Kevin West

The Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament tips off in Nashville Thursday, its third site in as many years, and some coaches hope Music City USA becomes a permanent post-season destination.

A Whitfield County deputy has pleaded guilty to giving police a false statement about a fatal accident that killed a Dalton police officer.

The British government has plunged into a campaign to spare the life of Tracy Lee Housel, a dual American-British citizen scheduled to be executed next month for a 1985 Georgia murder.

It looks like Georgia's groundhog, General Beauregard Lee, was wrong when he predicted an early spring. Georgia got hit with snow and frigid temperatures Wednesday as proof that winter will stick around a little bit longer.

Outfielder George Lombard, who turned down a football scholarship at the University of Georgia to sign with the Atlanta Braves in 1994, is getting his last shot at making the major league club this spring.

Joe Maxey was the principal trumpet player with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, a backup choir director at First United Methodist Church and the former leader of the Georgia Army National Guard band.

A bomb blew up a car at an intersection Wednesday morning, critically injuring the woman driver.

BB&T Corp.'s board approved on Wednesday the repurchase of up to 40 million common shares and terminated an earlier buyback plan.

The Houston Astros agreed to buy back the rights to the name of "Enron Field" and will call their ballpark "Astros Field" until a new sponsor can be found.

Georgia is getting another taste of winter, with Wednesday night promising to be colder than the last.