Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed a state court judge and an attorney to fill judicial vacancies on the Flint Judicial Circuit Superior Court and Henry County State Court benches, respectively.

O'Connor, 71, was first elected Henry County state's attorney in 1979. He was appointed Henry County circuit judge by the Illinois Supreme Court to fill a vacancy at 32 and then was elected ...

Sapp was appointed to the State Court bench in 2011 by Governor Nathan Deal and has been re-elected four times. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia (UGA), and of the UGA Law School.

Two lawsuits have been filed and a third is expected as some Georgia sheriffs wrangle with their county commissioners over budgets.

Video shows a tornado crossing Interstate 75 in Henry County, Georgia on Thursday afternoon. An 18-year-old was critically injured by a tornado in the area around the same time.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday that the United States would impose sanctions on four judges on the International Criminal Court as retaliation for investigations of the U.S ...

A frightening tornado tore through Locust Grove, Georgia, destroying ‘The Wire’ actor Tray Chaney’s home and critically injuring his son, who was thrown 300 feet by the storm’s force.

Georgia’s highest court is overturning four rules passed by the State Election Board just before last year’s general election. The state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the board overstepped its ...

The Louisiana Supreme Court has mandated an order, effective immediately, requiring all judges to undergo one hour of training every other year in domestic violence and trauma-informed courts.

The Georgia Supreme Court threw out a constitutional challenge to a state law blocking anyone under 21 from carrying handguns in public. The ruling came as a 20-year-old man from Lumpkin County ...