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FOX 5 Atlanta on MSNGeorgia Fantasy 5 jackpot hits again with $308K win in DallasA Georgia Lottery player in Dallas won a $308,474 Fantasy 5 jackpot on July 26 by matching all five numbers. Other big weekend wins included $50,000 from Powerball, $30,000 and $20,000 from Mega Millions, and multiple Quick Win and Diggi Games prizes statewide.
8,600 students were eligible for the assistance program, with each scholarship of $6,500 to be distributed quarterly.
Around 8,500 students have been approved for the $6,500 annual subsidy, totaling about $55 million, significantly less than the budgeted amount.
Georgia was recently under CNN's spotlight after reporting certain lights near a Buc-ee's are so bright, they are impacting sea turtle movements.
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Georgia Republican Mike Collins is joining the GOP field to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026. The second-term congressman made the announcement Monday.
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A mass shooting in Georgia early Monday morning left one man dead and ten others hospitalized, according to police. The incident took place around 1:27 a.m. in downtown Atlanta. Officers were already patrolling the area and arrived on scene in under a minute, according to WSBTV.
This is the second July in a row a congregation of alligators formed for unknown reasons near the swamp. The 2024 gathering included 150 alligators filling a mile and a half span of water, the University of Georgia's Coastal Ecology Lab reported.
ATLANTA — U.S. Rep. Mike Collins made his run for Senate official on Monday, and in an ad posted to the “Mike Collins War Room” account on X, there was a bit of a mistake. At the end of the video posted on Sunday, it ends with the words “Georgia, Let’s Ride.” But the word Georgia is spelled wrong. The text actually reads: Georiga.
Clarke Central’s Anthony Lonon Jr., a UGA legacy, will choose between the Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets this week.
A Georgia lottery player tried their luck — and snagged a six-figure prize. Someone hit the Fantasy 5 jackpot, winning $308,474 in the drawing Saturday, July 26, according to the Georgia Lottery’s website. The ticket, sold in Dallas, matched all five numbers.
Cuts to SNAP benefits may lead to a surge in demand at food banks that serve America's most food insecure communities.