Kevin West

Governor Barnes has avoided the fiscal disasters straining Georgia's cash-strapped neighbors: the budget wasn't decimated, taxes weren't raised and a controversy over the state flag was relegated to history.

Wes Westrum -- a former scout for the Atlanta Braves and a two-time All-Star catcher and former manager of the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants -- has died.

Six more health insurers were fined a total of $375,000 Wednesday, bringing to nine the number of companies fined for violating Georgia's prompt pay law.

Less than a week after securing new financing, Bobs Candies reopened its doors to ship existing candy cane orders and prepared to resume production.

In his last board meeting with The Home Depot Incorporated, retiring co-founder Bernie Marcus told shareholders Wednesday he's puzzled about the company's struggling stock price, but urged support for his hand-picked successor.

Governor Barnes has avoided the fiscal disasters straining Georgia's cash-strapped neighbors: the budget wasn't decimated, taxes weren't raised and a controversy over the state flag was relegated to history.

A group of Georgia police officers watched their Israeli counterparts training to meet a wave of Palestinian terror attacks Wednesday.

Tri-State Crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh lost his bid to get a new judge Wednesday.

Goodbye, sandbags. Hello, plastic. If manufacturers of the Rapid Development Floodwall have their way, that's what river communities facing occasional flood danger will be saying in the near future.

Authorities in south Georgia say one man is dead after an argument ended in gunfire.