Roberta native and singer-songwriter Meiko released her new album Tuesday.

The album, The Bright Side is already rising fast up the Top 100 on iTunes (currently two spots higher than Macon native Jason Aldean).

Building on the romantic themes present in her self-titled 2007 debut, Meiko's latest offering is more mature, and effortlessly weaves in and out of the light-hearted and hard parts of love.

The album debuts Meiko's (pronounced Mee-ko) Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group label. On the album you'll find folk-pop with fluid interjections of electronic beats. You'll hear more of an upbeat vibe, compared to her self-titled album first released in 2007.

You may have first experienced Meiko's music in shows like Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars.

Sandra Deal, wife of Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, visited Bruce Elementary School on Monday, May 14, where she read to kindergarten students.

The visit was part of the first lady's "Read Across Georgia" initiative, which supports the governor's goal of increasing the number of students who are able to read on grade level by the third grade.

To learn more about her visit and to view photos, click here.

Did you make it by Hancock's this week? Simplicity and Butterick patterns were on sale for a steal!

I make it a point to get by every time they have a $1 pattern sale because the minute I actually need a particular pattern, it will be full price.

One of my purchases this week was Simplicity 1804, a very simple pattern with a lot of great options... Read More