This is an expo for all the scrapbooking fiends out there!

The cropping, shopping, classes, make-n-takes, prizes and giveaways is all on Friday & Saturday, May 13 & 14.

You can find this expo at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry.

Vendor hours are at 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and cropping hours are 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. both days.

Parking is free, pre-registration is $5 and admission at the door is $7.

A Houston County teacher is now in the running for a national Teacher of the Year award.

Ike Thompson of Veterans High School won the local Barnes & Noble "My Favorite Teacher" contest, but he says the real prize goes to Madison Raley, the student who nominated him.

Madison says she wants to make sure the whole country knows how great he is.  "He doesn't force it upon you to learn, he wants  you to want to learn and that's what makes it so impactful on all his students."

The eleventh-grader wrote an essay to enter Thompson into the Central Georgia My Favorite Teacher contest, sponsored by Barnes & Noble.

Judges chose the literature teacher at Veterans High School in Kathleen out of more than a hundred entries from all grade levels.

"Really, the accolade goes to Madison," Thompson said. "It wasn't my qualities that put me in this position, it was more so her ability as a writer and her growth as a writer." 

Macon state Sen. Cecil Staton is handing off his duties as Senate Majority Whip for the rest of this session, due to allegations that he sent out political email under an assumed name.

That's according to Senate spokesman Tom Krause. He said Staton says he doesn't want the allegations to be a "distraction" in the final two days of the session.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Hartwell political activist Arch Adams delivered a report to Senate Republicans claiming that Staton has sent out emails critical of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle under the name "Beth Merkelson."