Surrounding states (particularly Florida) are usually the ones seen combating major pill mills and illegal prescription drug problems. Now the trade is experiencing an uptick in Georgia as well. It was inevitable, really, with tightened enforcement in Florida, that prescription drug traffickers, addicts, and unscrupulous medical professionals would set up shop here. read more

Twenty-seven years ago, Curtis Tyner admitted to binding and throwing Martha Anne Mickel into Bear Creek in south Fulton County. But now, he may be released because of an oversight in his case nearly three decades ago. The state Supreme Court determined his conviction must be overturned though the Fulton County DA plans on appealing. read more