(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*The Atlanta airport is still dealing with the impact of yesterday’s nationwide ground stop, according to the AJC. As of 7:00 this morning, more than 390 flights to and from Hartsfield-Jackson had been canceled, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Dozens more flights to and from the Atlanta airport were delayed, the site reported. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said yesterday that the ground stop was triggered by a widespread FAA telecommunications outage rather than an active security threat. It was lifted about four hours after it was first called. Some 10,000 flights were affected nationwide.
*Augusta officials are considering selling six underused parks. It’s a move, they say, that could save nearly $280,000 annually.
*A boarding student at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School has died following a medical emergency. School officials say the student was hospitalized after a medical incident Friday morning and died later in the day. The student’s identity was not released by the school, but DawgNation reports it has confirmed that it was Marcellus Young Casario, a defensive end on the school’s football team who had committed to UGA and numerous of his teammates confirmed it through social media postings.