The Jamaican artist has been awarded the prestigious prize in recognition of her contributions to the field of African American art. 

Georgia's presidential primary date for next year is March 12. 

Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway in coastal Georgia.

A program designed to give aspiring educators classroom teaching experience before they ever leave high school is graduating its first students in Macon this month.

Elected officials in Georgia responded to the shooting that left one woman dead and four others wounded in Midtown Atlanta. 

The woman killed in the May 3 shooting at the Northside Hospital Midtown medical office building has been identified as Amy St. Pierre, 38, an employee with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A coroner in South Georigia's Moultrie says a man shot two of his relatives and a fast food worker dead before killing himself.

The Atlanta Public School system soon will have its own fleet of electric school buses thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Wellstar Health System is pledging to spend nearly $800 million over ten years in its merger with Augusta University Health System.

A Republican donor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Thomas didn't disclose the payments. That confirmation of a published report comes from a lawyer who's represented Thomas and his wife, Virginia.

On the Thursday May 4 edition of Georgia Today: Midtown Atlanta shooter, Deion Patterson, faces charges; sea turtle nesting season has begun; feral horses on Georgia’s Cumberland Island National Seashore may not be there much longer

Among individuals who screened positive or moderate to severe for a mental health condition in 2022, 60% reported that one of the top three things contributing to their mental health concerns was body image or self-image. This was followed by 51% reporting relationship problems and 48% reporting loneliness or isolation.

A man recorded by a security camera fatally shooting his manager at a fast food restaurant in south Georgia is also suspected of killing his mother and grandmother at their nearby homes before taking his own life. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday evening that 26-year-old Kentavious White fatally shot himself at the McDonald's restaurant where he worked after killing the manager.

It's later than Democrats hoped and early enough to affect the Republican nomination process.

Officials say a construction worker has died after falling from a building at the site of Hyundai's electric vehicle plant in Georgia.

The Atlanta Public School system will soon have its own fleet of electric school buses thanks to federal funding. The school system is one of 15 districts in the state to be selected.

The Cobb County Police Department started a program in 2019 called the Partnership for Assistance, Treatment & Health. It aims to reduce the mentally ill population in jails, de-escalate dangerous encounters with police and decrease additional mental health crises. It’s become a model, with Marietta launching its own program in recent weeks.

Today on Political Rewind: As part of our conversations with Georgia's thought leaders, host Bill Nigut speaks to former Presbyterian pastor and faith leader Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams.

The funding is the most significant commitment of its kind to provide more people with safe places to live.