Three teenagers stranded on the Chattahoochee River have been rescued by Gwinnett and Forsyth County authorities.

The Georgia Aquarium is the site of a banquet to name the 2010 Georgia Teacher of the Year. The winner announced Friday night will spend the 2009-2010 school year as an ambassador and advocate for the teaching profession, and will compete for National Teacher of the Year.

A trucker clung to the back of his trailerless semi Tuesday while a man police say commandeered the vehicle led police on a 50-mile chase down an interstate in Georgia. The semi eventually slowed enough for the trucker to leap off near the end of the chase.

A trucker clung to the back of his trailerless semi Tuesday while a man police say commandeered the vehicle led police on a 50-mile chase down an interstate in Georgia. The semi eventually slowed enough for the trucker to leap off near the end of the chase.

Forsyth County fire investigators have arrested a woman who claimed her house was set on fire because she supported President Barack Obama on unrelated charges.

A Forsyth County teen faces felony drug charges after authorities said she sold liquid methadone at school. Investigators said three students became ill after using the drug, which is commonly used as a treatment for heroin addiction.

Forsyth County authorities have accused a 71-year-old man of running over and killing his girlfriend at his home. John Lindsey Jordan was being held Wednesday at the Forsyth County Detention Center on nearly $18,000 bond in the death of his 43-year-old girlfriend Sunday.