Kevin West

The Shorter College board of trustees Friday voted to sever ties with the Georgia Baptist Convention following a dispute over whether the board members must be selected by the church.

Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding the maker of the arthritis drug Celebrex out of $1.5 million by inflating construction costs, federal officials said Friday.

One teenager is dead and four injured in a drive-by shooting in south metro-Atlanta early Saturday morning.

Here are the scores in Friday night's prep football playoff action from around the state.

The Atlanta Braves named Ralph ``Rocket'' Wheeler on Friday to manage the Class A Rome Braves in their inaugural year.

A Gwinnett County Superior Court jury has found 16-year-old Christopher Routh innocent of charges that he murdered a toddler he was babysitting.

Four days after taking over as the new president of Life University, Ben DeSpain has learned that the troubled chiropractic school will not be eligible for reaccreditation for at least two years.

Arris Group Incorporated sold part of its business for $37.5 million and cut more than 300 employees Friday as it shifts its focus to telephone and Internet services.

At a few restaurants in Warner Robins, one of the country's best hot dogs has been passed over for a plumper, upstart pup.

Health officials are not recommending a general screening of Rome residents for PCBs, the hazardous material used at General Electric's now-closed transformer plant.