A transition team of about 30 people, led by new school Provost Dr. Pamela Richardson Wilkes have been meeting to flesh out a new vision for Paine. That forward movement hopes to leave behind Paine's financial difficulties that several years ago threatened the college's academic accreditation.

President Dr. Lester A. McCorn is the 18th president at Paine College. During the 143rd spring convocation Wednesday, he highlighted key goals he plans to accomplish. It’s also the way Dr. Lester says he plans to move forward as the new leader of Paine College.

A new state law has put school districts and other local governments across the CSRA between a rock and a hard place. The alleged murder suspect has been booked and charged after a pursuit with deputies that ended in a crash at the intersection of Bobby Jones Expressway,

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