Kevin West

Jimmy Carter didn't know what to do when he left office, but he knew that he wasn't ready for a quiet retirement.

Gardener Russell Collins caught his friends by surprise when he and a friend brought a 110-pound watermelon to the local American Legion, chilled in a beer basket.

A Georgia man arrested after security screeners at the Louisville airport found a loaded handgun and a lock-blade knife in his carryon luggage was released Saturday from custody after a federal court hearing.

A temporary worker at a mortgage lender is accused of taking 68 customers' Social Security numbers and using them to open checking accounts and buy a sports car.

Longtime Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn fell in his home and was hospitalized in critical condition Friday night.

Many state employees in the James A. ``Sloppy'' Floyd office building got a long weekend because of a water main break nearby.

Four Rockdale County High School football players were hospitalized during a football camp last week, and their parents say the coaches are to blame.

The Marietta East Cobb Yankees defeated the Grand Rapids West Michigan Elite 5-0 Friday night in the opening game of the Connie Mack World Series.

At Georgia, 34 freshmen made it to campus for preseason practice while 21 freshmen will hit the field for the first time Saturday for Georgia Tech.

Republican Rep. Steve Cash, chairman of the Henry County legislative delegation, has withdrawn from the District 60 House race, saying that redistricting by Democrats has ``effectively shut my voters out of the process.''