In her new collection of poetry, Erin Carlyle describes in vivid scenes how her father’s opioid addiction colors her memories of him.

A special legislative hearing on the dock collapse has been scheduled for next week.

In Georgia, nonvoters are the most complicated piece of the electoral puzzle in a state that could decide the presidency. There are more than 47,000 people in Bibb County, Georgia, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, who are eligible to vote but don't.

A funeral celebrating the life of Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton, a self-made lawman who became the nation’s longest serving sheriff, will be Wednesday at Southside Baptist Church in Warner Robins.

Rockdale County officials plan to file a federal lawsuit against BioLab; the death of a man in Bibb County Jail with a history of mental health issues will be investigated as a homicide by the GBI; and why has less than half of Georgia’s population received the seasonal flu vaccine? 

On the Monday, Oct. 21 edition of Georgia Today: As Georgia breaks early voting records, officials say there is no voter fraud; protesters in Conyers call for the shutdown of a BioLab plant; and authorities have identified those killed by a dock collapse on Georgia's Sapelo Island.

A record 1.4 million ballots have been cast in Georgia since early voting began last Tuesday. What do those numbers tell us?

Texas has apologized after fans littered the field with water bottles and trash after an interception for the top-ranked Longhorns against No. 5 Georgia was initially wiped out by a pass-interference penalty before officials changed the call.

Authorities have identified the seven people who died when part of a ferry dock collapsed on coastal Georgia's Sapelo Island.

Dougherty County officials have identified the person who died in a homecoming weekend shooting at Albany State University.

Vice President Kamala Harris visited two Atlanta-area churches on Sunday, joined by Stevie Wonder, urging the faithful to vote.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA is still connecting people in Valdosta to behavioral health crisis services. 

Acting HUD Secretary Adrian Todman visited Norcross to hear from the community about housing concerns and answer questions about how the agency is addressing them.

JR Grovner said that he told a Georgia DNR captain last summer that the Sapelo Island dock's gangway was “going to collapse.”

Georgia is among only seven “battleground” states this year, where the presidential election is too close to call and the campaigns of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending most of their time.

Opponents are likening the idea to putting a "paper towel roll" or "gerbil tube" on the side of Georgia's historic Capitol.  They're also concerned about lack of public input.

Kamala Harris rallied at Lakewood Amphitheater on Saturday and then visited two Atlanta-area churches where she summoned Black members of the congregations to turn out at the polls. She got a big assist Sunday from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied worshippers in Jonesboro, Ga., with a rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song."