11+ hour, 12+ min ago (453+ words) The Georgia High School Association will talk with Roswell and Thomas County Central officials Monday about the possibility of postponing their Class 5A semifinal football game Friday while the GHSA waits for courts to settle the matter of Gainesville's suspended players. The GHSA postponed the Gainesville-Hughes quarterfinal on Wednesday after a superior court judge granted a temporary restraining order preventing the GHSA from suspending 34 Gainesville players who were part of an altercation during a Nov. 21 victory over Brunswick....

12+ hour, 57+ min ago (554+ words) Takasha Lewis was in town Saturday, visiting from California, when she went in search of a hoodie. She stumbled upon the pop-up booth for Elite Textile Enterprises that was set up as part of the Atlanta Beltline Marketplace....

19+ hour, 54+ min ago (702+ words) A total of 20,162 U.S. infants died in 2023. It's a reminder of the countless parents, siblings and friends forever changed by profound, blindsiding loss every year. For one Atlanta-area parent, that unimaginable grief became a mission. Determined to make a difference, he's tethering the bereaved into a welcoming virtual reality. Lei Zhang, an assistant professor of game development at Kennesaw State University, researches how artificial intelligence-enhanced virtual reality can support mental health. As a member of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's Quality of Life, Grief and Bereavement Support steering council, he also works directly with parents facing loss through bereavement services and mentorship. Now, he's channeling both his expertise and his experience into designing a new kind of program that brings group therapy into a virtual space. Why? He's spent years grieving himself....

22+ hour, 39+ min ago (683+ words) Carrollton and Marist defeated defending champions Grayson and North Oconee, ended the state's two longest winning streaks, while Sumter County and West Laurens advanced to their first semifinals in history in state football playoffs Friday night. Worth County and Pepperell broke semifinal droughts dating to the 1990s, and Kell was notably impressive, blowing out Class 4A's No. 2 team, Cartersville, 48-21....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago (501+ words) A small town like Athens can be bellwether for the larger trends happening around the country. In drinking terms, distilleries, especially small or microdistilleries, are seeing a dramatic rise, while craft beer is experiencing a downturn. A few inventive brands in Georgia are both brewing and distilling, diversifying their product portfolio and reaching a wider audience....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago (720+ words) Can you envision something that is 12 million square feet? That's how large a proposed data center campus would be in Georgia, ranking the plan among the most expansive pitched across the state....

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (688+ words) LYONS " Amid the rolling farmland and the country towns below I-16, along the U.S. highway that links Savannah and Columbus, a larger-than-life creation anchored atop the Toombs County courthouse serves as an architecture-meets-agriculture icon of eye-watering proportions. A 9-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture of an onion " an homage to Georgia's official state vegetable and this region's sweet-tasting calling card " has been turning heads for a couple of years now....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1388+ words) The Lewis family's annual Christmas dinner with the Marasco family was in full swing when Jennifer Lewis, milling in the kitchen, glanced at the open doorway and stalled. Her childhood friend, Angela Marasco Cassandra, was there. Angela's kidneys were failing, and it showed....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago (249+ words) Officers with the Alpharetta Police Department found several handguns and a cache of illegal narcotics in a car outside a hotel early Thanksgiving morning. The discovery of the firearms and drugs led to the arrest of the vehicle's driver, who faces three charges: possession of schedule 1 and 2 drugs " these are drugs with a high potential for abuse " possession of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. ytterp" eew saw s'elcihev elcihev "lausunu ot emit eht eht eht eht eht elos thgis gninnur ecilop lortap gnikrap fo fo fo .tnapucco deciton ,gninrom ni ni sruoh letoh nevig revird ,tnemtraped .yad aera a a a a ehT gnivigsknahT gnidroccA ot eht eht .noitautis reciffo revird ssessa dehcaorppa nA elihW" htiw hcihw ",elcihev ot ot eht eht eht eht eht ylsuoicipsus .tnemetats gnikaeps dias ecilop ,reciffo fo scitocran del…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago (253+ words) Georgia State Patrol troopers are increasing their presence across the state's interstates and state roads during the Thanksgiving travel period, which began at 6 p.m. Wednesday and lasts through Sunday. As of 6 a.m. Thanksgiving, officers recorded 57 DUIs and 29 instances of distracted driving, according to data from the Georgia Department of Public Safety. They also reported 30 crashes, 11 of which led to personal injuries. There were no fatal crashes. ehT" htiw segru levart ot yeht rieht os dias ylefas .esaeler ",seno fo swen devol ni enoyreve yojne ,renoissimmoc nac a mailliW .W gnivigsknahT ytefaS cilbuP ,III snehctiH aigroeG tnemtrapeD SPD .loC ohw oediv gnilevart dlot ot ot eht eht taht taht deppots laicos stohs ehs derahs no reciffo .thgin ,hpm aidem del ni reh dah morf ruof egatoof .gnineve reilrae revird knard kcehc neeb ta tserra na gnidrocca a yadsendeW ehT ehS IUD .SPD SPD…...