A lottery player in Georgia made history after netting a $2.4 million jackpot. The lucky player won a whopping $2,488,184 in the Fantasy 5 drawing Friday, May 9, marking the largest ever jackpot win for the game since its 1994 debut, the Georgia Lottery said.

Authorities say a major wreck on the interstate that connects Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee closed all of the southbound lanes Monday morning

Georgia has become the second state to provide a legal protections to the manufacturer of a popular weed killer.

Georgia Tech adds electric wide receiver Rahkeem Smith from Bowling Green to fill a key hole in its vertical attack and return game.

Though the Georgia Department of Corrections first announced its intentions to settle with the inmates in 2019, settlement conferences with judges are still occurring.

Georgia natives rank among the top 10 richest country singers globally, placing 7th and 8th respectively, with a combined net worth of $315 million.

The 247 Sports composite rankings have Cantwell as the No. 1 recruit in the 2026 class. On May 5, one of the top quarterbacks in the 2026 class, Jared Curtis, committed to Georgia. Over the past week, Curtis and Cantwell interacted multiple times on social media.

The three are among 61 defendants accused by Republican Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr of participating in a yearslong racketeering conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility just outside Atlanta that critics pejoratively call “Cop City.