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An officer was taken to the hospital after being dragged by a vehicle in Covington on Friday afternoon, according to police. 

Authorities said the incident happened at the Quiktrip on Highway 142 in Covington just around 5 p.m.

Police added that during a traffic stop, the officer was dragged a few hundred yards until the car turned, throwing the officer off of the...

A joint law enforcement operation ended in a brief standoff Friday as officers captured a Lumpkin County fugitive near Highway 246 and Trinity Lane in Dillard. 

Officers with the

Cherokee County authorities are asking for the public's help to identify the owner of a pickup truck possibly linked to a burglary investigation in the Waleska area.

The Cherokee Sheriff's Office said the pickup truck was in the Waleska area around the time a burglary occurred at the end of July.

Investigators are looking to speak directly with the owner of the ve...

A man and a woman were indicted on sex trafficking charges stemming from a Conyers hotel sting, according to police.

Authorities said that it all started with an investigation on March 9. A Conyers police officer went undercover in a prostitution operation at a hotel. 

During the investigation, the officer found a minor who police said was connected to an online c...

A Gwinnett County mother charged with second-degree murder after her 1-year-old son died in a hot car will be allowed to attend the child's funeral Saturday.

A judge granted 29-year-old Deja Coleman permission to attend the 1 p.m. service at Hollifield Mortuary Chapel in Atlanta.

Coleman remains behind bars without bond in the Gwinnett County Detention Center.