All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 14 2021 // Officials of a Georgia city have offered a $350,000 legal settlement to a Black man injured last year when a police officer violently slammed him in the ground, later saying he mistakenly believed the man had an...
Jun 14 2021 // COLUMBUS, Ga. — A federal judge says he isn’t halting a wrongful death lawsuit against three Columbus police officers, despite their concerns that the district attorney is seeking to indict them on criminal...
Jun 1 2021 // A conservative group representing small businesses has sued Major League Baseball and its players’ union over the decision to move next month’s All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to that state’s new...
May 19 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Rome, Georgia-based Garner & Glover Company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1874 and operating under its current name since 1926, Garner & Glover...
May 18 2021 // Security First Insurance, a private homeowners insurer in Florida, has promoted David Lockhart to chief financial officer, effective June 1.Lockhart will report to the company’s President Melissa Burt DeVriese and...
May 17 2021 // A salvage team assessed damage Saturday after a fire was ignited inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast.“The assessment is likely to take several days,”...
May 11 2021 // Multiple people were hurt, some seriously, when a boat exploded Sunday on Lake Lanier, authorities said. Game wardens responded around 2:45 p.m. to the Margaritaville gas dock after getting reports that a boat exploded...
May 10 2021 // Oakbridge Insurance Agency LLC, an independent insurance and risk management advisor, has formed a partnership with The Greer Agency, Inc of Georgia. Oakbridge and Greer closed the transaction on May 3, 2021, and terms of...
May 7 2021 // Positive Physicians Insurance Co. has been approved by the Florida and Georgia departments of insurance to offer medical malpractice insurance within their respective states.The company obtained admitted status in Florida...
May 5 2021 // Middle Georgia’s largest private employer says it’s trying to hire another 500 workers.GEICO, the Maryland-based insurance company owned by financial conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, says it’s trying to...
May 4 2021 // Firefighters in coastal Georgia are battling a large fire that ignited inside a warehouse filled with wood pellets.The blaze erupted Sunday night at the Port of Brunswick, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of Savannah....
May 3 2021 // Georgia’s governor is removing many remaining requirements for social distancing and masked employees from businesses, saying that the state’s efforts to control COVID-19 have been successful even as its...
Apr 30 2021 // A Democratic state House member announced on Wednesday that he’s running for Georgia insurance commissioner, aiming to defeat appointed Republican incumbent John King.Rep. Matthew Wilson of Brookhaven said he will...
Apr 29 2021 // Demolition of a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast reached the halfway mark Monday as a towering crane lifted the vessel’s engine room section away from the rest of the shipwreck for removal by barge.The...
Apr 29 2021 // An Atlanta-area sheriff who’s no stranger to controversy is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency’s custody by ordering that they be unnecessarily strapped into a restraint chair...
Apr 27 2021 // GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under a ruling last week by the Georgia Supreme Court.The high court’s 7-0 decision answered three...
Apr 26 2021 // At least six people died and several others were hurt in an interstate crash in Georgia that left a passenger van engulfed in flames and rolled on its side, police said.Passersby stopped to pull people from the burning...
Apr 20 2021 // A suburban Atlanta barbecue restaurant owner will get $1.7 million to settle a federal lawsuit claiming he was harassed by government officials and employees.The city of Stockbridge’s insurer will pay the money to...
Apr 19 2021 // At least 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a massive party at a two-story house near the University of Georgia.Athens Clarke-County police said the incident happened around 1 a.m. Friday in Athens. Police...
Apr 19 2021 // Three houses that burned in Savannah earlier this month are believed to have been set on fire by burglars. Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said Thursday that investigators have ruled the fires to be arsons and...