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ATLANTA — Atlanta's longest-running festival is entering its final day at a popular midtown park.Thousands are expected to attend the 80th annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park on Sunday. The three-day festival is regarded as the kick-off to spring and the third-oldest fine arts festival in the country.The event involves more than 260 fine arts, live music, a high school art exhibition, the Eco-Village, gourmet and festival fare, midway rides and games. The festival runs from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Two men ousted from top executive positions at Wounded Warrior Project say their leadership upheld the intent of donors who contributed millions to one of the nation's largest veteran support groups.

ATLANTA — Georgia's education system could see some dramatic changes in the next two years, as Gov. Nathan Deal shifts his first-term focus on prisons and courts to education.

Contractors for Georgia DOT will be installing lane closures to resurface S.R. 204/Abercorn Street between King George Boulevard and Gateway Boulevard in Chatham County.These closures are scheduled nightly from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. beginning Sunday, April 10 through Thursday, April 14. All work is weather contingent. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.This $1.5 million resurfacing project was awarded to Preferred Materials, Inc. of Savannah and should be completed late summer of this year.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Robbery detectives are investigating two armed robberies that occurred overnight.The first armed robbery occurred at approximately 2 a.m., April 10, in the 500 block of East Bryan Street. The 66-year-old male victim was reportedly robbed gunpoint by two black males while he was walking east bound on E. Bryan. The darker-skinned male wore an un-kept, afro-style haircut. The lighter-skinned suspect had his face was covered with a blue bandana. 

Today's obituaries in the Savannah Morning News.For these and past obits, click here.- Mr. Richard Lee Barger, Wilmington Isl., GA- Mr. B.L. Bennett, Nunez, GA- Eva Gloria Scott Berry, Savannah, GA- Ms. Leslie Bryant, Savannah, GA - Mr. Kenneth Eugene Crews, Kingsland, GA- Constance D. Davis, Savannah, GA - Litton deJarnette, Dahlonega, GA- Barbara Jean Dennington, Lyons, GA- Mr. Gerald Gene Goldman, Savannah, GA

YORKVILLE, Ill. — The small town that boasted of the role it played in Dennis Hastert’s ascent from high school wrestling coach to speaker of the U.S. House spoke bitterly of him on Saturday, a day after prosecutors detailed allegations that Hastert sexually abused several members of the team.

BRUSSELS — After nearly three weeks of frantic searching, Belgian authorities announced Saturday they had finally identified the elusive “man in the hat” spotted alongside the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at Brussels Airport: It was Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s latest belligerent declaration — that it successfully tested a new long-range rocket engine that could allow nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland — leaves outsiders in a familiar predicament.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Responding to the crisis in Flint, Michigan, school officials across the country are testing classroom sinks and cafeteria faucets for lead, trying to uncover any concealed problems and to reassure anxious parents.