1. Thousands in three Georgia counties to lose food stamps. The new rules mandate that able-bodied adults without children can collect food stamps for only three months in a three-year period, unless they get into a job or training program. The first of the deadlines arrives Friday, and as many as 5,000 people are expected to lose their federally funded benefits. [Read more]
2. Vet falls 1,600 feet to his death in Georgia parachuting accident. A retired master sergeant in the U.S. Army was killed Thursday when he tried to parachute 1,600 feet from a 2,000-foot television tower in southwest Georgia, according to the Thomas County Sheriff's Office and multiple media reports. [Read more]
3. YMCA built on park land may cost DeKalb taxpayers. DeKalb County may be required to buy park land to make up for building a YMCA on property that was supposed to be preserved for outdoor use. [Read more]
4. The love letters stream into Nathan Deal's office after 'religious liberty' veto. Documents obtained in an Open Records Act request showed two of Georgia's biggest business giants weighed in on the measure. [Read more]
5. Mother who sought keepsake photos of daughter charged in 2-year-old's death. He has created thousands of these kinds of images to help loved ones remember those they lost but he is angry and embarrassed after creating images of Jeanie Ditty with her 2-year-old daughter Macy Grace. [Read more]
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