The Prince Baptist Church in Athens was damaged by fire early Sunday and another building on the property was destroyed in what state fire officials called arson.
An airplane with two northeast Georgia men aboard crashed into the living room of a home in this small northeast Georgia town shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.
Cobb County's school system, Georgia's second-largest, has seen an increasing number of minorities enroll in recent years, as black and Hispanic students now make up a third of the district's 100,000 students.
A fire Saturday afternoon gutted the top two floors of a charter school that opened last August in the former Slaton Elementary School building in Grant Park.
A fifth member of the state school board has resigned at the request of Gov. Sonny Perdue. Bruce Jackson sent his letter of resignation to Perdue on Friday.
Marquis Daniels instead fired a pass to Auburn reserve Nathan Watson, who hit a 3-pointer with four seconds left to seal a 56-54 victory over LSU on Saturday.
