Turner South being sold; TBS to show fewer Braves games in coming years

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News may buy Turner South, while the Braves themselves may be sold to the guy who owns the Falcons, the Macon Telegraph reports.

Husband says wife innocent in child-drowning case

No trial date set in the case of Lottie Kain, WRDW reports.

Teachers fired for falsifying grades

Five firings spark student protests, WRDW reports.

House fire kills woman

Story from WJBF's Web site.

Koch buying Georgia-Pacific

Will make the biggest private company in the nation, this Kansas City Star story says.

DOJ officials recommended against GA vote law, were overrruled

Staffers at the federal Justice Department said they thought GA's voter-identification-card law was a bad idea, but they were overruled by higher-ups. It's in today's Washington Post (registration required, but it's free).

Coach Welsh nears 300 wins

This Augusta Chronicle profile of the Thomson Bulldogs' coach is a good reminder that the legendary Luther Welsh once coached at Warren County, back in the 1950s. Says Mrs. Welsh: "Luther doesn't do anything else but coach and cut grass. "