All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 1 2019 // The ongoing drought has made outdoor burning in Georgia more dangerous than previous years, state officials said.In the past three months, the Georgia Forestry Commission says firefighters have responded to – on average...
Sep 30 2019 // An investigation into hundreds of senior assisted living and large personal care homes in Georgia turned up more than 600 allegations involving neglect and 90 of abuse by caregivers over the past four years.In that time,...
Sep 26 2019 // Authorities say oil from an overturned cargo ship has reached several parts of Georgia’s shoreline, leaving a sheen in marshes and oiled debris on beaches. State and federal authorities overseeing the cleanup say...
Sep 20 2019 // Many farmers in South Carolina say a growing drought is threatening to devastate their crops right at harvest time and officials said there are plenty of indications the dry weather will spread.A special committee that...
Sep 20 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Lionel Bejean to the firm’s Greyling Division, based in Alpharetta, Ga., as senior vice president.In his new position, Bejean will be responsible for serving the risk...
Sep 18 2019 // A man trashed his pizza restaurant and ice cream shop near Atlanta to fake a racially motivated burglary so he could file an insurance claim, police said.Gwinnett County police officers responded just before 9:30 p.m. on...
Sep 16 2019 // The parents of a Georgia Tech student killed by a campus police officer two years ago have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the school, the university system and the officer.Authorities have said university police...
Sep 13 2019 // As authorities try to answer why a cargo ship carrying 4,200 vehicles overturned on the Georgia coast, maritime experts say investigators will be looking for shifting cargo or other problems that upset the giant...
Sep 11 2019 // Authorities say a truck carrying about 10,000 pounds of dynamite crashed and overturned on a Georgia highway, spilling fuel and closing the roadway. News outlets report a portion of Georgia State Route 53 in Dawson County...
Sep 11 2019 // Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a...
Sep 9 2019 // Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The Golden Ray cargo ship ran into trouble in the early...
Sep 3 2019 // Sep 4, 2019, 5:31 AM — Hurricane Dorian menaced the U.S. East Coast with devastating flooding and winds, lashing Florida after laying waste to the Bahamas in a brutal two-day battering that caused damage that may cost...
Sep 2 2019 // Founded in 1995, the Georgia Agency Partners network is 15 agencies headquartered in Georgia. “We grow organically through our current members and do not add members just for volume growth,” Meredith Rominger,...
Aug 28 2019 // Residents near two Georgia plants which have emitted toxic gas say they’re furious that the government did not alert the public about a federal report on potential health dangers.Hundreds of people packed two recent...
Aug 23 2019 // Authorities say two motorists have been injured when their cars went airborne over a collapsed bridge span near the Florida-Georgia Line. Officials closed a short stretch of Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee...
Aug 21 2019 // Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline Co. has sued an Alabama contractor over a spill that threatened gasoline supplies along the East Coast three years ago.The pipeline operator contends faulty work by the Birmingham-based Ceco...
Aug 20 2019 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has appointed Kim Wilson to the role of senior production underwriter to support continued growth in the Georgia market.Wilson has more than 15 years of experience in...
Aug 15 2019 // Atlanta, Ga.-based INSUREtrust has hired Account Manager Ethan Frymark.As a recent graduate of the University of Georgia Terry School of Business Risk Management and Insurance program, Frymark will put his knowledge to use...
Aug 13 2019 // Twelve homes on the coast of Georgia will receive a federal grant of about $1.1 million to help alleviate the cost of elevating their homes.News outlets report Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman and Rep. Buddy Carter...
Aug 13 2019 // AM Besthas revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb-” of Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. and...