Three first-time or non-incumbent candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.

Leonard Cure was shot and killed during an October 2023 traffic stop along Interstate 95 in Camden County.

As part of the The Current‘s ongoing election coverage and candidate interviews, reporter Jake Shore and photojournalist Justin Taylor paid a visit to Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor at the Woodbine office and detention center for an interview. While he won’t be on the main ballot on May 21, his challengers have put his spending and jail record foremost in their messages.

The family of a slain Black man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia deputy who shot him during a traffic stop that spiraled into violence.

Facing a primary challenge, state Sen. Ben Watson jumps on a library-critical effort.

Attorneys for the family of a Black man fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop are demanding $16 million in restitution from the sheriff's office. The attorneys say Tuesday they have sent Camden County notice that they intend to file suit.

Expert witnesses on behalf of police and prosecutors in court cases have come under scrutiny in recent years.

A Georgia sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a driver in a roadside struggle has been a part of other traffic stops that spiraled into violence. 

A Black man who spent more than 16 years in prison in Florida on a wrongful conviction has been fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop. Leonard Cure was shot and killed by a Camden County deputy during a traffic stop Monday.

Millions spent were spent. Who benefited from the doomed Spaceport Camden?

Committee assigned to look at crowding, locations for next election.

A civil rights attorney and a local NAACP president are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate what they're calling the systemic abuse of detainees at a county jail in Georgia.

With limited time and a deluge of documents, the last grand jury made little headway, but it instructed its successors to continue the probe.

County officials continue to keep secret many documents and correspondence related to the $12 million Spaceport Camden project.

Prosecutors have dropped charges of assault, obstruction and other counts against a Georgia jail detainee after security camera video showed him being beaten by deputies. The decision to dismiss the charges against Jarrett Hobbs came several months after three Camden County sheriff's deputies were arrested on battery charges in the Sept. 3 jail beating.