Governor Sonny Perdue has signed into law House Bill 160, known as the Super Speeder Law, which raises fines for dangerous driving behaviors to help fund the state’s trauma centers.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials have ordered that student athletes at a suburban Atlanta private school closed because of swine flu not participate in upcoming tournaments.
Severe thunderstorms that rumbled across the Southeast killed one person, knocked out power to thousands in Alabama and Georgia and spawned several possible tornadoes.