Kevin West

Valdosta State will try to wrap up its second consecutive perfect regular season before entering the NCAA Division Two playoffs when the Blazers visit arch-rival West Georgia Saturday night.

Atlanta businessman J.B. Fuqua contributed one million dollars to the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a group started by CNN founder Ted Turner to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons.

Emory University announced Thursday that President William Chace will retire at the end of the academic year.

Environmental Protection Agency officials have confirmed elevated levels of arsenic and lead have been found beneath the soil in three playgrounds at an Augusta public housing complex.

A three-year-old girl is at Grady Memorial Hospital Thursday morning after being struck by a bullet in a drive-by shooting.

The Secretary of State's office is expected to certify results Thursday in the tight Public Service Commission race between incumbent Democrat Lauren ``Bubba'' McDonald and Republican Angela Speir.

Financially-strapped Morris Brown College can breathe a sigh of relief - for now.

The group that organizes an annual protest against Fort Benning's training academy for Latin American soldiers and police is seeking an injunction against use of metal detectors to screen demonstrators.

The Federal Communications Commission's decision to allow the merger of Comcast and AT&T Broadband creates the largest cable company in the nation - a behemoth that will have nearly twice as many customers as its nearest competitor.

A Henry County teacher was indicted Wednesday on charges that he took nearly $35,000 from the county affiliate of the Georgia Association of Educators.