Posted: 10:46 AM Georgia's new report card for public schools is out. The Georgia Department of Education said the average score for Georgia's elementary schools is 83.4; middle schools is 81.4 and high schools is 72.6.
Posted: 10:44 AM The Alabama Legislature is one step away from passing a bill that would make sure private schools and non-failing public schools don't have to take students who want to transfer from failing public schools.
Posted: 2:21 PM The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony says he believes there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.
Posted: 10:11 AM A woman is recovering in a Daytona Beach hospital after being mauled by a pack of dogs while walking with her daughter in western Flagler County.
Posted: 1:30 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Senate has confirmed Lisa Edgar to a third four-year term on the Florida Public Service Commission.
Posted: 1:21 PM New law enforcement chief at Florida Wildlife Commission
Posted: 1:17 PM Two southeast Alabama coaches cleared of criminal conduct
Posted: 1:34 PM A man has been charged in the death of a Fort Benning soldier whose body was found in an eastern Alabama ditch.
Updated: 11:52 AM Police say a gunman who was fatally shot by officers was an obvious case of "suicide-by-cop."
Posted: 11:50 AM A south Alabama woman is free after pleading guilty in the abduction of her teen-aged daughter last year.
Posted: 11:48 AM Universal Orlando says its new, 3-D theme park ride based on the Transformers toy brand will open June 30.
Posted: 9:50 AM Police fatally shot man following a 90-minute standoff at a Jacksonville mobile home park.
Posted: 9:31 AM A bill being sent to Gov. Rick Scott seeks to make sure that Floridians have the right to be heard -- and not just seen -- at local government and state agency meetings.
Posted: 9:30 AM A grocery store worker near Atlanta made more money on her lunch break than many people earn in a lifetime.
Posted: 5:33 PM A trial date has been set in a case involving 600 electronic bingo machines that were seized from Center Stage Alabama last year.
Posted: 10:30 AM The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin says he agrees with his attorneys' decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law.
Posted: 10:29 AM The University of Georgia will ban backpacks in the school's football stadium during its commencement ceremony on May 10.
Posted: 10:27 AM Florida lawmakers have sent to Gov. Rick Scott a bill that would require medical care for newborns who survive botched abortions.
Updated: 8:28 PM
Posted: 10:18 AM A coroner says a 14-year-old boy who was hit by a police car in Henry County has died of his injuries.
Posted: 10:14 AM Carnival Corp. is seeking dismissal of lawsuits filed by passengers who endured days of difficult conditions aboard the disabled Triumph cruise ship.
Posted: 9:46 AM A teenager has died after being dragged by the driver of a pickup truck when an apparent drug deal went bad.
Posted: 9:55 AM Ten migrants were returned to Cuba after the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted their vessels.
Posted: 9:53 AM A Bradenton teacher is in jail following his arrest on child abuse charges.
Updated: 9:57 AM Authorities say an early morning earthquake that struck east Georgia is the latest in a series of quakes to hit the region.
