Sheriff dies in crash during highway chase in rural Georgia
SAVANNAH | A Georgia sheriff died after crashing his patrol truck on a rural highway while helping chase a suspect who had fired gunshots at other law enforcement officers, authorities said...
View ArticleExperts: Time is an enemy in solving Bobbi Kristina's death
ATLANTA | Medical examiners performing an autopsy on Bobbi Kristina Brown said Monday their initial findings turned up no obvious cause of death, while experts said the months that have passed since...
View ArticleOctober trial date set for ex-deputies in Savannah jail death
SAVANNAH | A judge on Thursday set an October trial date for two former sheriff's deputies and a nurse charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case of a 21-year-old detainee who died in restraints...
View ArticleSavannah tour guides say city uses testing to control speech
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Before they can legally take paying customers sightseeing in Savannah, local tour guides must first pass a 100-question test on the city's history, key landmarks and architecture. The...
View ArticleSea turtles set new nesting records in Georgia, Florida
SAVANNAH | Wildlife biologist Doug Hoffman and his two interns kept busy this summer finding, cataloging and protecting a whopping 570 nests that giant loggerhead sea turtles had filled with eggs along...
View ArticleBeachfront ice skating? Jekyll Island seeks offseason boost
SAVANNAH | As tourism slows down this fall, Jekyll Island hopes to lure more off-season visitors with a new attraction: a beachfront rink that lets patrons take in sweeping ocean views while gliding on...
View ArticleFormer peanut exec gets 28 years in prison for outbreak
ALBANY | A former peanut company executive was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a deadly salmonella outbreak, the stiffest punishment ever handed out to a producer in a foodborne...
View ArticleReport: Unlicensed pilot flew plane that crashed, killing 5
SAVANNAH, Ga. | An unlicensed pilot was flying a small homebuilt plane that crashed last week in rural south Georgia, killing all five people on board, after a witness saw the aircraft weaving...
View ArticleReport: Unlicensed pilot flew plane that crashed, killing 5 in South Georgia
SAVANNAH | An unlicensed pilot was flying a small homebuilt plane that crashed last week in rural south Georgia, killing all five people on board, after a witness saw the aircraft weaving up-and-down...
View ArticleGeorgia salmonella case: Sentencing for managers who helped convict boss
ALBANY | They were star witnesses who helped convict their old boss, a former peanut executive who got the harshest sentence ever for a U.S. producer in a food-borne illness case. Now two ex-managers...
View Article3 former jail workers to stand trial in death of Georgia man
SAVANNAH | A few hours after he went to jail on a domestic violence charge, 21-year-old Mathew Ajibade was found dead in a cell following a violent brawl with deputies that led to him being strapped...
View ArticleSavannah prepares retreat in speech fight with tour guides
SAVANNAH, Ga. | Savannah fell to British troops in the American Revolution and surrendered to the Union Army during the Civil War. Now Georgia's oldest city is preparing to retreat from a law that for...
View Article2 ex-deputies acquitted of manslaughter in Georgia stun gun death
SAVANNAH | Two former sheriff's deputies were acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter but convicted of lesser charges in the stun gun-related death of a 21-year-old detainee at a county jail in...
View ArticleGeorgia man faces prison again for stealing sea turtle eggs
SAVANNAH | Less than two years after he was released from prison, Lewis Jackson found authorities waiting for him as he boarded a ferry boat on remote Sapelo Island carrying a cooler full of contraband...
View ArticleGeorgia man gets 21 months for stealing sea turtle eggs
BRUNSWICK | A coastal Georgia man caught stealing 84 sea turtle eggs while he was on probation for an earlier conviction of the same crime was sentenced Wednesday to return to federal prison — for...
View ArticleManhunt captures escaped prisoner charged in sheriff's death
SAVANNAH, Ga. | A man charged with killing a Georgia sheriff was back in custody hours after he slipped out of his leg shackles during a jail transfer, smashed a patrol car window and fled into the...
View ArticleDespite Volkswagen loss, Georgia port planning for auto boom
SAVANNAH, GA. | Losing the business of a major automaker hasn’t stopped the Georgia Ports Authority from racing ahead with a $12.7 million expansion of its lots used to store new cars and trucks being...
View ArticleHero's funeral for Georgia shooting victim who shielded co-worker
JESUP, Ga. | Those close to Shannon Johnson knew him to be fearless — whether he was moving across the country to pursue love, rescuing stray animals in the path of a wildfire, or trying to shield a...
View ArticleAllman film director jailed in Georgia seeks early release
SAVANNAH | The movie director sentenced to jail for the death of a camera assistant while shooting a film about singer Gregg Allman is asking a Georgia judge to set him free early.Former "Midnight...
View ArticleDirector of Allman film who took life of crew member seeking early release...
SAVANNAH, Ga. | The father of a film worker killed by a train during shooting of a movie about singer Gregg Allman said Tuesday that granting the film’s director early release from a two-year jail...
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