LaFayette, Ga., is receiving federal stimulus help that nearly cuts in half the cost of $800,000 in wastewater system improvements to keep the city in compliance with environmental laws.
Connie and Jeff Payne say they were shocked that the drunk driver convicted of killing their son had access to Facebook, a cell phone and was allowed to work at a fitness center.
By the end of September, $400 million in federal Race to the Top funding will be allocated to Georgia, but a breakdown of how the money will be divided still is up in the air, state officials say.
A caller from the house where a birthday party shoot-out left three dead Thursday had called 911 earlier to ask for police protection — but the call went to the wrong place.
Unemployment climbed slightly from June to July in Northwest Georgia and, while state figures decreased overall, officials say neither is a good thing.
The Chickamauga battlefield will get national attention in September as the Civil War Preservation Trust’s magazine rolls out its fall issue about the site.