Kevin West

The college of environment and design at the University of Georgia has received a $750,000 grant to identify properties in the state with historic value.

United Parcel Service's new ground shipping rates take effect Monday.

Low interest rates are important to reviving the economy, which is expected to grow only about three percent this year amid modest consumer spending and a continuing rise in the jobless rate.

One of 19 true daughters of the Confederacy and the oldest living in Georgia has died. Lizzie Brown was 111.

City and county officials in Warrenton, west of Augusta, are hoping tourists will want to step back and spend time -- and money -- in and among the city's historic places.

Despite missing four games of the season on suspension, Carolina's Julius Peppers is The Associated Press N-F-L Defensive Rookie of the Year.

Governor-elect Sonny Perdue has announced a former Bank of America executive as the chief operating officer for his administration.

A Cobb County woman who authorities say was kidnapped by her estranged husband is recovering from a two-day ordeal that ended at a Florida hotel.

People arrested on state charges are now being sent to jails in Fulton or DeKalb counties rather than the Atlanta city jail.

Some military analysts say the deployment of two more combat brigades from Fort Stewart, near Savannah, to the Persian Gulf region is an indication that war with Iraq is almost certain.