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Georgia Lottery President Margaret DeFrancisco is retiring after battling for more than eight years to cover the cost of the state’s ever-more-expensive HOPE scholarship program.

Facing a state investigation into its handling of last month's primary election, Fulton County will bring in a consultant to find out what went wrong and how to avoid a repeat in the upcoming runoff and November presidential election.

Cherokee County Sheriff's deputies arrested eight people this week in a sting to capture foreign-born individuals who had outstanding arrest warrants.

Atlanta residents almost lost their dog catchers Wednesday because of a dispute over elephant rights and a county commissioner's late arrival at a meeting.

Curtis Thomas-Collier said he taught at a school in Ohio that became embroiled in a cheating scandal and learned his lesson then: Stay as far away as possible.

The nonprofit Action Ministries recently announced it exceeded its target of children receiving meals through its new Smart Lunch, Smart Kid program.

Detectives released photos of two tattoos Wednesday in hopes of finding out the identity of a man found dead in a Gwinnett County office park.

A man trying to cross a busy road in Clayton County was struck and killed Tuesday night, Channel 2 Action News reported.

A former Sandy Springs Police sergeant has filed a discrimination suit against the city and its police department alleging he was fired based on his ethnicity.

The more aggressive parking enforcement that came to Atlanta when the city outsourced the job three years ago has more than doubled the number of parking citations and similarly spiked the amount of money flowing out of the pockets of drivers.

After nearly two years largely out of the public eye, former Gwinnett County Commissioner Kevin Kenerly is back in the spotlight of the legal system as he battles financial trouble and criminal charges.

Bohemian, earthy and eclectic. That's Aimee Copeland, family and friends say. That also describes the new digs the Snellville woman will come home to next week when she leaves a rehab center where she's been recovering from a flesh-decaying infection that claimed her leg, foot and both hands.

The Beltline said Wednesday it has repaid the city for a bottle of champagne purchased from a South Pacific resort with taxpayer dollars, along with about $475 in other alcohol charges at restaurants in Seattle, Charlotte and Washington that were previously undisclosed.

Clayton County's sheriff and his predecessor traded allegations Wednesday during the taping of a debate that will air just two days before they face off in an Aug.

U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss will speak at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce's public policy luncheon at 11:30 a.m.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell will join Georgia Schools Superintendent John Barge Thursday to discuss the digital divide at a pep rally at Carver High School.

Parents of Clayton County Schools students criticized the school district's minimum day release plan at one of nine school forums Tuesday night.

A Clayton County jail inmate died overnight in his cell, authorities are reporting. Clayton County Sheriff Kem Kimbrough said deputies and the GBI are investigating the cause of the inmate death that occurred sometime early Wednesday morning.

Fulton County Schools superintendent Robert Avossa released the results of an anonymous employee survey at the August 14 school board work session.

Fulton County schools superintendent Robert Avossa released the results of the systems 2012 quality survey to the school board at its August 14 work session.