ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's unemployment rate fell for the 18th month in a row in October, dipping to a new all-time low of 3.1%.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — As a jury was deliberating over his fate, a Georgia district attorney on Monday pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from improper acts while in office and agreed to resign.

RINGGOLD, Ga. – A 90-year-old Ringgold man has raised more than $400,000 over the past 36 years for Georgia Baptist Children’s Homes by collecting and selling aluminum cans and recyclables.

A lawsuit in which workers accuse a Hindu organization of human trafficking by luring them from India to build a temple in New Jersey for as little as $1.20 a day has widened to four other states.

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Former Georgian and Shorter University grad Joseph "Joe" Hopkins has been elected 12th president in the 115 years of Campbellsville University effective Feb. 1.

ATLANTA (AP) — COVID-19 cases in Georgia have plateaued but remain higher than before the recent surge and could climb again as winter approaches, a top health official said.

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the longest-serving members of the Georgia House said it best on Wednesday: “Reapportionment is not about kindness or mercy.”

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it is proposing threatened status for alligator snapping turtles -- huge, spike-shelled reptiles that lurk at the bottom of lakes and slow waterways, luring prey to their mouths by sticking out a wormlike lure.

HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff's deputy died Monday from a gunshot wound she received when responding to a domestic dispute, according to authorities.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A strong storm off the Southeast coast combined with periodic higher tides Sunday, causing coastal flooding that approached levels rarely seen outside of hurricanes along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts, officials said.

ATLANTA (AP) — A former professor and dean at Georgia State University has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, federal prosecutors said.

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Two people died and a third was wounded in a southwest Georgia shooting on Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) — The cost of two nuclear reactors being built in Georgia is now $28.5 billion, more than twice the original price tag, and the other owners of Plant Vogtle argue Georgia Power Co. has triggered an agreement requiring Georgia Power to shoulder a larger share of the financial burden.

ATLANTA (AP) — The elections director in Georgia's most populous county, which has been under intense scrutiny for its handling of elections, will step down at the end of the year, county officials said Wednesday.

ATLANTA (AP) — A large spider native to East Asia has spun its thick, golden web on power lines, porches and vegetable patches all over north Georgia this year — a proliferation that has driven …

By MARGARET COLSON The Baptist Paper Almost every day the average American pulls up to a local drive-thru — to order fast food, pick up laundry or even to deposit a check. Now a church in metro …

The Georgia Baptist Convention's annual meeting begins next week at Jonesboro's First Baptist Church. By ROGER ALFORD The Christian Index JONESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Baptist leaders are expecting one …

Mike and Myra Woods relish the joy of having visits from their granddaughters.  Here they are with, left to right, Annie, Josephine and Lily.By J. Gerald Harris POWDER SPRINGS - Few Pastors have …

GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Georgia businessman Ricardo Avila has resigned his seat on the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, the latest of …

By David Chancey The surprising Atlanta Braves are celebrating their return to the World Series. And many of us are staying up late, hanging on every pitch. As the team fought through a difficult …

Richard Bumpers with a gift given him by a mentor. Richard Bumpers Jr., a former evangelism consultant for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, is the new associational missions strategist at the Stone …

Patrice Williams poses with children during a mission trip to Guatemala with First Baptist Church of Villa Rica. By J. Gerald Harris VILLA RICA – Patrice Williams had always thought she'd marry a …

It was a time when most American families were still plowing fields with mules, not tractors, when they grew their food out of necessity, not because it was a fun hobby. The American economy was …

Dana King, dean of the Shorter University School of Education, is being credited with upping the teacher prep program's standings in Georgia. By ROGER ALFORD The Christian Index ROME, Ga. – A …

The Georgia Baptist Mission Board's regional evangelism conferences are set for February and March. By JJ Washington A series of regional evangelism conferences organized by the Georgia Baptist …