Kevin West

The new $45 million privately owned McRae Correctional Facility, vacant since construction was completed nearly two years ago, is finally getting some inmates.

Effingham County officials and the Georgia Sheriffs' Association have asked the governor to investigate whether Sheriff Jay Space is fit for office as he battles multiple sclerosis.

Eldon Cort, who kept newsrooms across north Florida running with copy from The Associated Press for nearly 40 years, is retiring from the news cooperative Friday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday proposed fines totaling nearly $112,000 for three contractors, including two from northeast Georgia, whose workers did not have fall-protection equipment.

Fulton County has freed 65 inmates being held on minor charges after a federal judge ordered the jail to reduce overcrowding.

Hurricane forecaster Dr. William Gray is lowering his hurricane prognostication a bit for the coming season.

Hall of Famer Don Sutton, a broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves, will be out of the booth for 3-to-6 weeks after undergoing surgery next week to remove a growth on his left kidney.

A lawyer for a Madison County woman charged with the death of her 16-month-old son entered an innocent plea on her behalf Thursday.

A Superior Court judge sentenced a preacher convicted of molesting a 15-year-old boy to 70 years in prison - 30 years more than prosecutors requested.

Police were searching for a man who argued with a 22-year-old who was fatally shot outside a convenience store.