Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Historic Theater Fighting Plans for New Courthouse in Georgia’s 2nd-Largest City
Nov 27 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A historic theater is fighting a plan for Georgia`s second- largest city to build a new courthouse, saying the new tower could harm the theater`s building and programming. The Springer Opera...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 20 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Georgia Fires Kill 3, Destroy Historic Home in Stone Mountain Park
Nov 17 2023 // A house fire in northeast Georgia that killed three people last week was found to be accidental in nature, linked to a clothes dryer that was running overnight. And a blaze that burned a 180-year-old, historic home in...
Higginbotham Expands Collegiate Athletics Investment With LEARFIELD, Adds 10 Southern Universities to Portfolio
Nov 9 2023 // Higginbotham announced the expansion of its multi-year investment in collegiate athletics to include ten universities in the southern region of the United States through its continued sponsorship agreement with LEARFIELD,...
‘Black Panther’ Stuntman Mourned After Georgia Crash that Killed Him and Children
Nov 8 2023 // A stuntman in “Black Panther” and “Avengers” movies was remembered by loved ones after he and three of his children were killed in a car crash last week in Georgia. Atlanta TV station WSB, the New...
Georgia Law Officers Call for Full Salary Benefits Under Workers’ Comp
Nov 7 2023 // Georgia law enforcement leaders are urging state lawmakers to grant injured officers their full salaries while they recover, a move that could significantly alter the nature of workers’ compensation insurance. News...
Georgia Condo Association Leaders Charged with Taking Insurance Proceeds After Fire
Nov 6 2023 // Police in South Fulton, Georgia, have charged the president and treasurer of a large condominium association with stealing more than $1.5 million in insurance payouts after two fires in 2020 destroyed a building. Multiple...
Business Moves
Nov 6 2023 // East World Insurance Associates, Oakwood Insurance Agency World Insurance Associates has acquired the business of Oakwood Insurance Agency LLC, also doing business as Insure Big Rig, of Califon, New Jersey. Oakwood has...
Louisiana Contractor Gets Max Fine After Fatal Fall at Georgia Hyundai Plant Site
Nov 3 2023 // Federal safety regulators have brought the hammer down on a Louisiana contractor, deciding that the company failed to use correct safety equipment that would have prevented a fatal fall at an electric car plant...
Med Sterilization Company Settles Georgia Exposure Lawsuits for $35 Million
Oct 23 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A medical sterilization company has agreed to settle nearly 80 lawsuits alleging people were exposed to a cancer-causing chemical, ethylene oxide, emitted from its plant outside of Atlanta. Details of...
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Sentenced Reduced, Due to Guidelines
Oct 17 2023 // A federal judge has trimmed nine months off former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s prison sentence for embezzlement, not because of his good behavior in jail, but because he has no prior criminal...
Wrong-way Driver Causes Fiery Wreck in Georgia, Killing 3
Oct 12 2023 // ROOPVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A driver traveling the wrong way on a four-lane Georgia highway crashed into two other cars, killing all three drivers, state troopers said. The wreck happened Monday night on U.S. 27 near...
Walmart to Build $350M Milk Plant in Georgia to Expand Control of Dairy Supply
Oct 12 2023 // VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Walmart announced it will build a new $350 million milk processing plant in south Georgia, hiring nearly 400 people. Arkansas-based Walmart said the plant will provide milk to more than 750...
Georgia Power to Pay $413M to Settle Lawsuit over Nuke Plant Cost Overruns
Oct 10 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. will pay $413 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the utility of reneging on financial promises to one of its nuclear reactor partners. The payments to Oglethorpe Power Corp.,...
Renaissance Alliance Buys Agency Network in Georgia
Oct 5 2023 // Renaissance Alliance, a network of independent insurance agencies, has acquired another network – Agency Partners Inc. (API). With headquarters in Alma, Georgia, API has grown rapidly in the last four years to now...
Georgia Woman Charged with Forging Hospital Invoices in $1.5M Insurance Fraud
Oct 4 2023 // A Georgia woman has been charged with faking hospital reports to the tune of $1.5 million in an effort to defraud her insurance companies, authorities said. Denna Rochelle Conaway, 54, of Rome, Georgia, claimed that her...
Georgia Group Launches Ad Campaign Pushing Kemp’s Tort Reform
Oct 3 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — A political group linked to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says it is launching an ad campaign backing the Republican`s efforts to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments. The...
Business Moves
Oct 2 2023 // East McConkey Insurance & Benefits, Gallen Insurance Agency McConkey Insurance & Benefits, an independent insurance agency based in York, Pennsylvania, has acquired Gallen Insurance Agency, located in Berks...
OSHA Fines Georgia Concrete Pipe Maker $246,000 After Death of Worker in Florida
Sep 21 2023 // The death of a 19-year-old Florida worker could have been prevented if a concrete pipe maker had ensured that employees followed proper safety procedures, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. OSHA...
OSHA Fines Georgia Silo Operator for Safety Violations After Suffocation of Worker
Sep 20 2023 // The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented had the employer not violated safety regulations, federal officials say. That finding results from the U.S. Occupational Safety and...
