Kevin West

J.P. Huskins, a former state House member and retired publisher of the Statesville Record & Landmark, died Wednesday in Athens, Ga., at the age of 93.

Tennessee-based Jimmy Dean Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling approximately 3,600 pounds of frozen pork sausage products.

Edy's Grand Ice Cream on Thursday recalled 5,000 cartons of Limited Edition Girl Scouts Samoas Cookie Ice Cream because they may contain peanuts and egg.

The state carried out its fifth execution by injection Thursday, putting to death a 62-year-old man who killed an off-duty Columbus police officer in 1976.

The Atlanta Thrashers Thursday acquired goaltender Frederic Cassivi from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Brett Clark.

Court records show that the driver of a charter bus that crashed last April, injuring 46 high school students from North Carolina, will be arraigned next month on multiple charges.

A former fugitive who had been on the FBI's ten most-wanted list for allegedly mailing hoax anthrax letters to abortion clinics nationwide was indicted in Cincinnati Thursday on firearms and stolen-car charges.

A 19th-century log cabin in southern Oconee County will be preserved along with a number of historic artifacts found nearby.

Three men have been charged with murder in the execution-style killings 12 years ago of a Coweta County man and his son after a new database of prison inmate DNA led police to one of the suspects.

Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said Thursday that Humana Employers Health Care of Georgia, Inc., has been fined $400,000 for violating the state's prompt pay law.