Ken Stanford

Cadet 2nd Lt. Anna Blasingame of the Georgia Wing

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson will face lawmakers Tuesday for the first public accounting of the details surrounding an embarrassing and worrisome security breach at the White House earlier this month that, according to a congressman, was worse than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged.

Pro-democracy protesters demanded that Hong Kong's top leader meet with them on Tuesday and threatened wider actions if he did not, after he said China would not budge in its decision to limit voting reforms in the Asian financial hub.

Hall County Government was featured in the fall 2014 issue of Georgia County Government magazine as part of the publication's ''Sustainable Communities'' article.