Kevin West

Although bioterrorism is a priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agency also must focus on long-term efforts against chronic diseases such as obesity and cancer.

A south Georgia man believes he found a piece of the space shuttle Columbia on his land, which is hundreds of miles east of where most of the debris has fallen.

Savannah Mayor Floyd Adams wants four more years, but the law says eight is enough.

The agency that oversees the popular HOPE scholarship program has a new executive director at the behest of Governor Perdue.

Johnston Industries Incorporated filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection, saying it was caught in a severe downturn facing U.S. textile manufacturers.

Valerie Goddard used white cotton gloves and a Global Positioning System to research her first book, ``Get Off the Interstate,'' which took her through the backwoods of Georgia's 100 miles of coastal counties.

A Thomson physician has been sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud and illegally writing prescriptions for the pain medication OxyContin.

Delta Air Lines will try to curb traffic at airport ticket counters this spring by encouraging passengers to use its automated check-in kiosks.

Diane Bodine, wife of NASCAR driver Brett Bodine, has been charged with making terroristic threats and harassing phone calls to a Loganville woman her husband met through Hooters of America Incorporated, which sponsors his race car.

Governor Perdue is getting a big response to the fitness challenge he issued early this week.