Shoppers will get a break from road construction this weekend to go along with the state’s suspension of the sales tax for school supplies, clothing and computer equipment. The Georgia Department of Transportation will suspend construction-related lane closures within five miles of a shopping mall or major shopping district on all interstates and major state routes beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, July 31 through 9 p.m. Sunday, August 2.

The president of a South Carolina technical college has been suspended after an audit. ‘The Times and Democrat’ of Orangeburg reported Tuesday that Denmark Technical College President Dr. John K. Waddell has been suspended without pay.

Michael Vick has arrived at a federal courthouse in Virginia to meet with his probation officer. The suspended NFL star’s visit Friday to the Norfolk courthouse is his first known appearance in public since he left a federal penitentiary in Kansas early Wednesday morning. He began serving two months of home confinement in Hampton on Thursday.

Michael Vick has arrived at a federal courthouse in Virginia to meet with his probation officer. The suspended NFL star’s visit Friday to the Norfolk courthouse is his first known appearance in public since he left a federal penitentiary in Kansas early Wednesday morning. He began serving two months of home confinement in Hampton on Thursday.

Probation officers have visited suspended NFL star Michael Vick’s Virginia home to outfit him with an electronic monitoring device. Vick arrived Thursday morning after a 28-hour drive from federal prison in Kansas to start two months of home confinement.

Probation officers have visited suspended NFL star Michael Vick’s Virginia home to outfit him with an electronic monitoring device. Vick arrived Thursday morning after a 28-hour drive from federal prison in Kansas to start two months of home confinement.

The owner of the Atlanta Falcons says Michael Vick has paid his debt to society and merits a second chance. Arthur Blank, who once gave Vick a $130 million contract, said at the NFL owners’ meeting in South Florida that the suspended quarterback is taking positive steps by wanting to work with humane societies and making other changes in his life.

The owner of the Atlanta Falcons says Michael Vick has paid his debt to society and merits a second chance. Arthur Blank, who once gave Vick a $130 million contract, said at the NFL owners’ meeting in South Florida that the suspended quarterback is taking positive steps by wanting to work with humane societies and making other changes in his life.

An attorney for Michael Vick says the suspended NFL star has left a Kansas prison and is on his way back to Virginia to begin home confinement. Larry Woodward, a member of Vick’s legal team, says Vick left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth overnight, evading cameras and reporters who had staked out the building ahead of his expected released this week. Let us know if you think he should have been released in our web poll below the story.

An attorney for Michael Vick says the suspended NFL star has left a Kansas prison and is on his way back to Virginia to begin home confinement. Larry Woodward, a member of Vick’s legal team, says Vick left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth overnight, evading cameras and reporters who had staked out the building ahead of his expected released this week. Let us know if you think he should have been released in our web poll below the story.

A seventh-grader who wore a mask that had been given to him by his mother to guard against swine flu was sent home from from school after he refused to remove it. Newton County school system spokeswoman Sherri Viniard says the 13-year-old created a disturbance when he arrived with the mask on Thursday and rumors began to spread that he had the virus.

South Carolina Public Safety director Mark Keel says seven officers have been suspended for working while their driver’s licenses were suspended. The State reported the agency investigated after the newspaper filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the driving records for Senior Trooper John McGaha and reported his license had been suspended.

A Richmond County Sheriff’s Office deputy is suspended without pay, pending an internal review.

A science teacher at a Beaufort County high school has been suspended after he shot a foam dart at a 14-year-old student.

Burnettetown authorities say two 10-year-olds are in trouble, after being caught with pot in school. Police say two Jefferson Elementary Students were passing small bags of marijuana back and forth.