Georgia State University News

Valedictorian Caitlin Felt will say goodbye to her alma mater Friday night, along with approximately 277 of her fellow classmates, and set her sights on the University of Georgia this fall, where she will study international affairs with a pre-law concentration.

With one state title already under her belt, Bolingbrook High School junior Mary Kate Ramsay is preparing for the National Baton Twirling Association's Illinois State Twirling Championships in Zion this summer.

Near Atlantic Station, a 30-year-old woman said that a young couple knocked on the door of her apartment on 15th Street.

King Williams didn't set out to make an epic documentary film about Atlanta's controversial 20-year effort to purge the city of its low-income housing projects.

Orlando schools will use metal detectors to conduct random screenings of students through the end of the school year.

Deep in a wooded ravine on a vacant parcel in Peoplestown sits a mountain of old tires.

Although more studies need to be done, early indications show that the nutrients and vitamins in certain foods might help to alleviate arthritis pain.

Economic recovery is well entrenched in Georgia, but that doesn't mean it isn't being dragged down by external circumstances, according to Georgia State University's quarterly economic forecast released Wednesday.

The Chattanooga law firm of Evans Harrison Hackett PLLC announced that Scott M. Shaw has joined the firm as a member.

Georgia State University has received a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit more science teachers to metro Atlanta.

Protesters yesterday rallied outside the University System of Georgia's downtown offices to sound off over undocumented students' lack of access to public colleges and universities.

The Atlanta Fed's macroblog provides commentary on economic topics including monetary policy, macroeconomic developments, financial issues and Southeast regional trends.

In a news release, the Whitefield Academy board of trustees Monday announced the appointment of Kevin Bracher, PhD, as headmaster of the Cobb County private school located near Vinings.

"In addition to changing demographics and cyclical effects , there are also behavioral changes afoot-a point Casselman makes in his final installment of the Post/WSJ debate.

The Lakeside City Alliance is quickly nearing its $30,000 fundraising goal, the cityhood study group said last week.

Clay County, a rural southwest Georgia community without a full-time, private-practice attorney, needs all the legal help it can get.

Most think it's standard procedure to attend college immediately after high school, graduate after four years, get a job and move forward.

Employees for Russell Stover Candies Inc. filed a federal wage-and-hour lawsuit against the company, saying they were intentionally mislabeled as sales representatives and none of them "has ever been paid overtime." Russell Stover Candies Inc., based in Missouri, employs about 5,000 people, including more than 170 sales representatives, the ... (more)

A. Lucian Ward Jr., age 87, of Cumming, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013. A.L. was born on December 13, 1925 in Knoxville, TN and graduated High School from Knoxville High in 1943.

In a month from now, the Atlanta Board of Education must approve the 2014 fiscal year budget.