Austin Riley hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning as Atlanta beat Philadelphia 5–3 to take a 1–0 lead in the NL Wild Card Series.

The GBI arrested a 58-year-old Greenville man after a Meriwether County child-molestation investigation that began in August.

A pilot was hospitalized with head injuries after a small plane crashed in a field near Madison, Georgia, Tuesday afternoon.

Three MARTA bus passengers reported injuries after a pickup truck crashed into a bus on northbound GA 400 near Northridge Road Tuesday afternoon.

Seven fire departments in Brantley, Clinch and Echols counties will share $105,000 in grants after battling Georgia’s historic spring wildfire season.

A Stonecrest teenager is expected to recover after police say a gun discharged while a man was cleaning it. A 49-year-old faces a reckless-conduct charge.

Bibb County deputies arrested two men after 12 people were wounded in a weekend shooting at Carolyn Crayton Park in Macon.

Georgia’s temporary gas-tax suspension took effect Tuesday, removing 33.3 cents per gallon on gasoline and 37.3 cents on diesel through Oct. 29.

Newly uncovered state records show dozens of people may have faced dangerous exposure levels after the 2024 BioLab fire in Conyers.

Social Circle lost its qualified local government status for one year after a land-annexation dispute with Newton County tied to a proposed data center.