LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A motorcyclist pleaded guilty Wednesday to vehicular homicide in the death of a Georgia state trooper during a car chase, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison, news outlets reported.

My daughter sent me a picture last week of my granddaughter's dry erase board in her room. She has a calendar on one side and then a blank space to be able to write on the other side. On the blank space she had written, and I quote, "I can do anything through Christ the Lord."

STATESBORO, Ga. (BP) – Floodwaters from Mill Creek last week sabotaged the serene Blessing Field, purchased a year ago by the Cambodian Southern Baptist Fellowship and used just last month for their annual retreat.

IRVINE, Calif. — Bogdan Kipko immigrated to the United States, arriving in Seattle with his parents in 1992 where a Baptist church provided space for his family and others to worship. Thirty years later, God has used Kipko to launch a church-planting movement among Slavs who are dispersed throughout North America.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden asked the U.S. ambassador to Italy for help regarding an energy project a Ukrainian gas company was pursuing while his father was vice president, according to The New York Times. Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, wrote a letter to the ambassador in 2016 seeking assistance for Burisma, which had been working on a geothermal project in Italy, the newspaper reported, citing newly released records and interviews.

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. — Brewton-Parker College track and field coach Stephen Roberts gets ready to start his second season with the Barons after watching his son Daniel Roberts win silver in the 2024 Paris Olympics for the 110-meter hurdles. 

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border advance into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming that they took more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a bomber in attacks on military airfields.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Vacation Bible School is a widely familiar term in our culture, identifiable with both kids and parents as a fun way to learn about God’s Word. Vacation Bible School traces its roots to New York City where in 1898 Virginia Hawes, concerned with the spiritual formation of school children, rented a beer hall in the city’s East Side to conduct an Everyday Bible School. Hawes envisioned a place where kids could safely spend their summer while learning about the Bible and receiving spiritual nourishment.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — When Paul Min became the ninth pastor of Korean Baptist Church of Vancouver in 2014, the church had never considered church planting in their 39 years of ministry. Today, however, they’ve planted three churches in the past three years to reach the Korean-speaking population in Vancouver, Canada.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of Kyushu.

LONDON (AP) — The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that the increasing spread of mpox across the continent is a health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Travis d’Arnaud homered early and hit an RBI single in the 10th inning that sent the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Tuesday night.

KANSAS CITY, Mo—Eighteen students and faculty from Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College participated in a study tour throughout the United Kingdom earlier this summer with students and faculty from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

FORT WORTH, Texas — For 20 years, the Southwestern Music Academy has provided a variety of music lessons and performances to children and others of the Southwestern and surrounding community, while also giving teaching opportunities to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — After serving faithfully for 28 years at Southeastern Seminary as Senior Professor of Baptist Studies, Keith Harper has retired from full-time teaching as of July 31, 2024.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — If you ask someone at church to name their favorite story from the Old Testament, they may mention Moses or Noah, but they might also talk about Jesus or Paul. Some may even begin describing a story from outside the Bible.

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (BP) – Southern Baptist evangelist David Miller, known as a “Country Preacher at Large” for his humble, hospitable and straightforward style of Bible preaching, was laid to rest Monday, Aug. 12, in his hometown. He was 78.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as it took aim at Puerto Rico, where officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory's endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced air-to-air missiles, the State Department announced Tuesday.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Tuesday that its forces checked an effort by Ukrainian troops to expand a stunning weeklong incursion into the Kursk region, as a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Kyiv has no intention of occupying Russian territory.

ATLANTA (AP) — Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia's presidential ballot on Tuesday. But legal challenges still loom.

FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) — Celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds of methamphetamines that federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said.

ATLANTA – A transformer fire at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle caused the Atlanta-based utility to declare an “alert” at noon Tuesday, which was terminated shortly after 2:30 p.m. when the fire was extinguished. “Plant conditions DID NOT threaten public safety,” the company wrote in a news release issued at 3:10 p.m.

ATLANTA – The state began a new fiscal year on a positive note last month, with July tax collections increasing 2.7% over July of last year. The Georgia Department of Revenue brought in $2.56 billion in taxes last month, up $66.3 million over July 2023.

As summer comes to an end, late vacations wrap up and students prepare to go back to school, Georgia Baptist camps celebrate a fruitful season of ministry. Close to 1,000 students spent time this year at Camp Kaleo and Camp Pinnacle, with more than 30 placing their faith in Christ for salvation.