shed …
About 45 people were displaced from their homes after fire roared through a Marietta, Ga., apartment complex. Authorities tell CBS Atlanta the blaze began shortly before midnight Sunday at the Ridge Point Apartments. Fire officials say at least 10 units …
Residents in a Georgia subdivision said thieves are using noise from jets flying over the neighborhood as cover to break into their homes. Police tell WSB-TV they are investigating a string of home break-ins at the Pine Crest subdivision in …
Savannah police say a construction worker is dead and three others are injured after a road-repair crew was struck by a car in an upscale subdivision. Police spokesman Julian Miller said Monday the three injured construction workers and the driver …
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says the city is taking proactive measures to prepare for this season’s inclement weather. On Monday, Reed will display some of the new snow and ice equipment the city has bought to deal with winter storms, …
The Supreme Court of Georgia has disbarred two personal injury lawyers who paid non-lawyers to refer clients to them. In a 5-to-2 decision announced Wednesday, the court said that although law partners Steve Freedman and Thomas Sinowski had no prior …