Kevin West

Former NFL linebacker Wayne Simmons, a starter on the Green Bay Packers' 1997 Super Bowl championship team, was killed early Friday when his car crashed and burst into flames. He was 32.

Mike Allen's 34-yard field goal with 2:05 left gave the 25th-ranked Badgers a 23-21 victory over Fresno State on Friday night in the second annual John Thompson Foundation Classic.

Home Depot said Friday it will treat employee stock options as an expense, becoming the latest company to adopt the accounting practice amid calls for increased financial disclosure.

A grand jury indicted a woman Friday on four counts of murder for the fatal shooting of her two terminally ill sons.

Parents in south Georgia are complaining to transportation officials about students having to stand in the aisle as they ride overcrowded school buses.

Savannah may lose its Class A minor-league baseball team to Panama City Beach, Florida, as early as the 2004 season unless progress is made toward building a new stadium.

The nation's third biggest airline -- Atlanta-based Delta -- plans to join Continental and Northwest in a broad new partnership aimed at protecting revenue from a proposed rival alliance.

The Drayton Tower, a modern building with green-tinted windows, is considered a downtown eyesore by most in Savannah, home of Georgia's loveliest historic buildings.

An Emory University professor who's being investigated for academic fraud was placed on paid leave for the fall semester.

A 15-year-old Pope High School dropout has been arrested for throwing firebombs at the school.