Kevin West

A man accused of kidnapping a woman from a MARTA station parking lot and raping her in an abandoned northwest Atlanta home early Tuesday was arrested later that day, police said.

City officials are looking into complaints about an outspoken Alpharetta judge known for wearing a gun tucked in his waistband during court and lobbying for a hefty salary increase.

A Superior Court judge has ruled that a property tax freeze in Muscogee County is unconstitutional because it unfairly shifts the tax burden to newcomers and poorer homeowners - a decision that could affect other local governments in the state.

Once again, college football has changed its formula for determining which teams play in its national championship game.

Braves announcer Don Sutton plans to return to the broadcast booth for TBS next week - less than four weeks after having surgery to remove a cancerous kidney.

Georgia Republican chairman Ralph Reed says the state's new congressional and legislative district maps, drawn by Democrats, have confused voters enough to vent their anger the polls.

A testing company hired to give standardized tests to almost 340,000 Georgia elementary school students made serious errors in grading them, delaying indefinitely the results for teachers and parents.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman declared 22 Georgia counties agricultural disaster areas Tuesday, making them eligible for emergency federal farm loans.

Georgia's coast saw five straight days of rain -- a nice soaking, but not nearly enough for a region entering its fourth year of drought.

Atlanta-based Equifax Incorporated, one of the country's three big credit reporting agencies, said Tuesday that it has hired the former head of travel reservation firm Galileo International as its president and chief operating officer.