Kevin West

Natural gas prices in Georgia have fallen again this month as the end of the heating season approaches.

The Environmental Protection Division has declared that a severe drought continues in the Flint River basin of southwest Georgia, setting the stage for a second year of paying farmers not to irrigate their crops.

A suspicious white powder that set off an anthrax scare at Fort McPherson a week ago has been identified as a controlled substance.

A Fort Benning soldier who was ejected from a Carmike theater because of his Muslim headwear has lost a bid to shut down the cinema company because Carmike sent him an open invitation to return.

The team that wins Saturday's regular-season finale will gain an all-important bye in the first-round of next week's Southeastern Conference Tournament.

Jarrod Schmidt had six RBIs on four hits to lead Clemson to a 14-6 victory over College of Charleston on Friday.

Nick Rogers' ninth-inning RBI-single broke a 4-4 tie as Florida State handed Florida its first loss of the season, 5-4 on Friday.

Anthony Thomas scored 21 points, including two free throws with 29.1 seconds left, as Furman held on to defeat Georgia Southern 73-70 Friday night at the Southern Conference tournament.

Scores of second round and quarterfinal games in the Georgia High School Association basketball tournament:

Arkansas is beginning a search for a new head basketball coach.