Georgia Republican State Senator Colton Moore was arrested on Thursday after fighting to be let into the chambers.

The winter storm has put Georgia State Patrol to work, responding to crashes and calls from across the state, department data shows.

A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber has been arrested after he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech.

A school district in Georgia is mourning the loss of two middle school students who died in an ATV crash over the weekend.

As 13WMAZ reported last night, accidents and hazardous roadways kept drivers stranded for hours. A jackknifed tractor-trailer on the southbound lane and a separate crash involving two tractor-trailers and a car in the northbound lane blocked traffic for hours.

Georgia’s House speaker says he’s lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber. The Friday decision came a day after Sen.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting involving a law enforcement officer in Coweta County.

A Georgia state senator has been taken into custody after he tried to defy an order banning him from the House chambers during Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State Address.

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — Accidents and icy pavement caused a miles-long traffic standstill on the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Monroe County, stranding drivers for up to 15 hours and forcing them to spend the night in their vehicles.

Police arrested Sen. Colton Moore at Georgia's State Capitol Thursday after he attempted to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address. "I have an obligation to be in that room," he said. "I have a responsibility to 200,000 northwest Georgians who duly elected me to be here today."

A Republican northwest Georgia senator was arrested Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year.

A Georgia state senator, who was arrested Thursday before Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address at the Capitol building, will now be allowed to attend future joint sessions in the Gold Dome.