Kevin West

Gov. Jim Hodges says he supports a federal proposal to start shipping plutonium to South Carolina, but he won't allow the weapons-grade material into the state until the plan is written into law or is legally bound.

Students and teachers at Simonton Elementary School spent Thursday coping with the death of their principal, who killed herself in her office during the night.

The city Historic Review Board has rejected design plans for a public bus terminal that the federal government says would threaten Savannah's status as a National Historic Landmark.

Rita Spitler calls it her ``private chapel,'' the tiny garden where wisteria blooms in serpentine flower beds and passion vines grow on gothic arches.

William Lawrence, an associate dean at Emory University in Atlanta known for his writing and research, has been named dean of Southern Methodist University's Perkins School of Theology.

One of the few black members of Augusta National says the club should admit women and that he will lobby for the change.

The seven states involved in the Big Game lottery likely will see a record number of tickets sold for Friday night's $220 million jackpot -- the second-largest in Big Game history -- but that's not good news to everybody.

Arnold Palmer, who helped popularize golf with his four Masters victories, will play his last round at the tournament Friday.

The man in charge of training Cracker Barrel managers is black and said Thursday it is ridiculous to believe he would allow racists to run the company's restaurants and discriminate against its patrons.

Two spacewalking astronauts bolted a 44-foot girder to the international space station on Thursday.