A five-year-old girl drowned in her Cumming pool Tuesday night. The girl's baby sitter was watching the girl swim in a pool in the Abington subdivision around 8 p.m. Tuesday when she went inside, Fors...

Two political newcomers are being sworn in today as members of the all-Republican and soon to be all-male Forsyth County Commission. Patrick Bell and Jim Boff take their oaths of office at 4 p.m. in t...

Forsyth County's planning director told the county commission Tuesday that major staff cuts planned for his department could mean a reduction in work quality. "We are in the business of providing a se...

A Gainesville man was killed Thursday night in a single-vehicle wreck in Forsyth County, authorities said. Joshua Tyler Jay, 21, was northbound on Bethel Road near Lake Hollow Drive around 9 p.m. when...

Forsyth County Manager Rhonda Poston-O'Connor will be back in the hot seat and -- possibly out of a job -- Thursday. Poston-O'Connor's job status is back on the agenda for Thursday's 5 p.m. commission...

Two Atlanta men arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase Thursday afternoon are believed to be part of a gang of burglars targeting high-end clothing boutiques, a police spokeswoman said Fr...

A month after a boy was allegedly killed by his grandfather during an argument over a watermelon, the State Child Advocate has questioned whether the boy should have been placed in the home.

It may be weeks before the cause of the Centergy parking deck collapse at Spring and Fifth streets is determined, the company that operates the garage said Friday.

Bouyed by a sustained rise in the water level at Lake Lanier, Tom Helmka is now a glass-half-full kind of guy.

One person was killed and another injured early Friday in a crash on I-20 in Douglas County.

What's a July Fourth celebration without fireworks? Many cities across the United States will find out Saturday.

A sailor found dead earlier this week at California's Camp Pendleton was shot while standing sentry, and a fire was set in an attempt to cover up evidence, the U.S. Navy said.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected to announce Friday that she will not seek a second term, a Republican source close to Palin tells CNN.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford left the Governor's Mansion on Friday to visit with his family in Florida, his office said.

The crown of the Statue of Liberty will re-open to tourists on July 4, the Interior Department said Friday.

Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reformist party...

North Korea fired a pair of mid-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.

Six people were killed, including three children, when a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in south London on Friday, officials said. The fire started on the fourth floor, eventually en...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon will wake up a lame duck Monday. How lame will depend largely on nationwide midterm elections Sunday.

The commander of a British regiment has become the country's highest ranking soldier to be killed in action since 1982's Falklands War after a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.