Thomas, who represented District 2, was a lifelong Stockbridge resident and spent 35 years serving the community as both a ...

MACON, Ga. — A Macon-area church that served its community for nearly seven decades has abruptly closed, leaving longtime members scrambling after they were locked out of the building without warning.

ATHENS — The block-long Saye Building looks nondescript. Two stories tall and partly coated in gray stucco, it sits unused in the shadows of the federal courthouse and a student apartment complex. The ...