Faced with new charges in a sweeping ethics case, a longtime Georgia judge whose allegedly displayed favoritism toward some in her courtroom and abusive and overly punitive behavior toward others…
A pecan theft crime wave is sweeping across Georgia, thanks to a rough economy and a major Texas drought has driven up the wholesale price of the nut to $1.50…
Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman who lost her legislative editor job with the Georgia Office of Legislative Counsel, is back at work now after an 11th U.S. Circuit Court…
A Georgia prosecutor said in a Bibb County court filing today that he intends to seek the death penalty if Mercer University law graduate Steven McDaniel is convicted in the…
An Alabama lawyer credited with saving the life of a boy and his mother last year is facing civil suits filed by four former clients claiming they never received settlement…
A Georgia drug court judge scrutinized on the radio show This American Life has been accused in an ethics complaint of appointing her daughter as a guardian ad litem and…
A well-known Georgia real estate lawyer has temporarily closed his Columbus office amidst an audit, and a local bank has asked a Muscogee County court to determine who should get…
Federal authorities in Georgia have arrested four men they say are involved in an alleged fringe militia plot targeting the U.S. Department of Justice, federal judges and the Internal Revenue…
Corrected: Police in Decatur, Ga., were summoned Thursday to a historic courthouse at Decatur Square in an incident that turned out to be a cattle call.
An Atlanta judge ruled against a former teacher who lost her job after an anonymous complaint was filed to the school district about photos posted on Facebook.
A Muslim woman who reportedly was jailed for contempt of court after she refused to remove her religious head covering when she tried to accompany a nephew to a Georgia…
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