Kevin West

Peach growers in Georgia and South Carolina are welcoming the blast of arctic air that is bringing freezing weather to much of the South this week.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory for the northern third of Georgia that will continue through Friday morning.

Federal data shows the flatbed trailer that jackknifed last week on Interstate 95, leading to the death of four Yale students, is part of a fleet with a deficient safety rating.

BellSouth Corporation says it lost 819,000 customers last year as it reported today a nearly 25 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations.

State officials are saying that corn laced with insecticide has caused the deaths of hundreds of wild birds in Bartow County.

Two men said they were tied up and their Lawrenceville home was ransacked overnight.

A 32-year-old Lawrenceville man was being held without bond Wednesday, accused of molesting four boys left in his care.

Two environmental groups are asking a federal court to stop a planned 1,477-acre drinking-water reservoir in Henry and Butts counties, south of Atlanta.

Mario Austin scored 18 points to help No. 22 Mississippi State overcome another sloppy performance and beat cold-shooting South Carolina 64-48 on Wednesday night.

After two straight losses to open the 1999-2000 season, Duke has followed up each of its 10 defeats in a 119-game span with wins averaging 29.3 points. Not this time.