Kevin West

A Georgia auto mechanic pleaded innocent Monday to carrying a loaded handgun through airport security on a planned trip to visit relatives in Haiti.

The tiny town of Rest Haven, created in 1938 mostly to keep out nightclubs and alcohol, tried to dissolve its own charter last year.

In the 19th century, William Head built a gristmill on the North Oconee River. Its water wheel provided power to grind grain and to run a sawmill.

Authorities are conducting an autopsy Monday on a postal worker found slain Saturday in the town of Fleming's one-room post office.

Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that disease-causing stomach bacteria thrive on hydrogen molecules -- a discovery that could one day lead to better treatments for stomach ailments.

A trade Monday between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Atlanta Thrashers.

The Home Depot's do-it-yourself clientele can now do it themselves at the checkout counter.

Miami is a unanimous No. 1 in the AP poll again, and Southern California moved into the top five for the first time in more than seven years.

A new study says drivers using cell phones are causing an increasing number of car accidents.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's report about the case of three Muslim men accused of plotting a terrorist attack in a Shoney's restaurant will be sent to the Gordon County prosecutor within a week.