Law & Order

Federal investigators believe a fire intentionally set at a Winder-area church in December is unrelated to a recent spate of church arsons in Alabama.

Attorneys for a man charged with killing a Pendergrass police officer in December want to restrict the use of the word “murder” during an upcoming trial.

A cigarette or static electricity may be to blame for a fatal explosion at an oil facility in this south Jackson County city Sunday night, authorities said Monday, but state officials considered the incident to be an accident.