FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — Sgt. Aaron Turner was helping lock down a supply warehouse on Fort Stewart after gunshots were reported in a neighboring office building. Then he saw a fellow soldier walking past, wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his uniform and holding a handgun.

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — A sergeant shot five soldiers Wednesday at one of the country’s largest Army bases before he was quickly tackled by other Fort Stewart troops, forcing a brief lockdown, officials said.

ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Michael Thurmond has a long resume of public service, and now he wants to add governor of Georgia to the list.

ATLANTA — Georgia energy regulators voted unanimously Tuesday to hold hearings this fall on a Georgia Power request to certify 9,900 megawatts of new power-generating capacity.

ATLANTA — Now that the school year is back in session in Georgia, state troopers and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers encourage motorists to drive with caution and pay attention to their surroundings when driving in or near a school zone.

ATLANTA (AP) — Former football coach and attorney Derek Dooley on Monday announced his 2026 Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in Georgia against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.

ATLANTA — A former Democratic state representative has entered the election to succeed Republican Chris Carr as attorney general.

ATLANTA – Georgia lawmakers resumed a perennial debate Monday over whether gambling should be legalized in the state.

ATLANTA — A Georgia man has been convicted in a Louisiana federal court for his role in a scheme that involved stringing along women online then extracting millions of dollars from them.

ATLANTA (AP) — An exchange of gunfire in a busy Atlanta nightlife area early Monday left one person dead and 10 others injured, police said. The incident comes on the heels of a violent weekend in Georgia's capital.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republican Mike Collins said Monday that he will join the field challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the state the GOP has named as their top target to add a Senate seat in 2026.

LEE COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia State Troopers and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers use a range of tactics to handle emergencies on the state’s roadways. On July 21, 2025, one of these techniques helped save the life of a female driver experiencing a medical emergency.

ATLANTA — Federal dollars that Georgia has been counting on to cover after-school program costs have been disbursed.

ATLANTA — A two-year-old Georgia law requiring teachers to use the “science of reading” in their lessons has led to literacy gains in the state’s lowest performing schools, the Georgia Department of Education announced Wednesday.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Republican Party has returned money contributed by a family associated with a financial institution that the federal government alleged was a Ponzi scheme. Saying he was not obliged to return the money but felt it was a “moral duty,” state GOP Chairman Josh McKoon announced Tuesday that the party had delivered $36,844 to the court-appointed receiver for First Liberty Building & Loan.

ATLANTA - The number of jobs in Georgia topped 5 million last month for the first time in history, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.

ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones on Thursday announced the creation of a state Senate committee that will consider eliminating Georgia's income tax.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor on Thursday announced the appointment of a new justice to fill a vacant seat on the state's highest court.

ATLANTA – The “Big Three” bond rating companies again have given Georgia the highest rating of AAA, praising the state’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and record of economic growth and job creation.

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp is ordering state agencies to freeze spending at current levels during this fiscal year and fiscal 2027 to protect the state from federal funding cuts in the budget bill Congress passed this month.

ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta man accused of killing his 4-year-old daughter by denying her food and water has been sentenced to more than 150 years in prison after being convicted of murder, kidnapping, and other charges, prosecutors said.

ATLANTA - South Georgia soon will become home to the largest illegal immigrant detention center in the country.

ATLANTA - Two cold storage companies have broken ground on a $60 million cold storage facility being built in Darien, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. PermaCold Logistics is being undertaken by cold storage builder and developer Ti Cold and Karis Cold, a private investment and development company with expertise in the cold storage industry. The first phase of the project is expected to create 50 jobs upon completion.

ATLANTA — Dwan Maurice Hewlett must have thought he was about to make a lucrative deal when he drove to an Athens gas station. His car was filled with fentanyl and other drugs, in baggies ready to go. Instead, he wound up sprinting down the road, in a hapless attempt to evade police officers.

ATLANTA — During the 78-hour Independence Day holiday travel period, Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Troopers investigated eight fatal traffic crashes, while local law enforcement agencies investigated an additional five, resulting in a total of 13 traffic-related deaths statewide.