Kevin West

U.S. manufacturing activity rose for the first time in 18 months while consumer spending and construction grew solidly.

The trial of a man charged in the 1985 shooting deaths of an elderly couple at a southeast Georgia church will be held this year.

An auto shop owner who built a fence out of old car hoods is taking heat from neighbors and city zoning officials.

A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity rose for the first time in 1

The state sued a large burial company Friday, claiming it misplaced remains and sold fake plots at two South Florida cemeteries.

A prosecutor is asking CBS to postpone airing a documentary showing video footage shot at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

Pillowtex Corporation will cut nearly 1,000 jobs at a local towel manufacturing plant, company officials said Thursday.

General Motors Corp. said Friday it once again was offering zero-percent financing on most new vehicles after a two-month hiatus, and Ford Motor Co. said it would extend its no-interest finance program.

Residents of a mobile home park who fought unsuccessfully to save their rental homes from apartment developers are moving out.

Police have charged an Augusta woman with attempted arson after she hired her nephews to set her car on fire to spare her from further payments.