This smaller city in Georgia is close to both Athens and Atlanta and features a vibrant, walkable downtown, historic architecture, and vintage shops galore.

The 2024 Celebrate Downtown Mattoon Christmas event at 5 p.m. Friday will feature its annual lighted parade at 7 p.m. followed by a new drone show at approximately 8 p.m.

A Dorchester man wanted in the 2023 J’ouvert Parade shooting that injured eight was arrested in Georgia after six months on the run, authorities said.

A man wanted in connection with a shooting at a Caribbean festival parade in Boston was arrested in Georgia on Thursday, police say. Gerald Vick, 31, of Dorchester was arrested in Lithia Springs ...