3-year-old playing in yard hit by car on Newnan street

A 3-year-old girl has been released from an Atlanta-area hospital after a vehicle struck her on Pinson Street in Newnan on Tuesday, according to police.

Parents charged with murder in 2-year-old’s death, police say

Conyers parents are facing second-degree murder charges in connection with the death of their 2-year-old daughter.

Man from India accused of traveling to US to contact minor after online relationship

A 31-year-old Mumbai man was arrested in Davidson County after investigators said he concealed his identity online, posed as a younger male and traveled to the United States to contact a juvenile girl.

Man found dead near I-20 ramp in Conyers identified

Conyers police officers are investigating after a man was found dead on Wednesday morning at an I-20 construction site near Highway 138.

Burnt car, gunfire leads to murder charge in NW Atlanta shooting

Investigators have issued arrest warrants for a suspect accused of murder and arson following a fatal shooting and vehicle fire last month on Howell Mill Road NW, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

Christa Pike in critical condition after failed execution attempt in Tennessee

Christa Pike's attorneys said Thursday that she's still alive after surviving Tennessee's effort to execute her by means of lethal ​injection late Wednesday.

Police clarify kratom warning after Ole Miss student deaths: What they're saying

Police investigating the deaths of two Ole Miss students are calling on state lawmakers to ban synthetic opioid compounds, and to distinguish them from “traditional botanical kratom.”

Examining Georgia’s death row after Tennessee execution fails

Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Gail Pike has brought renewed attention to how states carry out death sentences, including Georgia.

Rapper Rick Ross jailed on battery charges in Florida: TMZ

Rapper Rick Ross is in police custody in Miami-Dade County after turning himself in Thursday morning on felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery charges, according to TMZ.

Man gets 60 years in prison for Cherokee child sex abuse

A Ball Ground man will spend 60 years in prison after being convicted of 16 felony sex crimes involving four children, according to the Cherokee County District Attorney's Office.

Catholic priests abused nearly 1,000 children at 3 dioceses in Massachusetts: report

A new report from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office found that 275 Catholic priests sexually abused at least 944 children across three dioceses in Massachusetts.

911 calls, report reveal new details in UGA student's 8th-floor fall

A 21-year-old University of Georgia student is recovering after surviving an eight-floor fall through a window screen at an Athens apartment building Saturday.

Tennessee unable to carry out Christa Gail Pike execution, witnesses say

Tennessee was not able to carry out the planned execution of a woman convicted in the 1995 killing of a classmate, according to media witnesses.

Kennesaw man charged with destroying Flock cameras in Cobb County

A Kennesaw man faces multiple criminal charges after police said he confessed to destroying several Flock safety cameras across three Cobb County jurisdictions.

2 charged after gun, tent found near Snellville elementary school

A woman and a man are behind bars after police found them living in a tent in the woods between a Snellville shopping center and Centerville Elementary School.