Kevin West

Three men have been charged with making terroristic threats under the state's Hate Crimes Act after the beating of a Georgia Southwestern State University student.

A 20-year-old University of Georgia sophomore died during a church softball game in Oconee County this week.

An Australian mining company still hopes to mine titanium on a 1,000-acre tract it purchased in northern Glynn County last year despite a vote against it by the county commission.

The Purchase, N.Y.-based company said Tuesday it will begin selling Pepsi Blue, a berry-flavored cola, in August, in a bid to reach more teens, the biggest consumers of carbonated drinks.

Luring Hyundai plant suppliers from Alabama to Georgia won't be as easy as it was to recruit suppliers to the Honda plant, a former Georgia official said.

Authorities identified three men found buried under soil and sand in the back of a pickup truck along Interstate 85 southwest of Atlanta.

A proposed rule change for people who boat the Chattooga River would manage the number of private paddlers on the river and set up a system for reservations.

An office supply vendor pleaded guilty Tuesday to theft by deception in billing the Procter & Gamble Co. $97,000 for goods it did not receive.

A Mableton man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for raping a woman in a Cobb County motel last year.

A man entered Fort Gordon with a .38-caliber revolver, entered a restroom at Eisenhower Army Medical Center and shot himself in the shoulder less than three months after Sept. 11 heightened security at U.S. military posts.