At least a dozen people were shot during a violent weekend in Atlanta, authorities said.

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Law officers are searching for a gunman accused of wounding a sheriff’s deputy in south Georgia and then leading officers on a car chase, authorities said Sunday.

CORDELE, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Department of Agriculture has no plans to close the state-funded farmers market in southwest Georgia, according to an agency official.

KINGSLAND, Ga. (AP) — A sheriff on the Georgia coast says his department needs a military-style armored vehicle to help defend a Navy base in his county.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A small college on the Alabama coast said it will begin offering a new medical degree that will be unique to four Deep South states.

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — At one point early in the pandemic, Albany, Georgia was outpacing all but three cities across United States for coronavirus infections per capita. Now, the south Georgia city is home to one of four state-supported mass vaccination sites.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A liberal nonprofit organization based in Alabama says it will provide more than $10 million in grants over the next two years to increase voter outreach across the Deep South headed into the midterm election.

ATLANTA (AP) — As people continue to work and attend school from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, they should be vigilant for scammers posing as tech support, Georgia's attorney general says.

ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has four new benches with life-size bronze sculptures of local civil rights leaders.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in the slaying of a Yale graduate student, authorities said Friday.

ATLANTA (AP) — In the Netflix drama that spotlights a Chicago recording session, Ma Rainey argues with a cop about a fender bender.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A single-engine plane bound for Florida crashed after takeoff Friday evening from an airport in northeast Georgia, killing the three people aboard, authorities said.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are again seeking to increase penalties for hazing, seeking to honor a Georgia teen who died from alcohol poisoning after a 2017 incident at a Louisiana State University fraternity.

ATLANTA (AP) — A group of Georgia Democrats began a sit-in Friday on a stairway at the state Capitol after one Democratic lawmaker said it was improper that a police officer had led her away by the arm while Democrats were protesting bills that would restrict voting and elections.

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A dozen people being held in a Georgia jail now face additional charges following a fight in a county jail, authorities said.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police have increased their search efforts to find clues in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy.