Zika mosquitoes all over Georgia; control agencies aren't
SAVANNAH | Mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus are found in all corners of Georgia – from coastal marshes to northern mountains, in rural farm communities and crowded suburbs. Yet many of those...
View ArticleGeorgia prosecutor drops case against trucking firm involved in crash that...
SAVANNAH | A southeast Georgia prosecutor said Wednesday that he has dropped the criminal case against a trucking company charged in a fiery interstate crash last year that killed five nursing...
View ArticleConAgra salmonella case nearing end a decade after outbreak
SAVANNAH, GA. | Nearly a decade after hundreds of Americans got sick after eating Peter Pan peanut butter tainted with salmonella, ConAgra Foods appears close to settling a federal criminal case...
View ArticleMan charged in Georgia officer killing caught in car trunk
SAVANNAH | A man charged in the weekend slaying of a police officer in rural Georgia was arrested early Monday in Florida, where sheriff's deputies found the suspect hiding in the trunk of his sister's...
View ArticleSUV slams into and ignites gas pump, killing driver
SAVANNAH | An SUV lost control following a collision and slammed into a fuel pump at a gas station along one of Savannah's busiest roads Tuesday, causing the pump to burst into flames and killing the...
View ArticleJekyll Island reminds tourists of its alligator abundance
SAVANNAH | Known for sea turtles nesting on its beaches, wading shorebirds in the surf and white-tailed deer that roam its maritime forests, Jekyll Island has taken extra steps to make sure visitors...
View ArticleSea turtles shatter nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Rare loggerhead sea turtles spent a busy summer laying eggs on beaches in Georgia and the Carolinas, where nest counts this year smashed previous state records by double-digit...
View ArticleHermine drenches south Georgia, but damage less than many feared
VALDOSTA | Hermine flooded roads and sent trees crashing into homes and power lines Friday across a wide swath of south Georgia, cutting electricity to more than 100,000 customers at one point as the...
View ArticleTrial of dad in boy's hot car death restarts 275 miles away
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Four months after the first attempt to seat an impartial jury failed, the trial of a metro Atlanta man charged with murder after his toddler son died in the back seat of a hot SUV is...
View Article2nd try at jury selection begins in Georgia hot car death
BRUNSWICK | A second attempt at jury selection in the trial of a metro Atlanta man charged with killing his toddler son began Monday, at a new courthouse 275 miles (440 kilometers) from the suburban...
View ArticleJury selection in final stage in Georgia hot car death trial
SAVANNAH, Ga. | As attorneys take the final step in seating a jury to decide the guilt or innocence of a Georgia man charged with killing his toddler son by leaving him in a hot SUV, decisions about...
View ArticleProsecutor: Georgia dad let son die in hot SUV to 'escape'
BRUNSWICK | A Georgia man intentionally left his toddler son to die in a hot SUV as he sought to escape the responsibilities of family life and focus on sexual liaisons with prostitutes and young women...
View ArticleDefense: Georgia hot car death is dad's fault, but no crime
BRUNSWICK | A Georgia man charged with killing his toddler son wept in court Tuesday as his attorney told a jury the child's death two years ago inside a hot SUV is certainly the father's fault, but he...
View ArticleGeorgia coast ordered to evacuate for Hurricane Matthew
By , Associated PressSAVANNAH, Ga. | State troopers were turning an interstate highway into a one-way escape route out of Savannah on Thursday as roughly 500,000 people were ordered to flee the Georgia...
View Article'I'm committed': Island die-hards won't evacuate for Matthew
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. | The mayor of tiny Tybee Island, Georgia, was so worried about his constituents that he was calling them personally, pleading with them to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Matthew. But...
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