Kevin West

Construction of new homes and apartments rose 6.3 percent in January to the highest level in almost two years, fresh evidence that the housing market is thriving while much of the economy slumps.

Funeral services for Morehouse College president emeritus Hugh M. Gloster Sr. will be held Thursday at the school's Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.

Guitarist James ``Lucky'' Ward, who played with musicians ranging from Chet Atkins to Janis Joplin, died Saturday in a Columbus hospital. He was 65.

Two F-15 fighter jets intercepted and escorted a Hawaiian Airlines passenger jet to Seattle on Monday after a bomb threat was received against the plane, officials said.

Southwest Airlines, which bucked the trend of layoffs and flight reductions after Sept. 11, plans to hire about 4,000 workers this year.

Kmart Corp. has told a federal bankruptcy judge that it will released a list by March 11 of the stores it plans to close in an effort to cut its losses.

When Schools Superintendent Edwin Coyle wanted to find out where some of his students were sleeping, he did what a suspicious spouse might -- he hired a private investigator to tail them.

The body of a woman missing since Jan. 31 has been found in a creek in Worth County by two people who were fishing.

Authorities have identified a man who was found dead with a woman in the trunk of a burning car in Morgan County.

Jury selection in the Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin murder trial wrapped up Monday, with nine blacks among a jury the judge called ``skewed.''