The leader of an Augusta-area drug conspiracy, Justin Wayne Fields, 40, has been sentenced to almost 13 years in prison for trafficking meth and heroin.

Mother and son tax preparers from Georgia were sentenced to prison for tax fraud and ordered to pay restitution of $683,046 for preparing fraudulent tax returns since 2000.

Khalif Lee of Georgia received a 65-month prison sentence for illegally shipping firearms to Chicago and being a felon in possession of a firearm. His scheme was uncovered when postal workers detected suspicious packages.

Students returned to Benjamin E. Mays High School after a shooting incident injured four, with an ongoing investigation and increased police presence.

Gunfire at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade resulted in 21 injured and a radio DJ killed, with three suspects detained and firearms recovered.

Fulton County is grappling with a ransomware attack that exposed sensitive data, including medical and court records, confirmed by LEARGAS Security's CEO. Operations have been severely disrupted.

A 19-year-old was fatally shot at Fairington Park Apartments in DeKalb County, with preliminary findings suggesting he knew his assailant. No arrests have been made.

One person was killed and another critically injured in a targeted early morning shooting at Stonecrest apartment complex in Lithonia, with police investigating the scene.

Two women were fatally shot at the Relax Inn in Claxton, Georgia on Valentine’s Day; the GBI and local authorities are investigating and seeking information from the public.

A shooting at Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta injured four students, leading to heightened security and the detention of three individuals for questioning.

A woman in her late teens or early 20s was shot and killed in a DeKalb County apartment on Valentine's Day. No suspects are in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.

Cobb County police are searching for a black SUV after a hit-and-run killed a motorcyclist and injured a bicyclist.

Two arrested by GBI for a fatal shooting in Thomson, Georgia that killed Otekqueonna Williams, 21, amid an early morning altercation; neither victim was directly involved in the conflict.