Rosalind Eatmon-Jackson of Stone Mountain graduated from Buffalo State with a B.A. in sociology in the spring.

Nigel Simmons of Lilburn, a graduate of Brookwood High School, graduated from Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts: Communication Studies.

Two fifth graders at St. John the Evangelist Catholic School in Hapeville were named first-place winners in the 2018 "Try Prayer! It Works" Contest. Sponsored by Family Rosary, the national competition encourages students to express their faith through art, poetry and prose. Art: Kohana Nguyen, Prose: Morgan Veale.

Logan Griffiths of Cassville graduated after majoring in rhetoric and minoring in Asian studies at Bates University.