Kevin West

U.S. Representative Jack Kingston, a Republican from Savannah, was selected Wednesday as a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Military Construction.

The Schwan Food Company said Thursday it will buy the frozen dessert business of Mrs. Smith's Bakeries from Flowers Foods for about $240 million in cash.

The unemployment rate for the Atlanta area rose to 4.7 percent in December, up slightly from 4.6 percent in November.

A Cataula, Georgia, man was killed when his Air Angels medical helicopter crashed into a snowy field at a suburban county airport while practicing maneuvers.

Things are back to normal at the Daytona Beach International Airport after an evacuation Thursday morning.

The attorney for former congressional candidate Roger Kahn says the Democrat is cooperating with state and federal authorities investigating more than 3,000 dead birds on his Bartow County cattle ranch.

Two teen-agers died within three days after losing control of their vehicles on the same curve.

When Cusseta Mayor Tim Jones said he'd had enough during a council meeting last week, members decided to hold him to his word.

Acquaintances and former co-workers expressed shock Wednesday at the shooting deaths of a Guyanese man, his wife and three sons at their home in Georgia.

Mississippi State guard Derrick Zimmerman went end to end for a layup with 1.7 seconds left to complete a wild final 90 seconds and give the No. 21 Bulldogs a 58-57 victory over Mississippi on Wednesday night.