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Picture-perfect Poconos

I didn’t expect to see a Norman Rockwell painting come to life in Pike County, Pa., but that’s exactly what I encountered. The town of Milford, in particular, blanketed with a heavy and fresh coating of snow in January is beyond idyllic–brimmin...

Celebrating ‘Thirst’: Community remembers Redan student killed in car crash

Redan High School percussion instructor Joseph Howard stands with a picture of teenage crash victim Marquez Montgomery during a candlelight vigil March 16, a year after his death. An unattended drum in the background holds the place where Montgomery would have stood in the drum line. More than 200 people attended the commemoration. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Marquez Montgomery earned the nickname Thirst because of his fondness for a certain soft drink that uses the word in its slogan. But friends and family paint a picture of a teenager with a thirst for helping others. It was the remembrance of that tra...

No bond for church assault suspect

Bond was denied for a man accused of assaulting a Stone Mountain church worker last month. John Russell Carver, 50, of 157 Mill Court in Atlanta, appeared before a magistrate judge on March 18 to formally hear the charges against him. He was charged ...