Kevin West

The police chief in this middle Georgia town spent last week on suspension after the mayor said he repeatedly missed work.

A Madison County sheriff's deputy was placed on leave Friday after he shot and wounded a man who brandished a butcher knife at his estranged wife.

Divers are searching Dalewood Lake near Meridian, Mississippi, today for an Atlanta man reported missing after a collision of two watercraft.

The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is poised to offer its top job to a former University of Mississippi athletic official.

Georgia's Allen Doyle is tied for third place four shots behind leader Tom Jenkins in the Seniors PGA Canada Open.

The burned body found near Lake Allatoona was identified Friday by authorities as that of a 15-year-old Acworth girl.

Vice officers seized about 4,000 video poker machines worth millions of dollars from a warehouse Friday.

Mrs. Smith's Bakeries in Suwanee is voluntarily recalling 3.5-ounce packages of Mrs. Freshley's, BlueBird, Aunt Hannah and Blue Ribbon carrot cake because they may contain undeclared whey.

A Greyhound bus ran into the back of an 18-wheeler on Friday after traffic slowed unexpectedly, injuring 15 passengers, authorities said.

John Smoltz leaps high over the wall to steal a home run. Greg Maddux makes a running, shoestring catch. Chris Hammond hits a mammoth home run.