Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trucking Firm Won’t Face Criminal Charges in Crash that Killed 5 Georgia Students
Jul 8 2016 // A Georgia prosecutor says he’s dropped the criminal case against a trucking company charged in a deadly interstate crash last year that killed five nursing students. Tom Durden is district attorney for southeast...
Trucking Company, Driver Face Criminal Charges in Georgia Crash that Killed 5
Jun 17 2016 // A grand jury has indicted a tractor-trailer driver and his employer accused of causing a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia Southern University nursing students. The Bryan County grand jury on Wednesday...
Georgia Woman Sues ‘Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Over Using Name in Joke
Jun 10 2016 // A Georgia real estate agent is suing the producer of the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” claiming the comedian mispronounced her name to make a joke about breasts. Titi (TEE’-tee) Pierce alleges in the...
Georgia High Court: Negligent Kennel Owes Dog Owner for Death of Animal
Jun 8 2016 // To its owner, a pet dog may be priceless – and even though Georgia’s highest court didn’t go quite that far Monday, it did say that under some circumstances, an owner whose pet is hurt or dies at the hands of...
Tropical Storm Colin Prompts Flood Warnings in Florida, Georgia
Jun 6 2016 // A disorganized Tropical Storm Colin in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to cross Florida overnight threatening evacuations in the state’s northern and central regions before striking the Georgia and South Carolina...
Georgia Teen Accused of Crashing While Snapchatting Faces Suit, Criminal Charges
Jun 3 2016 // A teenage driver accused in a lawsuit of causing a collision in Georgia while using the Snapchat app’s “speed filter” is now facing criminal charges. News outlets report a Clayton County judge signed...
Georgia Studying Semi-Only Lanes to Reduce Traffic, Improve Safety
May 19 2016 // Georgia transportation officials are studying how to add semi-only lanes for truck traffic on Interstate 75 between Macon and Atlanta’s southern suburbs. Georgia is trying to deal with a port of Savannah that’s...
Allstate Rate Hikes for Georgia Drivers Move Forward, For Now
May 17 2016 // Allstate can go ahead raise auto insurance rates for Georgia drivers later this month because a state review of the planned increase won’t be done in time to stop the higher rates from taking effect, state regulators...
Trucking Firm to Settle Fatal Crash of 5 Georgia Students for Millions
Apr 25 2016 // The employer of a tractor-trailer driver blamed for a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia nursing students has agreed to settle wrongful death lawsuits for large sums, with at least one victim’s family...
Farmers Launches Rideshare Insurance Coverage in Georgia
Apr 19 2016 // Farmers Insurance has introduced new rideshare insurance coverage for drivers in Georgia. According to Mariel Devesa, head of product innovation for Farmers Insurance, the coverage is available to ridesharing drivers as...
Allstate Responds to Georgia Insurance Department’s Rate Filing Investigation
Apr 14 2016 // Allstate Insurance Co. is speaking out about an investigation by the Georgia Department of Insurance into the carrier’s plan to raise auto insurance rates for some in the state by at least 25 percent. In a statement...
Georgia to Investigate Allstate Auto Rate Increase
Apr 12 2016 // A Georgia statewide rate increase of 25 percent on Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company policyholders has triggered a consumer alert from state Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. The Georgia Department of...
Georgia Peanut Execs Spared Having to Pay Restitution to Salmonella Victims
Apr 11 2016 // A former peanut company executive serving a 28-year prison sentence won’t have to pay money to victims of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to his Georgia plant, a federal judge ruled. Former Peanut Corporation of...
Georgia-Based Trinity Underwriting Managers Hires Finley as Senior Broker
Apr 6 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has hired Bonita Finley as a senior transportation broker. Finley will help manage TUMI’s local and intermediate trucking business as...
Augusta, Georgia Approves Drone Ban Over Crowds
Apr 5 2016 // Augusta, Ga., has approved one of the region’s first local drone laws, which bans the unmanned aircraft from flying in areas where 100 or more people might gather. Officials with the Association County Commissioners...
Tornadoes Leave Damage Behind in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
Apr 4 2016 // Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The National Weather...
Collector Comics Worth Over $200k Stolen From Georgia Store
Mar 28 2016 // Rare “Justice League” and “X-Men” comic books valued at more than $200,000 have been stolen from a central Georgia store. Will Peavy, owner of Comics Plus in Macon tells WMAZ-TV that someone broke...
Explosion at Georgia College Under Investigation, Worker Seriously Injured
Mar 23 2016 // The president of an Atlanta-area college says an explosion that seriously injured a food worker could be linked to a buildup of gases in a sewer line. A statement from Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas Preczewski...
Georgia Judge Awards $64M to Man Beaten in Assisted Living Home
Mar 18 2016 // A judge in Wilkinson County, Georgia, has awarded $64.6 million to a man who claimed he was beaten by several employees in a personal-care home. Media outlets report that in January, Judge William Prior issued the final...
Georgia Senate Stalls Bill to Expand Medical Marijuana Eligibility
Mar 16 2016 // A bill to expand the diseases eligible for medical marijuana in Georgia has stalled in the Senate with just a few days remaining in the legislative session. Republican state Rep. Allen Peake of Macon hoped to pass...
