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Fanning, Willie Joe, 64, of Washington; 2 p.m. at Twin Oak Baptist Church, Washington; interment in the church cemetery; Davenport-McLendon Mortuary, Washington, has charge of arrangements.

The Danielsville Gospel Barn on Rogers Mill Road will host a slew of gospel music groups and singers over the next four weekends, according to Carolyn Wills, who owns the Barn with her husband, Wayne.

Adams, William L., 78, of Elberton; 2 p.m. at Concord UMC, interment in the church cemetery; Berry Funeral Home, Elberton, has charge of arrangements.

University alumni opened their homes Sunday for students hungry for a home-cooked meal.

Bella Wagner, from left, and Ashlyn Nearhood listen as Pam Blanchard plays guitar and sings a song to the 2-year-olds recently at Little Prodigies Child Development Center in Athens.

Georgia residents who lost food that was purchased with food stamps in flooding last month can get replacement provisions.

Anderson, Lois Bond, 86, of Loganville; 11 a.m. at B.D. Ginn Memorial Chapel, interment in Indian Creek Baptist Church; Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville, has charge of arrangements.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials announced Wednesday disaster assistance is expanding to seven additional Georgia counties.

Five counties have been added to the list of nine counties now eligible to receive Public Assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a result of severe weather and flooding during the period of September 18-26 in Georgia.

State officials vowed Sunday to find the money to repair and rebuild roads, bridges and other infrastructure swamped or destroyed in last week's flooding.

Six more Georgia counties were declared disaster areas late Friday, bringing the number of counties eligible for federal assistance to 14 following this week's devastating storms.

Boling, Paul, 68, of Martin; 3 p.m. at Hillcrest Chapel of Acree-Davis Funeral Home; interment at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 26, 2009, at the Hightower Baptist Church's cemetery in Ball Ground; Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Toccoa, has charge of arrangements.

Governor Sonny Perdue issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 17 counties affected by heavy rain and severe weather that passed through Georgia.

The last quarter of Mayor Jim Luken's third and final term in office as Mayor of Watkinsville was run like a Marine inspection by the former Marine and son of former Cincinnati mayor of the same name.

Dr. Lynn Beckmann examines a cat last week before a procedure at the Madison Oglethorpe Animal Shelter in Danielsville.

A couple who managed a funeral home and cemetery in Elberton swindled more than $20,000 from the business owner over the past four years, sheriff's officials say.

A couple who managed a funeral home and cemetery in Elberton swindled more than $20,000 from the business owner over the past four years, sheriff's officials say.

Regional commissions Member counties in nearby commissions Georgia Mountain RC: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White Atlanta RC: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale, city of Atlanta Northeast Georgia RC: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, ...

Nearly half of Georgia - 44 percent of the state - is now considered "abnormally dry" as drought conditions continue to creep back in.

Rodrigues Allen, 24, of 274 Tefel W. Drive, Hartwell, died Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Athens Regional Medical Center.