HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — For the first time in 52 years, Houston County voters elected a new sheriff on Tuesday. A few days before on Halloween, Billy Rape stepped up to fill in the late-sheriff's term.

Republican Matt Moulton captured the sheriff’s post in Houston County, edging out Democrat Arthur Lee Harris with 59.37% of ...

It's the first time voters have elected a new sheriff in nearly 50 years after the death of long-time Sheriff Cullen Talton.

Just a 20-mile drive south of downtown Atlanta, Fayette County is one of two counties that could bleed blue after decades of backing Republicans.

James Clyburn has won reelection to represent South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of ...

State election officials will begin the task of counting ballots Tuesday night after polls close across the Palmetto ...

Although the number of children in the foster system has decreased in South Carolina, people willing to house children has also declined.

Thousands of Cobb County voters had been given extra time to return late-delivered ballots. Then, the Georgia Supreme Court ...

Police in South Carolina need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Darlaisha Johnson, 13, was last seen Friday around 6 p.m. in North Charleston. She is described as 4 feet 8 inches and 96 pounds ...

The Coles County State's Attorney's Office filed charges against Hughes following his arrest by the Charleston Police Department. A news release from the police department reported the arrest ...

As we wait Tuesday to see if the Peach State does indeed reach that mark, here's a look at the turnout figures during early voting for Georgia's 159 counties.