Kevin West

Eighth-ranked Mississippi State used its usual workmanlike style in a 68-52 victory over UAB on Thursday night.

A Lincoln County sheriff's deputy, looking for a lost 71-year-old man in the rain Tuesday night, accidentally struck and killed him with his patrol car.

A fatal wreck near Kennesaw in Cobb County shut down southbound lanes of Interstate 575.

Large amounts of rainfall since September have nearly ended a long-term drought that has plagued Georgia since May 1998.

A 21-year-old Alabama man was in critical condition early Thursday after a CSX train derailed in south Fulton County and severed his legs.

A man who led College Park police on a high-speed car chase was shot to death Wednesday by an officer.

A 44-year-old woman died after two canoes capsized as she, her husband and another couple took a New Year's Eve trip down the Etowah River, authorities said.

A man and two children died Wednesday night in a house fire in Macon, officials said.

A south Georgia man drowned Wednesday after the john-boat he was using to recover a drifting fishing boat in a farm pond started taking on water.

North Carolina State whipped the Irish in the Gator Bowl, confusing them with formations that looked like fire drills and showing them how to end the season in style with a 28-6 victory.