A Murray County, Ga., parent who has gained national attention after speaking out on her son's suicide said she feels vindicated even though a federal judge on Monday dismissed her lawsuit against a school district.
DALTON, Ga. -- If a Whitfield County judge rules in favor of a Dalton teen accused of strangling his grandmother and transfers his murder case to Juvenile Court, the 17-year-old likely will face far fewer years in prison if he is convicted.
DALTON, Ga. — Federal and state investigators are looking into whether hundreds of pounds of compounds that spewed from a Dalton chemical plant Monday morning could contaminate the local water supply and whether the plant violated safety codes before the explosion.
The Dalton Fire Department reported this morning it had responded to a chemical explosion call at MFG Chemical on Callahan Road.
When Leon Thurman's car was struck broadside by a Varnell police car two months ago, he became at least the sixth person in the last 21/2 years to die in a crash involving a Georgia police officer.
Dalton, Ga., police are looking for three patrol officers to fill vacancies resulting from retirement and turnover.
LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- With his hands and feet shackled, James Benson sat calmly, his eyes darting around the courtroom as his jaw opened and closed.
A Chattanooga man accused of killing his estranged wife and her mother in a waiting room at Hutcheson at Erlanger hospital in January pleaded guilty today to two counts of malice murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
LaFAYETTE, Ga. -- City officials haven't decided who will replace Public Safety Director Tommy Freeman, whose five-year tenure that ended Wednesday was marked with allegations of public tirades and retaliation against employees.
In the midst of a flurry of complaints against Public Safety Director Tommy Freeman for fostering a hostile work environment and retaliation against employees, city officials confirm he was fired this morning.
The state is investigating whether a Walker County Sheriff's Office employee failed to dispose of items collected in crime investigations as required by state law.
A Ringgold, Ga., attorney was arrested after cocaine and methamphetamine were found inside her home, according to police.
DALTON, Ga. -- As Whitfield County school officials are staring at nearly $28 million in funding cuts and increasing costs for the next school year, they hope a five-year, 1-cent sales tax will be voted in this summer to carry some of the burden.
Fourteen-year-olds Riley Tucker and Elissa Chandler have more to worry about than average eighth-grade girls.
A Rossville businessman with a pending racketeering charge in Walker County stood before the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday and accused a local prosecutor of being racist and vindictive.
A second arrest has been made in the case of a Georgia man accused of killing his brother and father and shooting his mother.
The aunt of a 27-year-old man charged with killing his father and older brother was arrested for lying to police about her nephew’s whereabouts.
A Rossville man with a pending racketeering charge in Walker County will go before the Georgia Supreme Court this week to argue that his arrest was unconstitutional.
LaFayette, Ga., officials have approved a resolution that would allow residents to report any ethical complaints about the City Council, mayor or city manager to the clerk's office to be addressed by a committee of three residents.
It's been two months since Leon Thurman was killed when an on-duty police officer smashed into the 70-year-old man's car, but the investigation into the crash still isn't complete.
The family of a Cohutta man killed in a fiery crash with a police officer in early March has filed a lawsuit against Varnell, claiming the officer that hit the 70-year-old man was driving more than 90 mph.
DALTON, Ga. — Bloody and hysterical, 50-year-old Deborah Canales fled up her street and burst through her neighbor's door. She screamed that her son had shot her and her husband, a neighbor told 911.
Christie and Mark Higgs sat side by side on the Ringgold High School gym bleachers with matching blue shirts as residents crossed the floor to find a seat. The back of their shirts read: “There’s no place like home.”
In Martha Carter’s living room, her 4-year-old great granddaughter looks up from the couch and asks: “Nana do you miss me when I’m gone? Do you cry for me?”
A Cleveland, Tenn., man awaiting trial on charges of ambushing and shooting his daughter's grandparents to death was found not guilty in a prior stabbing.
FLAT ROCK, Ala. — Wrapped in a blanket under a blue tarp, Kathy Clure clutched a gun at her side as the sky grew dark. Gripped with fear, Clure tried to calm her mind.
DALTON, Ga. — A judge will decide whether a Dalton teen should be tried as a juvenile for the death of his grandmother, who was strangled in 2010.
The home of Sheriff Patrick Cannon was among 120 destroyed in Dade County, Ga., on April 27, but in the critical first days following the devastation, he focused his attention on his community rather than his personal loss.
Since Theresa Parker's body was found and buried in a LaFayette, Ga., cemetery in 2010, her relatives hoped they wouldn't have to relive how she died and face her killer again.
The hail pounded on the patrol car roof. Chief Deputy Mike Edmondson gripped the steering wheel tighter as the wind tried to force him off the road in DeKalb County, Ala. Leaves, grass and insulation swirled around the windows as he sped south across state Highway 75.
LaFAYETTE — Walker County Superior Court Judge Jon Wood denied a motion to give convicted killer Sam Parker a new trial.
A 19-year-old shot and killed by a deputy after he robbed a Ringgold, Ga., home had struggled with drug addiction, his family said Wednesday.
Authorities have identified the teenager killed during an officer-involved shooting on Ooltewah-Ringgold Road on Tuesday afternoon.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation into an officer-involved shooting this afternoon in Catoosa County.
Before a judge and a few spectators in a Walker County courtroom, the attorney of convicted murderer Sam Parker argued that his client was prosecuted with evidence proven to be wrong when the body of Parker's estranged wife was found.
Chief judge Jon "Bo" Wood will decide whether Sam Parker should get a new trial in light of new evidence in his case.
After nearly three years of praying and waiting, Kenneth Parker hopes his older brother, convicted murderer Sam, finally will get the chance for a new trial.
The crowd continued to grow until the parking lot swelled with black and white faces gathered the week before Easter. They came to witness the moment when Mount Peria Missionary Baptist Church members would dedicate to God the place where their new building would stand. They came to celebrate.
Charles Boling Sr. didn’t drink alcohol before killing his wife, his son and himself, but a toxicology report shows he did have painkillers and possibly other opiates in his system.
After Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a law to ban all forms of synthetic marijuana last week, Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force agents delivered letters to all convenience stores in the area.
Christy Price was driving an ATV, her 11-year-old daughter on the back, when she accelerated up a steep hill on a trail in North Georgia's Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest.
Three men were arrested on Monday, accused of turning a Rossville house into a quarter-million dollar marijuana operation.
A Rossville house was being used to grow a quarter-million dollar marijuana operation, authorities say.
A Lylerly, Ga., woman killed on Sunday afternoon when her ATV flipped has been identified.
As the dark clouds held back the rain Saturday morning, members of two churches nearly 100 miles apart met in a parking lot off Sparks Street in downtown Ringgold.
Becky Parker saw a change in her 15-year-old son in the months before his death. Christopher Parker always had been a shy teenager who loved rock bands and needed extra time to learn in school.
Suzanne Pittman has found homes for stray dogs in Dade County, Ga., for nearly five years.
A LaFayette, Ga., police officer who accused his supervisors of trying to fire him out of retaliation will be suspended for two weeks without pay, then return to work, authorities said.
A LaFayette, Ga., police officer who may be fired says he believes the city’s public safety director is retaliating against him for arresting an “influential” person.
RINGGOLD, Ga. — A Chattanooga man who claims he was falsely accused of child molestation in the same judicial circuit that unsuccessfully prosecuted Tonya Craft on similar charges pleaded guilty Tuesday to nonsexual charges.
