The Barrow County community has demonstrated resilience in the face of tragedy. Family advocate and local parent Sara Schneider has been a steadfast presence at court hearings, supporting the victims' ...

Last September, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office was bombarded with alerts of a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder ...

House Bill 105 would bring compensation for teachers killed at school in line with the indemnification for police officers ...

A bill that would require every school in Georgia to implement a panic button alert system passed the state Senate just ...

Georgia is among 12 other states currently considering versions of Alyssa's Law, which requires panic buttons to be installed in all schools.

Hours before Crossover Day — the deadline for proposed legislation to pass at least one chamber — Senate Bill 17 cleared the ...

Most of that increase would go toward student safety and mental health in the wake of last September's mass shooting at ...

Update published 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: Law enforcement officials provided more details Wednesday afternoon in a deadly shooting that killed four people and injured several others that morning at ...

Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel and Gardens asks the public to use the links below to view the live stream of the services for Cristina: Shermerhorn, age 14 of Winder, Georgia was a 9th grade student at ...

The budget, which cleared the House 171-4, is smaller than the record $40.5 billion fiscal 2025 mid-year budget lawmakers passed last week, which used $2.7 billion of the state’s $16 billion surplus.

Science teacher Abby Rase was surprised with the announcement she had won a grant for an "Extreme Classroom Makeover." ...