The chief magistrate judges in Haralson and Heard counties resigned this week under investigation of alleged misconduct. They'd just won reelection to four-year terms.

A Hall County man has been convicted of cruelty to ... opting instead for a bench trial, meaning only a judge would make a ruling. He has not yet been sentenced. TRENDING STORIES: [SIGN UP ...

A Georgia state judge has died by suicide after shooting himself in his own courtroom. Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, was found dead by a deputy on Tuesday, his last day on the bench, after he lost a ...

A judge has thrown out a felony indictment against a former Georgia prosecutor, ending her trial on charges that she abused ...