Athens-Clarke County Police investigate a weekend homicide: police say 40 year-old Marion Adkins is in the Clarke County jail, charged with murder in the death of 36 year-old Latisha Gresham. Gresham was found dead in a home Moreland Avenue in Athens. Police say Adkins and Gresham were boyfriend and girlfriend; they say she was shot to death.
There is an ongoing investigation into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a freight train in Athens: it happened over the weekend on tracks off Pulaski Street near downtown Athens. The woman has not yet been identified.
A Royston man has been released from the Elbert County jail after his arrest on charges of possessing counterfeit cash: 28 year-old Laramy Little was caught with what Elbert County Sheriff's Office investigators say were four bogus $100 bills. He's accused of using the phony funds to pay for a cell phone in Bowman.
A man from Greenville South Carolina spent his weekend in the Franklin County jail, arrested after a high-speed chase on Interstate 85: charges for 44 year-old Billy Allen include DUI. He was arrested after a police pursuit involving Georgia State Troopers and sheriff's deputies from Franklin and Hart counties.
A Hall County man was killed in a weekend fire: Hall County Fire Services says 52 year-old Greg Bryant was burning brush on his property when the fire got out of control. It happened at a home off Chestatee Road in north Hall County.