All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2018 // A film company faces a citation and fine after a stuntman for “The Walking Dead” fell to his death last year during filming on the hit show’s Georgia set, federal authorities said Friday.John Bernecker,...
Jan 5 2018 // A brutal winter storm smacked the coastal Southeast with a rare blast of snow and ice Wednesday, hitting parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina with their heaviest snowfall in nearly three decades.The same system...
Dec 18 2017 // Delta Air Lines Inc. and other carriers worked to get thousands of stranded passengers onto planes after a major electrical disruption in Atlanta crippled service at the world’s busiest hub, extending flight...
Dec 13 2017 // Pioneer Underwriters has appointed Kellie Reese as an underwriter in its recently launched E&S Property operation. She will report to Dave Phillips, based in Alpharetta, Ga.Reese has almost 30 years of experience as a...
Dec 12 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a chance to decide whether the main federal job-bias law bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.The nation’s highest court on Monday rejected an appeal by Jameka...
Dec 11 2017 // An unusually heavy December snowfall across much of the Deep South tapered off Saturday, but icy road conditions left problems and thousands remained without electricity throughout the region.Forecasters warned that...
Dec 8 2017 // A school bus driver on her early pick-up route lost control on a dirt road and smashed into a tree Tuesday, killing a 5-year-old girl and sending 21 other children to hospitals.The crash happened on a foggy morning just...
Dec 6 2017 // The next phase of a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity training center taking shape in downtown Augusta is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently announced an additional $35 million in...
Nov 16 2017 // A certified public accountant (CPA) in Georgia has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud by Special Fraud Investigators from the Georgia Department of Insurance (GADOI), according to a statement from Georgia...
Nov 16 2017 // A Georgia college is expanding its training program for commercial truck drivers as the U.S. faces a national trucker shortage. WALB-TV reports Albany Technical College plans to increase the number of seats in its...
Nov 15 2017 // Authorities say nine people were taken to a hospital after a tractor-trailer smashed into cars stopped at a red-light on a Georgia parkway. Gainesville police Cpl. Jessica Van told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the big...
Nov 13 2017 // As the threat from hackers and cybercriminals intensifies, a growing number of states are buying cyber insurance to protect themselves — and taxpayers.“It’s expensive. It’s a big budget item for us. But...
Nov 6 2017 // Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAG) announced that John Barbour, formerly vice president of Governmental Affairs, was chosen to serve as new chief executive officer. Barbour began leading the association on...
Nov 6 2017 // Georgia’s estimated insured losses from Hurricane Irma have climbed to more than $550 million, with insurers reporting approximately 103,163 claims filed as of October, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner...
Nov 3 2017 // Authorities in Georgia say a man is dead after being caught in a piece of machinery at a plant in north Georgia.Whitfield County Coroner Greg Bates told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 51-year-old Jesus Pimentel was...
Nov 2 2017 // A husband and wife who owned an Atlanta pharmacy accused of supplying drugs to pill mill patients have been ordered to pay $5 million to state agencies that offer substance abuse treatment and victim assistance.Rosemary...
Oct 31 2017 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency in the Southeast with local ownership, has acquired Benton & Parker Insurance Services, a commercial truck insurer headquartered in Georgia. The company also...
Oct 27 2017 // The nation’s deepening opioid epidemic is hitting Georgia harder than most states, experts say.That’s one of the messages that came out of a recent conference at the University of Georgia. Some of the highest...
Oct 24 2017 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s Consumer Services Division answered more than 8,778 complaints and helped consumers receive $4,828,385 million in claims settlements through the first three quarters of 2017,...
Oct 23 2017 // One of the largest producers of Georgia’s famous Vidalia onions must pay $1.4 million in damages and unpaid overtime owed to hundreds of workers, a federal judge ruled.A U.S. District Court judge found that Bland...