A rare bacteria ate into Sean Dorsey’s skull in 2014 and caused what he thought was a sinus infection. He suffered headaches for several days before swelling in his brain made him delirious. In pain and confused, Dorsey accidentally set a fire in his Gainesville apartment. The fire would end up saving his life.

Tyasia Jones’ mother remembers a happy and intelligent little girl who made all A’s and B’s. “You could do nothing ... but love her,” Latosha Wright said. On Saturday, as soon as Wright and Tyasia, her only daughter, arrived at a birthday party held on the shore of Lake Wildwood in Macon, the 8-year-old asked if she could get in the water.

In March, HBO aired an episode of its documentary TV series “Vice,” which investigated the effects of drone strikes in Pakistan. As clips of angry protestors holding anti-American signs and burning a flag flashed across the screen, vibrant drumming matched the dramatic scenes. The percussionist behind the composition used in the sequence, Miguel Castro, 51, has been performing and teaching in Middle Georgia for about 20 years.

Sylvia Moore will talk about her son -- who was killed in 2003 at the age of 19 -- during her commencement speech next week as Middle Georgia State College’s 2014 President’s Scholar. Jacob Hardy attended classes at Macon State College, which would later become Middle Georgia State, before he died and had encouraged his mother to follow him in seeking a business and information technology degree.

The change in his trajectory coincided with a change in the culture at his school. “It changed our way of thinking,” the school principal said.

Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones talks about the fatal fire at Ell Court in Macon Friday. A Macon couple died Friday after fire swept through their Ell Court home. The blaze killed Luther Crump, 81, and his 80-year-old wife, Daisy, died a few hours later, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said. Daisy Crump initially was taken to The Medical Center of Central Georgia with severe burns.

Mark Scott realized he wanted a career in education while spending time at Scott State Prison in Hardwick, where he worked as a correctional officer while attending the University of Georgia. “They just made bad decisions and got caught up with the wrong crowd,” Scott said. “It really made me realize how big of a need there was for interventions for kids.”.

Stone Academy director Tony Lowden, left, asks questions of Roderick Rutherford center during reading time at the after-school program. Rutherford, who was reading a biography of Michael Jordan, answered all Lowden's questions perfectly. Note: Click here for the full version of the story or read the full text of the story here.

When law enforcement pulled over Rosa Perez near Atlanta last month for speeding, she didn’t get nervous or angry. Perez, a Mexican immigrant who lives in Macon, had just been issued a Georgia driver’s license a couple of months earlier, and she was proud to hand it over to the officer who asked for it.

Local leaders addressed the threat of street riots.

His client, 19-year-old Miami resident Rachel Jeantel, testified last month as the prosecution's star witness. Twitter and YouTube users reacted by dissecting her time on the stand, their comments often targeting her physical appearance, language, and attitude. Supporters called her brave.

Stick a stolen item under a black light, then watch it turn glowstick-yellow and lead you back to its rightful...

I witnessed a Florida Highway Patrol officer interacting with a homeless man near the ramp to get on and off I-95 in Boynton Beach.

In the final moments of “flag tag” there is usually a heroic battle of two against one.

Basilio Montilla, 26, has been teaching parkour at the school for two years as part of the enrichment program.

Daniel Petrotta, a special education teacher, stands in front of his integrated co-teaching classroom at World Journalism Preparatory in Queens. The city was prompted to pay $38 million last month to about 31,000 special education teachers and support staff for all the extra hours they spent trying to update student files in the city’s glitchy computer system.