SOUTH FULTON – The GBI is investigating after Eric Bates allegedly shot his wife and fired at officers before being found dead. Release: SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the…
Suspected South Carolina bank robber caught in Georgia
ASHBURN - Turner County's sheriff arrested a man Wednesday suspected of robbing a bank in South Carolina earlier in the day. At 9:40 a.m., police in Union, South Carolina responded to the Founders Federal Credit Union…
Mayor charged with using city funds for Christmas…
THOMAS CO. - A south Georgia mayor charged with using her city's credit card for a Christmas party turned herself in to the Thomas County jail Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Linda Harris of Meigs has…
Trump, Sanders win New Hampshire primary
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primaries, adding crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies and underscoring the insistence of voters in both parties on shaking…
NTSB: Plane which crashed, killing three, had crashed…
ALBANY - A plane that crashed more than a week ago, killing three, was also involved in another crash in 2007, according to reports from the National Transportation Safety Board. On Jan. 31, a 2002…
Morning News Briefs for 2-9-16
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board say that the small plane that crashed just over a week ago in Albany taking the lives of Britt Knight, Brittany Kerfoot and Kevin Coalson had crashed before.…
Thomasville police searching for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspects
THOMASVILLE - Police are searching for two suspects who reportedly assaulted and robbed two men who gave them a ride. Investigators with the Thomasville Police Department said the incident happened two weeks ago, and they…
Florida officials warn Madison, Hamilton residents of Valdosta…
MADISON COUNTY, Fla. - Officials with the Florida Health Department issued an advisory Friday cautioning residents of Madison and Hamilton Counties that river water in those areas may have been contaminated by sewage overflows from…
Morning News Briefs for 2-8-16
The Atlanta Business Chronicle writer Phil Hudson reports that Mortgage lender and servicer HSBC reached a $470 million joint state-federal settlement to address abuses in mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosures. Attorney General Sam Olens said the settlement…