Governor Sonny Perdue has given his approval to $331 million in transportation projects.

The auctions of the Fayette County houses belonging to former heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield and to state schools Superintendent Kathy Cox have been postponed.

A 10-year-old Fayetteville boy who was shot in the head while his older brother played with a gun has died. County coroner C.J. Mowell Jr. said the boy died Sunday and the shooting is under investigation.

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a tornado watch for the southern counties of metro Atlanta as a line of storms moves in from Alabama.

Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner John Oxendine estimates that the storms this week did an estimated $10 million damage after taking a helicopter tour of Coweta, Spalding and Fayette counties. Oxendine stressed that it was an extremely early estimate and it didn’t cover all the areas of the state struck by tornadoes and severe thunderstorms on Wednesday.

The $1 million that Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox won for charity on a game show last fall could end up in the hands of her creditors because of her personal bankruptcy filing.

Police are still searching for the suspect in shooting that put four Fayette County schools on lockdown.

Fayette County school officials are asking teachers to donate the raises they got in the spring to the cash-strapped system.

A Fayette County man is facing multiple counts of sex offenses involving a child. Police said an investigation revealed that 70-year-old John William Harvey often claimed to be an Army general and would wear a uniform in public.