STATE/REGIONAL NEWS
Coca-Cola says its fourth-quarter profit climbed as the world's largest drink maker sold 5 percent more beverages
worldwide.
A former NAACP treasurer out of Clayton County is going to court on accusations that she embezzled up to $30,000 from the civil rights organization.
Kevin Huckabee is set to ask the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn his conviction for the murder of Jennifer Ross, a 19-year-old Mercer University student gunned down during a robbery attempt in December 2005.
The 51-year-old McDonough woman was charged in Oct. 2006 but for reasons unknown her case was never tried by then-Clayton District Attorney Jewel Scott
Upon arrival, a spokesman says officers heard gunshots and moments later, a man came out firing at officers.
Gov. Sonny Perdue is pushing legislation that would pay Georgia's teachers based on student performance, not their advanced degrees.
A Cobb County lawmaker is proposing legislation that would provide financial incentives to encourage local law enforcement to use a federal program aimed at identifying illegal immigrants arrested in Georgia.
Tattnall County officials say they didn't know they were running afoul of state law when they let members of a Baptist church hang a framed copy of the Ten Commandments insidethe county courthouse last week.
The case against an Augusta correctional facility escapee who was charged with attacking a female jogger on a popular park has not gone to trial two years after the attack.
Authorities are searching for an Armstrong Atlantic State University student who's been missing for a week.
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is supporting two recent proposals that would make it easier for soldiers overseas and other Americans living abroad to vote.
A major military food supplier charged with inflating prices and defrauding the U.S. government is trying to negotiate a settlement with federal prosecutors.
A west Georgia maker of women's apparel has shut down after 38 years in business, laying off 70 employees.
Foreclosure notices in metro Atlanta jumped 27 percent in February compared with January.
Georgia's top court is considering whether to reinstate armed robbery, kidnapping and fraud convictions that were
overturned because the judge asked a trial witness where the
alleged crime took place.
The Oconee County coroner says a sheriff's deputy has died after he was pinned between his patrol car and a tree.
Morrow police say about $10,000 in clothing items were stolen from the Macy's in Southlake Mall Sunday morning.
Sheriff Ronnie Strength tells The Augusta Chronicle in a Saturday story that one deputy jailer had a broken nose, another had a broken rib or rib injuries and a third was stabbed in the face with a pencil.
Lowery worked with Dr. Martin Luther King and had a role in President Obama's inauguration.
Police have called it a homicide investigation.
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