Group to sponsor health fair for students

North Fulton Community Charities is sponsoring a back-to-school health and wellness fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the NFCC office, 11270 Elkins Road, Roswell.

The event will offer limited health screenings, safety and nutrition information and entertainment. Organizers will also provide new backpacks and school supplies.

Information: 678-521-7481.

About the Author

Pat Fox

Dickens asks top donors for $250K to help fund inauguration events

Man pleads guilty in 2022 stabbing death of Buckhead grandmother

Officials identify 2 killed in Gwinnett before man’s arrest in Tennessee

Featured

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

When ICE takes breadwinners, it takes a toll on families ... and on the economy

For immigrant families, brushes with ICE can result in financial precarity that could have implications for the broader economy.

‘I’m a bad kid,’ he told himself. How Georgia’s special ed program failed one child.

Parents find that it's easy to get into the GNETS program, but in some districts, difficult to leave.

‘A lot of blame, but not enough action’: Atlanta leaders lack path to fix jail

Stakeholders across Atlanta and Fulton County grapple with a complex web of issues that contribute to overcrowding, crumbling structure.