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BLECKLEY COUNTY HIGH VALEDICTORIAN: Juliette Grantham, daughter of Karen Grantham and the late Jon Grantham. Juliette is a member of the tennis team, is editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, and is a UGA Certificate of Merit recipient and STAR Student. Juliette was the Golden Eagle winner for English/Literature and is a QuestBridge National College Match Finalist. She plans to attend Yale University.

Valedictorians and salutatorians

Photos and profiles of Middle Georgia valedictorians and salutatorians.

A Houston County High School ensemble sings the national anthem at the school's commencement exercises Saturday.

Midstate high school graduations (updated May 25)

With high school graduation season in full swing, take a look at images from some Middle Georgia...

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Jeremy and Holly Goss of Hawkinsville are getting a home makeover courtesy of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and JC Penney. Their children, from left, are Hunter, Lily and Addy.

TV show gives Hawkinsville family a home makeover

The fortunes of a struggling Hawkinsville family have taken quite a turn for the better in the past week.

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Tattnall's Tyler Ward heads back to the dugout after scoring two runners on a triple and then scoring himself by stealing home on a wild pitch during Tattnall's win over Mount de Sales in GISA semifinals Saturday.

Ward leads Tattnall Square to championship series

Tattnall Square advances to the GISA Class AAA baseball championship series with a sweep of Mount de Sales.

Living

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., in May 1863 elevated the already-famous Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson to mythical status and placed him among the ranks of history's best military leaders. His death eight days later would cripple the Confederacy and provide one of the most wrenching scenes of the Civil War. Illustrates CIVILWAR-JACKSON (category l) by Michael E. Ruane © 2013, The Washington Post. Moved Friday, April 26, 2013. (MUST CREDIT: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

Chancellorsville: The South gains a crucial victory but loses the general who won it

At 5:15 p.m. on May 2, 1863, a doomed Confederate officer with striking blue eyes sat on his horse holding his pocket watch in the Virginia wilderness west of Fredericksburg.

When actor Harrison Ford’s first stop last year in Macon was Natalia’s, I figured it was for one of two reasons: Either the restaurant’s reputation precedes itself, or someone wanted to make sure Ford got the best first impression of...

Business

Phillip Jones uses a sledgehammer Tuesday to take down a brick wall at a future nightclub at 473 Second St. in Macon. Owner Ricky Hill says there will be room for five acts to perform when the place is complete.

Downtown Macon nightclub to have multiple venues

Ricky Hill didn’t react the way most people would when he first saw the building on Second Street in downtown Macon he was considering turning...

Nation/World

Opposition parties enforce strike in Bangladesh

Police say opposition activists have set off homemade bombs and smashed several vehicles in Bangladesh's capital as they enforce a general strike demanding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign before general elections. 42 minutes ago