Arcade veterans memorial

Elections officials in the liberal enclave of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, mistakenly sent a second absentee ballot for the Nov. 5 election to roughly 725 registered voters.

Driving along U.S. Highway 1 on my first trip to Folkston, I spied a southbound freight train on the tracks to my right.

More than half of all Georgians (52.6 percent) could not cover essential expenses for more than three months if they lost their source of income, an improvement from a year ago when 76.3 percent said they could not survive more than three months if they lost their income.