An old arrest can follow you for years. Fulton County wants to help change that
In Fulton County, the district attorney's office is giving some people with arrest records a chance at a fresh start.
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In Fulton County, the district attorney's office is giving some people with arrest records a chance at a fresh start.
It takes a village to raise a child. At the Next Level Boys Academy, the village is helping young men make the most of a second chance.
A federal judge has recused herself in a fight over Georgia election records after the U.S. Department of Justice raised questions about her ability to be impartial.
With the FIFA World Cup now underway in Atlanta, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is sounding the alarm about a wave of scams targeting seniors.
DeKalb District Attorney Sherry Boston says a new Georgia law making several local races nonpartisan violates the state constitution.
The DOJ is seeking a judge's removal from Georgia voter roll case after reports link her to DA Fani Willis. CBS News has not confirmed if she's tied to recent sex scandal rumors.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties.
The move, affecting historically Democratic and majority-Black areas, has drawn criticism from local leaders and voting rights advocates who say it could suppress voter engagement and limit transparency.
Gov. Kemp signed a Georgia law that shifts district attorney and county races in five metro counties to nonpartisan elections beginning in 2028.
A controversial elections bill that would remove party labels from several key local races in metro Atlanta is drawing sharp backlash from prosecutors as it moves forward in the Georgia legislature.
A legal fight over millions of dollars in attorney fees tied to the dismissed Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump is now headed to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
After delays, former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade testified in front of a special Senate subcommittee about his part of District Attorney Fani Willis's investigation of President Trump.
Fani Willis delivered a fiery defense of her office and her prosecution of President Trump Monday, speaking at an International Women's Day gathering at the Georgia State Capitol.
A Fulton County judge rejected the District Attorney's attempt to block payment to Donald Trump under a new Georgia law, marking a setback for prosecutors.
Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
Nathan Wade did not show up to testify in front of the Georgia Senate panel investigating his former boss and romantic partner, District Attorney Fani Wilis.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis argues that a new state law targeting prosecutors, invoked by codefendants in the dismissed Georgia election interference case, is unconstitutional and being misapplied.
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says the state Senate is escalating its investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis by subpoenaing her former special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, to testify next week about their relationship and the handling of Georgia's high-profile 2020 election case.
Pete Skandalakis contends that the law Trump and others are invoking to seek nearly $17 million in reimbursement denies counties basic due process and was never intended for cases like the Georgia election interference case.
President Trump has filed a motion in Fulton County seeking more than $6.2 million from the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.
After more than a year of legal arguments, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appeared before a special Georgia Senate committee to discuss her prosecution of President Trump.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to testify on Dec. 17 before a special Georgia Senate committee.
President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies were charged with offenses in Georgia relating to the 2020 presidential election.
A new prosecutor has been selected to take over Georgia's election interference case against President Trump and others.
Democratic Rep. Sharon Henderson is the third current or former member of the Georgia House of Representatives to plead guilty to pandemic unemployment fraud this year.
While many students spend summer break at traditional day camps, dozens of children are discovering history in an unexpected place: Historic Oakland Cemetery.
A dispute over a milkshake at a metro Atlanta Dairy Queen ended with a customer facing criminal charges
Investigators believe the two individuals were driving down Aldea Drive in DeKalb County when the deadly shooting took place.
The Georgia mother told investigators that she had taken her other two children to daycare but forgot to go back to the car and retrieve her 1-year-old son, police said.