North Georgia lake homeowners battle landfill liquid discharged into their lake

Nottely Lake homeowners are alarmed about a landfill liquid, trucked from miles away by powerful State Senator, Steve Gooch, to a local waste water treatment plant and discharged into the Lake.

Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones: 'We are free people with free minds'

A Democratic Georgia lawmaker who endorsed President Donald Trump spoke Monday during the first day of the Republican National Convention.

Georgia, Fulton elections officials promise improvements for November election

Both state and local officials promised Monday they are working to fix the issues that plagued the primary on June 9, including long lines and a lack of poll workers.

In Georgia, a strange return to college for some students

It was 11 a.m. on Monday, time to begin the first day of Organic Chemistry II. Georgia Tech Professor Stefan France looked out over a 1,200-seat performing arts theater and saw two teaching assistants.

Georgia’s Kemp sets spending of federal COVID-19 school aid

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced new spending plans for federal COVID-19 aid to schools Tuesday as the state’s newly confirmed infection numbers continue to fall but remain the highest per capita in the nation.

Loeffler courts conservative women in push for U.S. Senate

With just 11 weeks until Election Day, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler made a push Tuesday to earn the support of conservative women.

Georgia county commissioner dies from coronavirus at 82

A longtime county commissioner in Georgia died Monday after more than two weeks in the hospital battling the coronavirus.

GBI sends nearly 400 rape kits to private lab as backlog grows

Thursday the Georgia Bureau of Investigation packed up and shipped out 394 sexual assault evidence kits to a private lab for testing. The new partnership is one of the ways the bureau hopes to reduce the state's current backlog of rape kits.

Georgia House member stripped of power over John Lewis comments

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston told FOX 5 that he removed Representative Tommy Benton from his position as Chairman of the House Retirement Committee. The removal comes after comments Benton made in an interview on WJJC 1270 AM Radio about Lewis.

Defamation lawsuit filed against stepmother of Garrett Rolfe, congressional candidate

An Atlanta mortgage company filed a defamation lawsuit against the stepmother of a fired Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks and the campaign of congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene.

State Ethics Commission fines Fulton District Attorney Paul Howard $6,500

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard agreed to pay a $6500 fine for violating campaign finance laws. Howard failed to disclose he was paid at least $140,000 from a non-profit formed to combat juvenile crime. A GBI investigation of same allegations is still underway.

Georgia Democrats call for new Voting Rights Act, file voting lawsuit

On the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the Georgia Democratic Party called on Congress to pass an update to the landmark legislation.

Barrow County school district to begin year online amid staff virus cases

More than 90 staff members in one Georgia school district have been quarantined due to coronavirus exposure or infection, prompting the district to plan to begin the year entirely online.

Democrats sue Georgia election officials over lines at polls

Democrats are asking a federal judge to order Georgia election officials to take steps to prevent long lines at the polls on Election Day.