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

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

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.

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

Senator Colton Moore, of Dade County, was arrested on Thursday after he defied the order of Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns that he would not be allowed in for a joint legislative session in Atlanta.

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

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.

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.

Georgia State Patrol (GSP) reports as of Thursday, Jan. 23 , there has a total of 370 auto accidents. GSP reports 3,240 total number of calls for service and 532 motor assists. WALB has reached to get the total number of accidents that happened in South Georgia and were the any fatalities.

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.

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.