Kevin West

A judge sentenced a Macon pastor to 10 years' probation after the minister pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old member of his congregation.

A Clarke County grand jury has indicted an Athens man on three felony counts of vehicular homicide in the November death of a man who was killed as he shoved a woman and her infant daughter to safety.

The body count at a north Georgia crematory surpassed 300 Saturday, a week after officials began to search in earnest for discarded corpses.

A Sumter County woman has been charged with murder in the 1997 death of her son, who died from an infection authorities blamed on neglect.

Gary Lee Cann died just before medical insurance approval came for the liver transplant he'd hoped would save his life, and for the past 16 months his widow has worn a locket containing what she thought were her husband's cremated remains.

Out-of-state hunters would have to undergo limited background checks before getting a Georgia hunting license if Georgia joins 17 other states in an agreement to stop serious poachers.

An Army spokesman said Saturday that a suspicious package found a day earlier at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters building at Fort McPherson did not contain anthrax.

A black woman who used to live in Stewart County is suing a former city councilman for burning a cross in her front yard.

A Columbus man has been charged with stealing more than 22-thousand dollars from the coffers of a high school band booster association.

The only black-owned financial institution in southeast Georgia turns 75 Saturday.