Kevin West

An investors group headed by the chairman of the Hooters restaurants is interested in Vanguard Airlines, the Kansas City-based discount carrier that shut down and filed for bankruptcy last month.

Bond has been set at $250,000 for one of two defendants accused of making a racially motivated attack against Atlanta Falcons rookie running back T.J. Duckett.

Gainesville Hall County, Georgia

Bond has been set at $250,000 for one of two defendants accused of making a racially motivated attack against Atlanta Falcons rookie running back T.J. Duckett.

WBC welterweight champion Vernon Forrest, a native of Augusta, has directed his managers to bring his next title fight to his adopted hometown of Atlanta in November.

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a $33 million lawsuit that sought to place indirect blame for the 1997 shooting spree at Heath High School in which three students died.

Bull sharks are gathering in St. Andrews Bay in Florida's Panhandle.

Authorities are calling the death of a woman struck by a sports-utility-vehicle in Woodstock a ``terrible accident.''

Secretary of State Cathy Cox is predicting a low voter turnout for Georgia's primary next Tuesday.

An author who wrote 17 books for adolescents -- including the award-winning ``A Taste of Blackberries'' in 1973 -- has died of bone cancer.