Posted: 9:32 AM Sheriff's officials in central Georgia say a man is facing a murder charge in the killing of a sheriff's deputy, who was found shot to death on an isolated road.

Posted: 8:43 PM OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama fan who poisoned the iconic Toomer's Corner oak trees at rival Auburn has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Posted: 8:28 PM A plan to send extra water down creeks and streams in southwest Georgia is creating conflict in the General Assembly.

Posted: 8:23 PM Authorities say a skydive instructor and a student who jumped separately have died in Florida.

Posted: 9:57 AM The Florida Highway Patrol says a major crash involving two commercial vehicles has closed southbound lanes of Interstate 75 north of Tampa.

Posted: 9:55 AM Authorities say a South Florida teenager who was set on fire by classmates when he was 15 has been arrested on multiple drug charges.

Posted: 9:54 AM An Escambia County Sheriff's deputy was shot in the leg while pursuing two robbery suspects in Pensacola's upscale Scenic Hills neighborhood.

Posted: 9:52 AM One of the seven Marines who died in a mortar explosion during a training exercise in Nevada was from Florida.

Posted: 10:18 AM The Auburn City Council has set April 23 as the date when the iconic Toomer's Oaks at Auburn University will be removed.

Posted: 9:52 AM The parents of a teen who was disciplined by holding a sign at a Panhandle intersection say critics should "walk a mile in someone's shoes" before judging them.

Posted: 9:43 AM Police in Opelika are investigating the city's second killing in the past 10 days.

Posted: 9:42 AM Another major hotel chain could add its name to Jekyll Island's oceanfront.

Posted: 9:37 AM Authorities say a University of Central Florida student who pulled a dorm fire alarm in the middle of the night had a more sinister plan than sending students scurrying out into the night.

Posted: 9:35 AM Police and residents in Albany say they fear gang retaliation following the weekend drive-by shooting deaths of two young men over the weekend.

Posted: 7:51 AM Nearly 100,000 customers were without power across Alabama early Tuesday after storms with the force of hurricane winds toppled trees and utility lines.

Posted: 2:29 PM Authorities in eastern Alabama say a body pulled from the Chattahoochee River was that of a Fort Benning Soldier.

Posted: 9:41 AM The Atlanta City Council this week could vote on plans to build a new stadium in downtown Atlanta.

Posted: 9:39 AM Parishioners are praying the third time's a charm for a massive crucifix that has twice fallen outside a Catholic church in Jacksonville.

Posted: 9:38 AM The U.S. Army has identified the five-member crew killed in the crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Afghanistan.

Posted: 10:28 AM Police say a 21-year-old woman barricaded herself into a Daytona Beach motel room, threatened to kill herself and fired 18 shots because she was angry that her boyfriend was cheating on her.

Posted: 10:27 AM When firefighters opened the front door to get the newspaper, they found a dead baby wrapped in a towel on the door step.

Posted: 10:09 AM A protester arrested last fall during a mass demonstration outside Fort Benning is going to court and faces a possible prison sentence.

Posted: 10:42 AM Sheriff's deputies say an 81-year-old man shot a man who had been following him as he drove home.

Posted: 10:40 AM Crews plan to blow up another dam on Tuesday to help create a man-made whitewater course on the Chattahoochee River.

Posted: 10:39 AM Several college students are recovering from injuries after a crowded deck collapsed at a beach house in Gulf Shores.