Kevin West

Kyle Bateman threw four shutout innings and combined with four relievers on a five-hitter as Mississippi defeated Arkansas State 8-1 on Tuesday.

Steve Gendron had four hits and a career-high five RBIs as Mississippi State pounded Southern Mississippi 19-2 on Tuesday night.

Michael Johnson homered twice as Clemson beat Western Carolina 13-9 on Tuesday.

A federal judge has given Fulton County 30 days to begin a plan to halt overcrowding and remedy other problems at the county jail.

The body of a man found bound and gagged on the grounds of a north Atlanta church school has been identified as that of a driver for the city's transit system.

A sellout crowd watching the opening night of ``The Grapes of Wrath'' at Kennesaw State University took in stride the brief scenes of nudity that had led to student protests before it was staged.

Officials have named an assistant principal to head an elementary school in Gwinnett County where a principal killed herself last week.

A Vietnam Veteran's widow filed a $1 million lawsuit against an Austell cremation service Tuesday. She accused the company of contaminating and improperly disposing her husband's remains.

State troopers made the right decision to use tire-deflating ``stop sticks'' to end a high-speed chase on Interstate 40 in which a Michigan woman was killed.

The atmosphere at Wachovia Corporation's annual shareholders meeting differed sharply from last year, when bank executives were working hard to close a deal to merge the old Wachovia and First Union Corp.