A Georgia Republican said Friday he didn't immediately condemn a constituent who asked about assassinating President Barack Obama because he was stunned by the question and didn't want to dignify it with a response.
A scholarship honoring the late Brenau University alumna Lisha Carnes Page has been established to benefit students with roots in Hall and Gwinnett counties who follow her footsteps into nursing at Brenau.
The economy grew more slowly at the end of last year than first thought as state and local governments cut spending more deeply and Americans spent a tad less briskly.
Some damage has been reported as a result of the strong thunderstorms that moved across parts of north Georgia during the night and the National Weather Service is warning of high winds as the rain moves out.
Federal, state and local authorities across the country are sending an unequivocal message to Mexican drug cartel members in the U.S. and Latin America: If you kill a U.S. agent, there will be repercussions.
