A nearby Johns Creek eighth grader will be covering the convention for Scholastic Kids Press this week.
Forsyth County Commissioners failed to make progress while under threat of an Oct. 1 cutoff of the county's raw water supply from Cumming. Chairman Jim Boff said he's written the Governor and Attorney General for help.
Residents are being called upon to engage in Civic Participation Week.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there are 1,118 cases nationally through the third week of August. Mosquitoes have been found with the virus in at least two Atlanta-area counties.