Here are five things you need to know:
1. The parent of an eighth-grade Muslim student at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County is angry after an incident in which a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack. [Read more]
2. University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced on Friday the hiring of Jeremy Pruitt, a former defensive back with the Crimson Tide, as Alabama's new defensive coordinator. [Read more]
3. Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson died from delayed complications of cocaine and alcohol toxicity, according to autopsy results released Friday morning. [Read more]
4. There was a time when country clubs had their pick of who they would bestow membership upon. Those days are half gone, which is why some clubs are lowering the bar. [Read more]
5. Your weekend forecast is only going to get warmer. [See which day will see the highest high]
Take a look back at one of the AJC's biggest stories of 2015: Earlier this year, special investigators called DeKalb County "rotten to the core." This is what they meant: County commissioners hand tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to campaign workers, public relations firms, consultants, charities, and even a commissioner's boyfriend. [Read more]
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