Ken Stanford

The Board of Directors of the Georgia Accrediting Commission has voted to unanimously approve the "Fully Accredited" status of Chattahoochee Christian School in Clermont.

Former Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and John Smoltz are part of a group of seven people named Friday as the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2012.
The class was selected from a pool of 35 finalists.

Gov. Nathan Deal tossed the coin Friday night to begin the Gainesville-North Hall high school football game.

The State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) announced Friday that the I-85 Express Lanes in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties will officially open on Saturday, October 1.

U.S. space officials say they expect a dead satellite to fall to Earth in about a week.

President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a major overhaul of the nation's patent system to ease the way for inventors to bring their products to market. "We can't afford to drag our feet any longer," he said.

Gov. Nathan Deal Friday tapped Lt. Col. (Ret.) Joe Jarrard, a Gainesville native, as the state's deputy adjutant general. Jarrard, who recently served under Gen. David Petraeus in Afghanistan, takes command Sept. 30.

The former Georgia play-by-play radio announcer is recovering from a respiratory infection.

A group concerned with the well-being of Lake Lanier is turning up the heat on Georgia, Florida and Alabama as the tri-state water war drags on.

A half-million dollar home near Chestnut Mountain was destroyed by fire early Friday, according to Hall County Fire Chief David Kimbrell.