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A police sergeant foiled an armed robbery and shot one of the suspects outside of one of Atlanta's largest malls, authorities said Saturday night.

After months of discussion, the Habersham County Commission has voted to make the county Georgia’s first Second Amendment Sanctuary County.

Gambling expansion and tort reform are among the items high on the to-do list facing Georgia lawmakers who return to Atlanta Monday for the start of the 2020 legislative session.

The reins of political power in the U.S. for the next decade could be determined in this year’s elections — not necessarily by who wins the presidency, but by thousands of lower-profile contests for state legislative seats across the country.

Like much of Georgia, the weather in Gainesville last year was drier- and warmer-than-normal.

A tornado destroyed two Missouri homes Friday and twisters also caused damage in Oklahoma and Arkansas as severe storms, expected to arrive in Georgia Saturday afternoon, continue to threaten much of the South.

Thursday’s child abduction in Banks County started with a ruse and ended with an assault at a home on Ga. 164 about 5:38 p.m.

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland said the body of an Illinois man reported missing on Lake Hartwell Wednesday has been recovered.

A Banks County child is safe, and his noncustodial parents are in custody after the child was taken from a home in the county Thursday.

Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland said an Illinois man is missing on Lake Hartwell and believed to be in the water.