Kevin West

Polytechnic Prep coach Dino Mangiero is accustomed to calling new Georgia Tech signee I-Perfection Harris by his preferred nickname -- ``I.''

Bad weather has caused the rescheduling of a baseball game at North Georgia College and State University.

Johnson alumnae Jodie Briggs, a freshman at Truett-McConnell College, won three Gold Medals at the NRA Southeastern Collegiate Pistol Sectionals held in Charleston, South Carolina.

The southwest Georgia town of Cairo has been identified with syrup making for more than a century. So much so, that its high school athletic teams are known as the Syrupmakers. There's even a Syrupmaker Drive.

Here is a list of closings in the Northeast Georgia area as of 4:00p.m.:

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation will close its Oklahoma City plant by the end of the year and will lay off the 350 people who work there.

Elizabeth Kemple Adams, who has been the features editor at The Augusta Chronicle for six years, has been named the paper's managing editor.

Worker productivity rose in the fourth quarter by the largest amount in more than a year as businesses cut workers' hours and eliminated jobs to cope with the ailing economy.

The winter weather advisory has been extended through the afternoon for a number of northeast Georgia counties while for several others there's still a chance of flash flooding.

Union County Panthers Head Coach Brian Allison has resigned from the 8-AA teamwhere he's been since 1996, to accept the head coaching job at Winder Barrow, in 8-AAA.