Federal funding has been approved for more than $666,000 in trout stream restoration in the Southeast, including $40,000 for the Chattahoochee National Forest.
The punishing rains that drenched the Southeast as Tropical Storm Fay's remnants stormed through provided at least temporary relief from the epic drought gripping the region. And more rains are expected to soak the South as Hurricane Gustav guns for the Gulf coast.
Authorities have created a "moonshine school" in the heart of what once was a flourishing trade - where bootleggers and "revenooers" sometimes shot it out with deadly results.
Knowshon Moreno ran for three touchdowns and Georgia, ranked No. 1 to start a season for the first time, beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday to give new mascot Uga VII a win in his debut.
Boaters planning to be on Lake Lanier over the holiday weekend are advised that little has changed when it comes to the boating hazards they've had to deal with all summer.
Thanks to neighbors who responded to the victim's cries for help, two men are in jail this morning, charged with a home invasion last night in which a 78-year-old Gainesville man was robbed.
