The Georgia Sun

Republicans in Congress fumed Tuesday in reaction to former President Donald Trump’s Monday evening statement that the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, his home in Palm Beach, Florida. One of Trump’s most outspoken Georgia allies, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, responded with a slew of tweets, including an...

ATLANTA — An Atlanta police officer shot a man police say was a suspect in a reported sexual assault at an apartment complex. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, preliminary information indicates that at 12:41 p.m. Tuesday, Atlanta 911 received a report of a sexual assault occurring at an apartment.

State School Superintendent Richard Woods is asking students in grades 10 through 12 to serve on his 2022-2023 Student Advisory Council. The students will meet with Woods to discuss the impact of state policies in the classroom and other education-related issues. They will serve as the Superintendent’s ambassadors to their respective schools.

The federal agency in charge of Medicaid Tuesday denied Georgia’s application for a waiver to set up the state’s own health insurance marketplace. The waiver program was a cornerstone of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s approach to reforming health care in the Peach State. Under Kemp’s model, Georgians...

Nobody likes traffic backups. The experience of sitting bumper-to-bumper is frustrating for a number of reasons, from running late for work or picking up the kids to simply feeling stuck with nothing you can do about it. Most people tend to do what they can to avoid the experience of sitting in traffic by timing their commutes to avoid rush hour and planning alternate routes, among other tactics.

No one looks forward to seeing a sheriff’s department patrol car roll up behind them, especially if its lights are flashing, but in Bibb County those patrol cruisers are being given a facelift. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office unveiled its newly designed patrol cruisers recently. Bibb County Sheriff’s...

ATLANTA — Detectives with the Atlanta Police Department’s Homicide Unit are seeking assistance from the public to help identify a suspect involved in a shooting that occurred on Aug. 7, on Windsor Street SW. The police department has released photos showing the suspect at the location of the...

Fellow Republicans are going after GOP U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker. A political action committee started by Republicans opposed to former President Donald Trump launched a $1 million ad campaign Monday targeting the former University of Georgia football great. The 30-second ad funded by the Republican Accountability PAC features Walker’s...

Nearly 600 cases of monkeypox have been identified in Georgia since the disease first showed up in the Peach State at the beginning of June, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The disease has spread across the country to the point that the Biden administration...

Dunwoody Village — the Williamsburg-style shopping center that functions as both a shopping center and de facto the town square of Dunwoody — celebrates 50 years this month. Dunwoody Village opened in late August of 1972, and that is the topic of this month’s Flashback. But, as always,...

Two white men convicted on federal hate crimes charges were given life sentences Monday in Brunswick. Travis McMichael and Greg McMichael had been found guilty earlier this spring in the 2020 shooting death of 25-year-old Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. “You killed a man on Feb. 23, 2020,” U.S. District Judge...

For retired Associational Missionary Ray Coleman, attending church has always been central in his life, but, since having a debilitating stroke two years ago, he had been unable to go. Until now. Churches in the Smyrna Baptist Association, where he served for two decades, joined together to purchase Coleman a...

Do you know when your child needs to go to urgent care or when they need to go to the ER?. When your child has an injury or illness but the pediatrician’s office is closed, it can be hard to know what to do. Often, the difference between services...

Fatigue and headache were the most common symptoms reported by individuals an average of more than four months out from having COVID-19, investigators report. Muscle aches, cough, changes in smell and taste, fever, chills and nasal congestion were next in the long line of lingering symptoms. “Our results support the...

Atlanta, Georgia has 498,715 residents, and each one will need a dentist at some point. Dental offices in The Big Peach are busy places. If a dental team member does not show up for work, it can throw the entire operation off course. Dental hygienists are particularly crucial workers in...

Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.63 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 14 cents less than a week ago, 63 cents less than last month, and 66 cents more than this time last year.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest rated dessert shops in Atlanta on Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Some restaurants on the list may have recently closed. You may also like: Highest-rated breakfast restaurants in Atlanta, according to Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor. #30. Jake’s Ice...

Local development authorities have been at the heart of the biggest business deals in Georgia, including the record-breaking incentives that lured electric-vehicle manufacturers Hyundai and Rivian to the Peach State. But such huge incentives packages as the $1.8 billion that went to Hyundai and the $1.5 billion doled out to...

On August 7, Ms. Relda Beatrice Bennett Mackins, DeKalb County’s oldest resident, will turn 109 years old. Ms. Mackins was born on August 7, 1913 in a world that didn’t yet know sliced bread, television, computers, or penicillin. Ms. Mackins will be honored by her Pastor, Rev. Vandy...

Former mail carrier Robert Elliott Sheppard has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges for recruiting fellow mail carriers to deliver packages of controlled substances while he was on disability leave. “Postal carriers occupy a position of trust in our communities and Sheppard violated that trust by exploiting his role as...