FULTON COUNTY -- In 2012-2013 school year, the Fulton County School System saw an increase in graduation rates, continued from a 2011 rise. 
In 2011, seniors had a 70.1 percent graduation rate, followed by 71.3 percent for 2013, a...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Zane Evans had three hits and Kyle Wren tripled and scored, but No. 5 Virginia hit three home runs en route to an 8-2 victory over the Yellow Jackets Thursday at the ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, N.C. Each team is now 1-1...

THE FLATS -- Kick-off times for Georgia Tech's first two games of the 2013 football season were released Thursday afternoon by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Yellow Jackets' season opener, Aug. 31 against Elon at Grant Field, will...

ATHENS, Ga. -- A pair of incoming Georgia soccer freshmen have garnered Gatorade Player of the Year honors for their respective states, it was announced Tuesday.

Marion Crowder (Mississippi) and Rachel Garcia (Georgia) received the...

St. Simons Island, GA -- A fiscal year 2014 budget of $92,989,251 and several facility-related projects were approved Thursday highlighting the quarterly meeting of the University of Georgia Athletic Association Board of Directors.

A...

URBANA, Ill. -- Georgia junior Garrett Brasseaux has been named to the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships All-Tournament Team at No. 5 singles, it was announced.

The Mandeville, La., native won both his singles matches in Georgia's...

MARIETTA, Ga. -- More than 30 years ago, when Alfred Watkins took a position at Lassiter High School, he replaced someone who declared the school community would never support a music program.

Boy, was he wrong.

Watkins...

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- Atlanta Braves' right-hander Brandon Beachy is slated to make a minor league injury rehab start for the Gwinnett Braves on Friday, May 24 at Coolray Field, a 7:05 PM game against the Toledo Mud Hens. Beachy is on Atlanta's...

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- A non-U.S.-citizen, a woman who is a resident alien and is legally in the U.S., served as member of a Bartow County Grand Jury for most of last month.

During the April term of the Grand Jury, the woman helped...

MABLETON, Ga. -- Cobb County Police are looking for the man who they believe is responsible for two armed robberies in Mableton.
The first incident happened May 13 at the Family Dollar on Veterans Memorial Highway. The second occurred...

HAPEVILLE, Ga. -- Fire officials are investigating a suspicious fire at an empty home in Hapeville.

The blaze was first reported shortly after midnight Thursday at 3430 Harding Avenue.

Hapeville Fire spokesman Joey Overton...