All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 17 2020 // GULF SHORES, Ala., Sept 17 – 06:00 PM – The remnants of Hurricane Sally dumped more than a foot of rain over the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, killed at least one person, washed out bridges and roads and left...
Sep 15 2020 // Palomar Insurance Corp. has added Jeremy Dickey as Operations manager. As a specialist in standardizing, modifying, and expediting systems, his focus will be on improving methods and planning for personal and commercial...
Sep 11 2020 // Workers coming to the Georgia coast to cut apart and remove a giant cargo ship that overturned a year ago will be sequestered at a nearby resort, which will close to the public for up to four months, in an effort to...
Sep 8 2020 // A 58-year-old man has died in an industrial accident at a Georgia poultry processing plant.The maintenance worker was killed at the loading dock of the Tyson Foods plant in Vienna on Thursday afternoon, Dooly County...
Sep 2 2020 // Georgia’s governor is extending the two main executive orders that govern Georgia’s response to COVID-19.Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a 15-day extension of the order that mandates requirements on social...
Aug 26 2020 // Johnson & Johnson will expand its presence in Georgia by acquiring the assets of National Program Management (NPM) located in Alpharetta. The parties expect the transaction to close Sept. 1, 2020.National Program...
Aug 25 2020 // Lloyd’s of London does not have to pay the U.S. government’s Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $3 million in judgment interest because the FDIC waited too long —18 months after a final judgment — to try to...
Aug 25 2020 // A small Georgia city’s police department wrote more than 130 speeding tickets on a road where it had no jurisdiction, a state agency’s investigation found.Citations issued on Kildare Road over a two year period...
Aug 18 2020 // Georgia’s governor, who has opposed local mask mandates and even sued over one in Atlanta, has signed a new executive order that allows local governments to enact mask requirements to help fight the coronavirus...
Aug 13 2020 // A Georgia school district has quarantined more than 900 students and staff members because of possible exposure to the coronavirus and will temporarily shut down one of its hardest-hit high schools, officials said...
Aug 13 2020 // A Georgia county’s commissioners have approved a settlement for a lawsuit that alleged residents were wrongfully arrested due to erroneous information that was given to state officials regarding their driver’s...
Aug 7 2020 // Residents near a middle Georgia power plant are suing Georgia Power Co., alleging the plant is poisoning their well water.The suit filed Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court alleges the electric utility has illegally...
Jul 30 2020 // Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency order to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Jul 28 2020 // Efforts to cut apart and remove a capsized cargo ship off the Georgia coast are being delayed for more than two months because of hurricane season and challenges posed by the coronavirus, project leaders said Friday.Those...
Jul 27 2020 // The judge overseeing a dispute between Georgia’s governor and the state’s capital over restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic has ordered the two sides to try to reach a settlement.Atlanta is among more...
Jul 24 2020 // USG Insurance Services, Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, is has expanded its operations into Alpharetta, Ga., with the launch of a new satellite office and the hire of Bob Reardon, branch manager, and Michelle Reardon,...
Jul 20 2020 // Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta’s mayor and city council to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic.Kemp and Georgia Attorney...
Jul 20 2020 // Coronavirus infections among the salvage crew are delaying plans to cut apart and remove a hulking cargo ship that capsized off the coast of Georgia 10 months ago.Officials had hoped to start slicing the South Korean...
Jul 20 2020 // An insurer is not liable for injuries caused by a policyholder who shot a 15-year-old boy in the head because the policy excluded coverage for criminal acts, a split Georgia Court of Appeals panel decided.The 2-1 ruling by...
Jul 14 2020 // Coronavirus infections among the salvage crew are delaying plans to cut apart and remove a hulking cargo ship that capsized off the coast of Georgia 10 months ago.Officials had hoped to start slicing the South Korean...