Latest Georgia Headlines
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Regulators Fine Georgia County $294K for Sewage Spills
Jun 27 2017 // DeKalb County in Georgia has been fined $294,000 for spilling sewage into public waterways and underreporting the number of spills to environmental regulators. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the fines were levied...
Nearly 80% of Georgia Peach Crop Wiped Out by Weather
Jun 20 2017 // Georgia’s peach crop is suffering much worse than expected after an overly warm winter and a hard freeze in early spring. Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the end of May...
Bynum Elected President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia
Jun 16 2017 // Thad Bynum of Bynum Insurance Agency, a Trusted Choice agency in Clayton, Ga., was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAGA), on June 10 during the association’s 120th annual...
8-Vehicle Collision in Georgia Kills 1 Person, Injures 17
Jun 15 2017 // An eight-vehicle crash in Georgia has killed one person and injured 17 others. Gwinnett County Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge says in a news release that a vehicle trapped beneath a tractor-trailer was on fire when crews...
Georgia Doctor Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Trucker Safety Exams
Jun 15 2017 // An Atlanta doctor has pleaded guilty to falsifying medical examination records for commercial truck drivers. Court records show 72-year-old Dr. Anthony Lefteris pleaded guilty last week to counts of falsifying documents...
Rains Nearly Extinguish Vast Georgia Wildfire Burning Since April
Jun 14 2017 // A wildfire that burned vast acreage and at one point threatened hundreds of homes near the Georgia-Florida state line has been nearly extinguished after steady rains soaked the Okefenokee Swamp over the past week. The team...
26 People Wanted in Georgia Over $155K Auto Insurance Fraud Ring
Jun 9 2017 // Arrest warrants were issued this week for 26 suspects in connection with an automobile insurance fraud ring centered in the Columbus, Georgia area, according to a statement from Insurance Commissioner Ralph...
Georgia High Court Rules Six Flags to Pay $35M to Man Beaten Near Park
Jun 7 2017 // The Georgia Supreme Court says a man who was severely beaten while leaving Six Flags Over Georgia a decade ago can collect $35 million in legal damages from the amusement park and his attackers. The ruling by...
USGS Reports Small Earthquake Near Alabama-Georgia Line
Jun 6 2017 // A small earthquake has struck northeastern Alabama near the Georgia line. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurred Friday morning. The quake was centered in a rural area about 7 miles...
Georgia Lawmaker Panel to Study Distracted Driving
Jun 6 2017 // A panel of Georgia lawmakers plans to study the effect of drivers who are distracted by cell phones and other technology. House Speaker David Ralston appointed 7 Republicans and 3 Democrats to a study committee on the...
Officials in Georgia County Offer 10K Reward For Info on Apartment Fires
Jun 1 2017 // A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever set two fires in the breezeway of an occupied apartment building in Georgia. Gwinnett County fire officials said...
AXIS Adds Martin, Ross to Georgia-Based P&C Team
May 25 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has announced the appointments of James Martin and Russ Madore, each as vice president, U.S. Programs, within AXIS Insurance’s Property and Casualty team. Martin and Madore will each be...
Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Ridesharing Law
May 17 2017 // Georgia’s highest court has handed a victory to ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft. The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Atlanta taxi drivers and...
Evacuation Order Lifted for Georgia Residents Near Okefenokee Wildfire
May 16 2017 // A mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for two south Georgia towns threatened for days last week by a wildfire that had spread outside the boundaries of the neighboring Okefenokee swamp. Authorities say evacuation...
South Carolina Insurance Director Farmer Elected as NAIC Secretary-Treasurer
May 15 2017 // South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer was elected to fill the position of secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners During a Plenary meeting by members, effective immediately. Farmer...
Georgia Colleges Grapple With New Law Allowing Concealed Handguns on Campus
May 11 2017 // Georgia’s public university presidents and police chiefs were strongly opposed to letting people carry concealed handguns on college campuses. Now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed the campus-carry law, it falls on...
Evacuations Continue in Georgia Wildfire Zone But Many Defy Orders
May 10 2017 // Jessica Boldin and her family evacuated 15 horses, six dogs and other animals from their ranch in rural Georgia as a vast wildfire emerging from the Okefenokee Swamp blackened trees behind their home. Flames that pushed...
Dozens Forced to Evacuate in Southern Georgia as Wildfire Spreads
May 8 2017 // Several dozen people in Georgia’s southernmost county have been evacuated after a wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp has begun to burn just a few miles from the St. George community. Saturday’s evacuation...
Official Says Georgia Wildfire Could Go On For 6 Months
Apr 26 2017 // A wildfire in Georgia that has scorched more than 70 square miles (180 square kilometers) of public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line could burn for the next six months unless heavy rains snuff out the flames...
Authorities Investigating Cause of 16-Car Pileup on Georgia’s I-75
Apr 25 2017 // The Georgia State Patrol says 10 people were injured in a 16-car pileup that shut down southbound Interstate 75 for nearly four hours. WSB-TV reports that the accident happened just before 2 p.m. on Sunday along I-75 at...
