As a historic winter storm hit Florida and Georgia on Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, thousands were left without power.

Viewer reports and newly released estimates from the National Weather Service help us understand Georgia's historic snowfall ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced it was suing a central Georgia county over how it elects at-large members of its county commission. Houston County is now facing a lawsuit from the federal ...

AccuWeather forecast that the state's "RealFeel" temperature could be as cold as between 10-20 degrees from January 8-10.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing a Georgia county, alleging that its method of electing county commissioners violates the rights of Black voters ...

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Ga., alleging its process for electing its board of ...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Georgia, on Thursday, alleging its at-large election system for county commissioners violates the Voting Rights Act by ...

Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of electing its board of commissioners, alleging the process violates Black voters' rights. The at-large method results in Black citizens having ...

The county uses an at-large voting method, which usually means candidates are elected by a plurality of all voters in the jurisdiction. But according to the DOJ, the method means Black voters have ...

(AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued a Georgia county Thursday ... The civil lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court says those at-large elections violate the Voting Rights Act by unfairly ...