Kevin West

Bartow County authorities have arrested a 15-year-old girl in the death of her father, who was shot once in the back of the head Dec. 8.

Officials with Carmike Cinemas say the national movie theater chain should emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization within two weeks.

Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's fourth-largest container line with a major presence in Charleston, South Carolina, will begin serving Savannah.

Police are searching for two men who a white woman said abducted and raped her because she was dating a black man.

Public Service Commissioner David Burgess has taken over as chairman of the five-man board, which regulates Georgia utilities.

Brookwood High football coach Dave Hunter, who built the Broncos into one of the state's largest and most successful programs, announced his retirement Friday.

Pro golfer Larry Mize hopes to be ready to participate in the Masters in April in Augusta. Mize will be missing a few PGA Tour events while recovering from a cracked collar bone and a broken rib on his left side.

Willamette Industries said Friday that the board has rejected Weyerhaeuser Company's $6.1 billion takeover bid as inadequate -- and has cut off discussions about a buyout.

On New Year's Day, Anthony Sims' family listened to him die -- desperate final gasps for air that came from inside a burning room in a woodframe house that was crumbling around him.

Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's fourth-largest container line with a major presence in Charleston, South Carolina, will begin serving Savannah next month, causing some uneasiness on the Charleston waterfront.