All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 28 2008 // Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor said there may be “significant” penalties proposed when federal workplace safety regulators release their findings after investigating a dust explosion that killed 13 workers at...
Jul 23 2008 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commission launched an improved and redesigned version of its Web site, making it more navigable and user friendly, said Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine.Consumers can find...
Jul 15 2008 // When Builders Insurance Group — a mutual captive insurer for Georgia homebuilders — shifted its exclusive affiliation with Home Builders Association of Georgia, the association implemented a takeover of the...
Jul 14 2008 // Georgia drivers lined up at a Citgo gas station in Norcross to take advantage of $1.99 gas.It was part of a promotion campaign by Infinity Insurance Co. of Alpharetta on July 10. There was a catch though, no one could...
Jul 7 2008 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner has revoked the license of a life insurance company, banning it from selling policies in the state.It’s the first time John Oxendine has barred an insurer from the state since...
Jun 24 2008 // Georgia law enforcement officials are cracking down on drunken driving.Authorities are planning increased patrols and sobriety check points across the state over the next two weeks as part of the Governor’s Office of...
Jun 13 2008 // Georgia officials grounded 245 commercial trucks as part of a 72-hour inspection effort.The Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Georgia Department of Public Safety conducted the inspections between June 3 and June 5....
Jun 12 2008 // Fire officials in Georgia are investigating two blazes within minutes of each other at two mattress stores in Cobb County.The first fire broke out about 11:30 p.m. on June 10 at the Mattress Firm Supercenter on Cobb...
Jun 10 2008 // Authorities in Woodstock, Ga. say several recent fires in Woodstock were set deliberately. One blaze started June 5 at a neighborhood playground causing about $25,000 in damage to the equipment. Police said a few hours...
Jun 2 2008 // The National Weather Service says that severe weather on May 11 spawned 15 tornadoes in central Georgia. The strongest of the so-called “Mother’s Day tornadoes” occurred in Treutlen County and was an EF3....
May 29 2008 // A Georgia jury has awarded $5 million to the family of a woman who drowned in a Gwinnett County hospital bathtub shower eight years ago.The woman, 34-year-old Wendy Wyckstandt entered Gwinnett Medical Center in...
May 29 2008 // State officials say damage from the tornado that hit north metro Atlanta last week now totals more than $40 million.The tornado that touched down on May 20 caused extensive damage in Cherokee, Cobb, north Fulton and...
May 28 2008 // Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine says 2008 has turned into a record year for storm damage in Georgia, with more than $400 million in insured losses during the first five months.Oxendine said that documented insurance...
May 23 2008 // Cherokee County, Georgia began cleaning up from a tornado and hailstorm that damaged hundreds of homes in the county, and Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency to allow state resources to be used in the...
May 19 2008 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue asked President Bush for a major disaster declaration to assist residents and local governments in Bibb, Carroll, Crawford, Douglas, Emanuel, Glynn, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, McIntosh,...
May 16 2008 // The National Weather Service says that severe weather on May 11 spawned 15 tornadoes in central Georgia. The strongest of the so-called “Mother’s Day tornadoes” occurred in Treutlen County and was an EF3....
May 15 2008 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill that will give automobile insurers the ability to establish rates without the consent of the state’s Insurance Commissioner.Perdue said he signed Senate Bill 276 because he...
May 13 2008 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said he estimated that violent weather across Georgia over the weekend caused more than $50 million in insured losses, with more than 6,000 homes...
May 12 2008 // Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.Authorities...
Apr 30 2008 // The Georgia Supreme Court heard a case that asks whether carbon monoxide is a pollutant. Leslie Reed says she was poisoned by carbon monoxide at the Griffin, Georgia, home she was renting in 2002. As result, she claims...