MILLEDGEVILLE -- Martha Tomlin took her last breath on Monday. It was one month before her 88th birthday. In her final days, she was weary and ready to answer heaven’s roll call. Still, she expressed reservations at the prospects of dying at age 87. She told her family that 88 would look more impressive in her obituary.

WARNER ROBINS -- Several seconds after the buzzer, the outcome of Friday’s GHSA Region 1-AAAA rivalry tilt between the girls of Northside and Warner Robins remained unknown.

MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s morning time and a little boy with a shaved head and a face shaped like the moon chants a Tibetan prayer.

Georgia has been at the forefront of budget cutting throughout the Great Recession. There is no corner of state government that has not had to take one for the team. Unfortunately, this has also meant that fees paid by taxpayers, offenders and others, that were supposed to go toward a dedicated purpose didn’t make it and were used to prop up other areas of the state budget. The $1 per tire fee that was supposed to be deposited into the Solid Waste Trust Fund didn’t arrive and, over the last decade, $37 million went to other purposes.

Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. No injuries or damage were immediately reported in the quake, which was the third in three days in the area.

A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds.