Kevin West

The murder trial of a Hall County man must proceed, even though his jury pool contains relatively few Hispanics, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday.

The Hall County YMCA Lakers

Jim Morris, chief of staff for the state Commerce Department, expected a celebration when he reached the South Carolina governor's office on Oct. 17.

Jim Morris, chief of staff for the state Commerce Department, expected a celebration when he reached the South Carolina governor's office on Oct. 17.

Georgia Tech's season was teetering on the brink of collapse. Now, at least, there's some hope.

It may not be the three R's, but candidates running for state school superintendent say class size, teacher shortage and creating a respectful relationship with legislators are the things needed to raise morale among educators and boost the state'

With the state suffering from a weakened economy and SAT scores falling from 49th in the nation to 50th, candidates in the lieutenant governor's race found little to agree on Sunday night as they ripped into each other on everything from education to

Although Georgia's senior senator is the one up for re-election, much of the discussion focused on its junior senator Sunday in a debate between Max Cleland and Saxby Chambliss.

An American diplomat was gunned down in a hail of bullets outside his home Monday in the Jordanian capital.

Two men in their 20s were shot in unrelated killings in northwest Atlanta this weekend, police said.