A mass shooting in Georgia early Monday morning left one man dead and ten others hospitalized, according to police. The incident took place around 1:27 a.m. in downtown Atlanta. Officers were already patrolling the area and arrived on scene in under a minute, according to WSBTV.

Most states will have to establish work requirements for Medicaid by 2027. Georgia has had them for two years. Some Georgians say the glitchy system makes it too hard to prove they actually qualify.

Cuts to SNAP benefits may lead to a surge in demand at food banks that serve America's most food insecure communities.

Around 8,500 students have been approved for the $6,500 annual subsidy, totaling about $55 million, significantly less than the budgeted amount.

Police in Georgia need your help finding a man wanted for double murder. According to the Milledgeville Police Department, authorities are searching for Damian Kennon Reaves aka 'Knowledge.' Reaves, 36, is wanted in connection to a double homicide that happened Sunday at the Washington Manor Apartments in Sanderville.

Cottage Hill 4-star linebacker Shadarius Toodle told members of the media on Monday that he was “100 percent” locked in with Georgia, but other schools are still in touch him.

A Georgia Lottery player in Dallas won a $308,474 Fantasy 5 jackpot on July 26 by matching all five numbers. Other big weekend wins included $50,000 from Powerball, $30,000 and $20,000 from Mega Millions, and multiple Quick Win and Diggi Games prizes statewide.

A Georgia man jumped from his boat and drowned while trying to fetch an item from the Tennessee River, state officials said. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency was called at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, July 26, to the Chickamauga Reservoir, the agency said in a news release.

Collins also had his TRANQ Act signed into law by then-President Joe Biden in 2023. That legislation directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study xylazine and synthetic opioids, which have taken a high toll on the lives of Americans. Collins was the first freshman member of the 118th Congress to have a bill signed into law.

Clarke Central’s Anthony Lonon Jr., a UGA legacy, will choose between the Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets this week.

This is the second July in a row a congregation of alligators formed for unknown reasons near the swamp. The 2024 gathering included 150 alligators filling a mile and a half span of water, the University of Georgia's Coastal Ecology Lab reported.