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A major milestone for the Georgia World Congress Center.

A former Louisiana State University student and Phi Delta Theta member convicted in the hazing death of a pledge has waived his right to appeal.

The amount of cargo moving through Georgia’s seaports reached record levels in the past year, in part because of continued growth fueled by larger ships traversing the expanded Panama Canal, the Georgia Ports Authority’s top executive said Tuesday.

Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins said “there will be more coming later” about his expected Senate bid, otherwise keeping quiet about the race during a visit Tuesday to the Georgia state Capitol as lawmakers advanced a bill that could give the congressman an edge if he decides to challenge newly sworn-in GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

An Atlanta judge has offered to assist the airport chief in dealing with the growing aggressive homeless activity reported at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Duluth police say the cashier shot the would-be robber who ran into the store with a knife.

Police are on the hunt for the gunman involved in a shooting at a Fayetteville gas station.

Investigators have arrested two people, one who was already in jail, believed to be connected in a methamphetamine distribution operation.

The suspected leader is the 10th member of the gang who has been arrested in the four-year investigation.

The former Fulton County high school teacher has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for child molestation, rape, and more.

We are learning more about the victims of a tragic plane crash in Coweta County last weekend.  A Senoia family lost both their 13-year-old son and a close family friend when the plane went down near a small airport on January 25. The boy’s father and the friend who died are both pilots with Southwest Airlines and partners in an award-winning aerobatic team called the Twin Tigers.  

Investigators say the two men set fire to two different buildings on the same night.

The Rockdale County Sheriff is honoring one of its investigators who died after a battle with the flu.

Police say the shooting at the DeKalb County apartment complex was "the result of risky behavior between the victim and suspects.