Kevin West

A month-by-month look at Georgia's tax collections during the budget year July 1,2001 to June 30,2002, compared with the same months a year earlier.

Mary Elfner starts work today as first water conservation coordinator.

Mary Elfner starts work today as first water conservation coordinator.

The state Department of Transportation wants to expand U.S. 27 in Rome but landowner David Fowler Jr. is determined to block the project because his property contains remnants of a Civil War Confederate fort.

Nearly a dozen people were hurt Sunday when a patio deck caved in during a birthday party, fire officials said.

Many children are not being adequately treated for weight problems because many pediatricians and other health workers lack expertise in helping them slim down, a survey suggests.

R. Micah Story, who teaches at East Jackson Middle School in Commerce, was one of two teachers from Georgia to receive Milken National Educator Awards Saturday from a private foundation.

The signs of a growing Hispanic population are everywhere in Floyd County except at the voting booth.

The Tennessee Valley Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency must use a mediator to resolve their dispute over cleanup of TVA's coal-fired power plants.

Conference USA Commissioner Mike Slive has been selected to succeed retiring Roy Kramer as Southeastern Conference commissioner, according to newspaper reports Sunday.