Kevin West

One of the two charter schools approved by the state Board of Education won't be opening in August.

Justin Simmons pitched Texas to a 2-1 win over Rice on Saturday in the first round of the College World Series. Stanford beat Notre Dame 4-3 in Saturday's early game.

Henri Camara scored his second goal of the game 14 minutes into overtime Sunday as Senegal beat Sweden 2-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

Germany is back in familiar elite territory. England used a blitz of goals to get to the same level.

Unni Lehn's goal in the 58th minute led Carolina to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Beat on Saturday night and pushed the Courage into second place in the WUSA standings.

Hall County Firemen are investigating a Saturday fire which did about $250,000 in damages to a chicken house in the 6900 block Belton Bridge Road.

Authorities retrieved the bodies Saturday of two women and one man who were killed in a small plane crash, officials said.

A man who stole an empty tour bus that caught on fire on the highway, ended his spree by crashing into a crowded Wal-Mart parking lot in Stockbridge on Saturday, police said.

When political strategists plan a campaign in the South, they turn to the Black books.

Two women with similar names who died the same year may have been mixed up in a Macon cemetery.