Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com
Getting a dog, gaining hope
For Will Orsini, a 60-pound vessel of golden fluff named Potter brings him one step closer to independence.
High School Sports
Risky loans fuel bank's fast fall
When federal regulators rolled into the parking lot of Alpha Bank & Trust last October to seize the bank, it became one of the quickest bank failures in the nation in recent years, losing almost half its assets after only 29 months in business, by regulators’ estimates.
Man crashes into Johns Creek house
Police have identified a man who led them on a 10-minute chase through Gwinnett and Fulton counties before crashing through a stone wall and into a Johns Creek house early Friday morning.



