Kevin West

Two mental health center officials are on administrative leave as the center's board looks into anonymous allegations of financial and management improprieties, The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday night.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear Gov. Jim Hodges' lawsuit seeking to block federal shipments of weapons-grade plutonium to South Carolina.

In an effort to save money, Morris Brown College fired football coach Sol Brannan, two of his assistants and three other employees in the athletic department Tuesday.

Jermaine Dupri, who has produced hits for Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, TLC and others, has been named a senior vice president of Arista Records.

A south Georgia party switcher and a suburban Atlanta lawmaker were given key positions in the Senate Tuesday.

A $500,000 grant to the Georgia Medical Center Authority will be used to equip the Medical College of Georgia's biomedical business incubator.

Bear Creek Stores Incorporated has recalled more than 2,000 packages of its Truffle Assortment labeled ``Milk Chocolate, Cherry & Coffee.''

The Home Depot has been ordered to pay nearly $12 million to a defunct Santa Fe, New Mexico, company that accused the home improvement store chain of violating oral contracts.

A company that markets milk for 1,600 East Coast dairy farms and owns two milk processing plants bought Maola Milk and Ice Cream Company for an undisclosed price.

Coca-Cola Company president and chief operating officer Steve Heyer says he's streamlining the beverage giant's North American division and reassigning top executives.