Kevin West

The national convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held its opening general session Monday in Ohio.

The mother of a 23-year-old autistic man is scheduled to go on trial Monday in Clayton County State Court on a charge of obstructing an officer.

Moving dozens of miles away from Atlanta doesn't mean the smog-choked air gets any clearer - in fact, it's often worse.

Stanley McCray has sent letters to the producers of "America's Most Wanted and "Unsolved Mysteries" and to talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Montel Williams.

Cleanup of contaminants at a Brunswick Superfund site is at least two years away, and the federal Environmental Protection Agency is struggling to maintain some measures to protect the public.

Beaten down by Tiger Woods during the last four years, Ernie Els faced even greater pressure Sunday in the British Open by squandering a three-stroke lead, a collapse that could have made him an emotional wreck the rest of his career.

A man convicted of murdering an Oakwood pizza store manager is set to be executed by lethal injection Aug. 5.

Martin Luther King III shared his vision for justice in the United States Sunday night from the same podium where his father energized an audience nearly 40 years ago.

Georgia bridges will soon undergo required strength tests as a part of a new state law that allows heavier truckloads on state roads.

Members of a Spalding County church are mourning the deaths of six members killed in a wreck near Tifton as they returned from a trip to St. Augustine, Fla.