Several Georgia lawmakers were flying into and out of Washington on Wednesday just before the catastrophic accident that killed more than 60 people in a mid-air collision over the Potomac River.

A family and fiancé are in a state of grief after the tragic Washington D.C. collision that took the life of an American Airlines pilot from Savannah.

Lawmakers from South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia are extending their condolences in the aftermath of the worst aviation disaster in a generation.

At least two crew members of the aircraft that collided have ties to Georgia, News 12 has learned on the day after the tragedy at Reagan National Airport.

A family with Georgia ties is grieving after learning their loved one was one of the pilots killed in the crash between a small American Airlines plane and a military helicopter crash near Reagan National Airport.

A 17-year-old teen was charged in connection to seven separate arsons that occurred between late November 2024 through January 2025.

A Southeast Georgia native has been identified as one of the crew members aboard the jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. Wednesday night. Samuel Lilley was the first officer on the American Airlines plane, his father said Thursday.

A Georgia high school JROTC says a soldier killed in Wednesday night's midair collision near Washington D.C. is one of their own. Authorities say they fear there are no survivors after an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Federal prosecutors charged more than 40 Georgians with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. President Donald Trump granted clemency to all of them.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A northeast Georgia mayor says he will challenge U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde in the Republican primary in 2026, which could capitalize on discontent among business leaders with Clyde’s ultraconservative approach to representing Georgia’s 9th Congressional District.

Changes could reduce liability insurance costs for businesses and commercial property owners. The evidence is mixed on whether it would drive large premium reductions for car and other types of insurance. And some researchers say efforts limiting lawsuits, often called tort reform, fattens insurers’ profits more than it cuts the price of policies.

Georgia is about to begin to thaw out from the winter storm and freezing temperatures, but that doesn't mean the threat of ice is behind us just yet.