CANTON, Ga. -- The Cherokee County School District offers comprehensive special education services to eligible students.

Schools can help children who are three to 21 years old; anyone younger than three will be referred to another appropriate agency.

Public school services screen kids in areas of suspected disabilities, including hearing, motor skills, speech, language and general development. A free, appropriate public education is available for all children enrolled in Cherokee County, as well as students in private schools, parochial schools and preschools.

Contact Charlette Green, director of special education for Cherokee County, at 770-704-4315 for more information, including eligibility criteria and referral procedures.

ATLANTA -- It's been 30 years since so few acres of peanuts were planted in Georgia.

The shortage and ongoing drought are bringing higher prices for peanuts and their favorite cousin -- peanut butter.

The acreage is down because farmers chose to plant cotton, which was commanding higher prices. It was thought plenty of peanuts would still be available, but many of the plants have not come out of the ground due to drought.

The situation has peanut butter manufacturers bracing for tighter supplies, according to Don Koehler with the Georgia Peanut Commission.

Georgia is the nation's largest producer of peanuts, producing 46 percent of U.S. peanuts.