This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The sculpture is America's largest Confederate memorial.
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This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga.

Credit: AP Photo/John Bazemore

Events planned for Confederate Memorial Day at Stone Mountain are drawing criticism and the prospect of clashing protests.

A city in Middle Georgia broke ground on a new public sewer system that’s been years in the making as it phases out septic tanks.

Forsyth County residents got their first look today at a massive plan to put a billion dollar arena about 30 miles north of Atlanta.