Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dogs Kill Toddler at Unlicensed Georgia Daycare Center
Oct 10 2025 // A 2-year-old boy in south Georgia was attacked by two Rottweiler dogs and died at an unlicensed daycare center while the owner napped, according to police. Stacy Wheeler Cobb, the 48-year-old owner who held the daycare at...
Georgia Man Indicted After Fishing Tournament Boat Crash That Killed 3 in Alabama
Oct 7 2025 // A Georgia man has been indicted on manslaughter charges in Alabama after an April boat wreck during a professional fishing tournament killed three people and injured two others. Flint Andrew Davis, 22, was indicted...
Georgia Man Indicted a Year After Arrest for Posing as Insurance Agent
Oct 6 2025 // More than a year after he was charged, a Georgia businessman known as “Dr. Taxes” has been indicted for posing as an insurance agent and swiping hundreds of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation...
Insurers Fighting $345 Million Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording Again at Issue
Oct 6 2025 // In one of the longest-running and most-litigated episodes of alleged child sexual abuse at a private school, the key question in a case now before the Georgia Court of Appeals is whether insurers’ recent policies...
Georgia Farmers Should Get $531M in Helene Aid But the Deal’s Not Done Yet
Oct 3 2025 // The wait continues for Georgia farmers who need more aid after Hurricane Helene, even as state and federal officials in other states announce agreements. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Georgia Agriculture...
Georgia High Court Sides with Slave Descendants on Island Zoning Changes
Oct 3 2025 // Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday sided with Black landowners in a fight over zoning changes that weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities founded by freed...
New Chapter: Jensen Named CEO of Georgia-Based Southern Trust Insurance
Oct 1 2025 // Southern Trust Insurance, a 57-year-old boutique property-casualty insurer with headquarters in Macon, Georgia, has appointed Douglas Jensen president and chief executive officer. Jensen, with more than 30 years in...
Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue
Sep 22 2025 // In one of the grimmest, longest-running and most-litigated episodes of alleged child sexual abuse at a private school, the key question in a case now before the Georgia Court of Appeals is whether insurers’ recent...
Georgia Man Charged Again in Selling Fake Workers’ Comp Insurance Certificates
Sep 17 2025 // A Georgia man has been arrested for at least the second time in four years, charged with posing as an insurance agent and selling fake workers’ compensation policies. Fernando Jose Cuellar Membreno, 54, was arrested...
Georgia Church Leaders Charged With Buying Homes With False Documents
Sep 15 2025 // Leaders of a Georgia-based church with congregations in five states have been charged by federal prosecutors with swindling millions of dollars in veterans benefits from parishioners serving in the military. An indictment...
Georgia Judge Won’t Award Attorney Fees to Governments in Rivian Lawsuit
Sep 15 2025 // A judge has rejected an attempt by the state of Georgia and a local development agency to force people who unsuccessfully sued to block an electric vehicle plant to pay the government’s legal fees. State government...
Georgia Judge to Toss Landmark Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protestors
Sep 11 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that...
Former Alfa Agent in Georgia Pleads Guilty to Misusing Premium Payments
Aug 28 2025 // A former Alfa insurance agent in Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to using more than $200,000 from one policyholder to cover other expenses, including the premium payments for other insureds. Jeremy Lasseter, of Warner...
Georgia Commissioner to Fine 22 Health Insurers $20M for Lack of Mental Health Parity
Aug 18 2025 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner announced plans to fine 22 health insurers a total of $20 million for failing to cover mental health treatments as required by law, but he did not name the insurance companies in the...
Allstate to Pay About $500K on Georgia Claim Highlighted in Hearing, Senator Says
Aug 6 2025 // Three months after a U.S. senator chastized Allstate for its response to a Georgia woman’s storm claim, Allstate has paid more than 10 times its initial payout on the claim, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said...
Two Georgia Men Denied Bond After Charged With Large Cache of Homemade Bombs
Jul 30 2025 // Two Georgia men, denied bond, are in jail awaiting court action after they were charged with possessing a large amount of homemade explosive devices. The Georgia Office of Insurance Commissioner and State Fire...
Ga. Funeral Home Sent Parents Their Deceased Son’s Brain by Mistake, Lawsuit Says
Jul 28 2025 // Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son’s brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into their car and got on the father’s hands when he moved it, according to an updated lawsuit...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Cancels Run for US Senate Seat
Jul 25 2025 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King is dropping out of the race for a U.S. Senate seat after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Multiple news outlets reported that King, a Republican in the commissioner’s job...
Slave Descendants Still Fighting for Georgia Court to Hear Discrimination Claims
Jul 23 2025 // DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Black landowners from a tiny island community returned to a Georgia courtroom, urging a judge to let them move forward with a lawsuit that accuses local officials of illegally weakening protections for...
11th Circuit Upholds $1.75M Verdict Against Church Mutual on Georgia Roof Claim
Jul 23 2025 // Central Baptist Church of Albany, Georgia, suffered roof damage during a hailstorm in 2014. Its insurance carrier, Church Mutual Insurance, determined that the roof had only minor damage that could be repaired. It offered...
