Kevin West

Georgia's unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in July -- down from 5.2 percent in June.

Gwinnett County police is saying Wednesday that a Norcross police officer who returned fire and wounded a man who had shot his partner was justified.

A staff attorney for the governor's Office of Consumer Affairs has been suspended with pay after being accused of setting a restroom fire at a nightclub.

Three people died in a shooting outside a nonprofit complex that includes a retirement home, a health care center for senior citizens and a youth home, authorities said.

Two men described as career criminals were charged Wednesday in the death of an Augusta man shot in front of customers at a Citgo gas station.

The heat is on Tommy Bowden to produce a big winner here after a backward step from a 9-3 season in 2000 to 7-5 last year.

Dennis Franchione broke the bad news of Alabama's stiff NCAA sanctions to his players at noon on Feb. 1

Florida State completed its second preseason scrimmage without any major injuries, a pleasant change for coach Bobby Bowden after the No. 3 Seminoles lost three players to injury in their first.

Auburn coaches got a good look at players auditioning for starting jobs at quarterback and receiver Wednesday during the team's first preseason scrimmage.

Delta Air Lines announced a new baggage policy for domestic travel Wednesday, saying it would charge a fee of $40 for a third checked bag.