Kevin West

DeKalb County police are investigating the shooting death of a cab driver.

The Georgia State Patrol now says 21 people died on Georgia roads during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Governors must take the lead if public education is to continue its improvement, refusing to leave the hard work to legislatures or state superintendents, according to governors who gathered last night at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

A pregnant 19-year-old woman abducted from her parents' Walton County home around midnight was found safe in Atlanta before daybreak Monday.

A woman charged in a high-speed chase that ended in a bystander's death has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on the day her trial was to begin.

The Atlanta Thrashers defeated Washington 5-4 Sunday in a National Hockey League face-off in Atlanta.

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Clarence Moore, who quit the Georgia Tech basketball team in August, has returned to practice.

The Southeastern Conference gave Georgia 2,200 more tickets for Saturday's Southeastern Conference championship game, and they'll be split evenly among students and boosters.

Gov.-elect Sonny Perdue and his wife, Mary, hosted a party at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter Sunday for about 2,000 supporters, inviting them to attend his Jan. 13 inauguration in Atlanta and pledging to set a high standard for the state. <

The funeral will be held Thursday in Atlanta for former state legislator and union leader Horace Tate.