Wallace and 19 other Americans were awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor.

At the age of 95, the peanut farmer turned world leader used a chainsaw to personally cut down an Empress (Paulownia) tree that he and friend Todd Lundberg milled and sent to Jason Kostal, a world-class luthier with a seven-year-long waiting list for a custom-built guitar.

Many people increased their drinking because of COVID-19-related stressors, including social isolation, which led to a 26% increase in alcohol-related deaths during the first year of the pandemic.

Nationally, synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, now cause more overdose deaths than any other illicit drug.

GPB's Donna Lowry explores the Mann-Stewart family's close ties with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill that ended the prohibition on homebrewing, sparking a craft beer revolution.

While the number of reported overdose deaths from opioids is showing a slight trend downward, the supply of deadly opioids entering the country shows no sign of slowing down. 

Georgia's two U.S. Senators will serve on influential committees when the 119th Congress convenes Friday.

The president and founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design was honored by President Joe Biden at a White House ceremony last night.

On the Thursday, Jan. 2 edition of Georgia Today: The man accused of a terrorist attack in New Orleans has Georgia connections. Hundreds gather to watch the demolition of a longstanding hotel in Macon. And civil rights leader Andrew Young remembers his friend, former President Jimmy Carter. 

As tributes pour in for former President Jimmy Carter following his passing, one of his closest allies, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Andrew Young, reflects on their decades-long friendship and Carter's enduring legacy.

The US Army veteran who drove a truck into a New Year’s Eve crowd had Georgia addresses and attended college in Georgia.

A clinical trial led by Georgia physicians shows a twice-yearly injection is 96% effective in reducing the risk of HIV infection.

The Carter Center is preparing for large crowds of people expected to pay their final respects to former President Jimmy Carter.

President Dwight Eisenhower wanted to be buried in a soldier's casket. President Ronald Reagan wanted his casket carried up the west steps of the Capitol, facing his native California. Carter planned to be buried in his front yard in Plains, Ga.

Several new legislators will begin their first legislative session on Jan. 13 as they join returning legislators and leadership for another year of lawmaking inside the Gold Dome.

Georgia's citrus industry is growing, and an innovative platform called Foodshed is helping farmers sell their fruit to local consumers.

The University of Georgia says a UGA student is among more than 30 people injured in what the FBI is calling an act of terrorism in New Orleans.

Georgia-based researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture are looking at ways that poultry can be better protected against common diseases, which can spread quickly and devastate flocks. 

A twice-yearly injection reduces the risk of HIV infection by 96%.

Dozens of students graduated last month under Macon District Attorney Anita R. Howard’s initiative to reduce violence among the youth, which highlighted giving those students a second chance.