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Opioid settlement from Kroger is set to bring millions to Georgia. But like others, it'll take time

Some Georgia counties are being invited to get their share of Kroger’s $1.2 billion, multi-district settlement over the franchises participation in the opioid addiction crisis.

July 23, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
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  • Health Care

Georgia prisons will soon have a new healthcare provider after contract was brought into question

This is the second time health care provider Wellpath’s lawsuit has been dismissed. 

June 26, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned luxury resort enclave next to St. Simons Island in Glynn County.

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  • Law

Sea Island Resort in Georgia sued by former worker alleging she was fired because of her pregnancy

The plaintiff wrote that she was forced to leave her onsite housing and rendered “effectively homeless.”

June 24, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Leonard Cure

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  • Law

Georgia deputy denies allegation of excessive force in killing of exonerated Black man

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

May 29, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
In this frame from U.S. Capitol surveillance video, the man in the yellow circle is identified by the FBI as Dominic Box, entering through the Senate wing door of the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Savannah Jan. 6 defendant admits involvement in Capitol attack, ahead of scheduled June bench trial

As part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, Dominic Box will retain his right to appeal a judge's pending ruling on his case.

May 24, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge features live oak trees draped with Spanish moss, as pictured here on the north side of the peninsula, as well as saltmarsh, pine forests and shrublands.

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  • Politics

Along Georgia's coast, a call to Biden from the Gullah Geechee: Return part of our ancestral land

Expelled from their property by the military amid World War II, Black families in the Harris Neck Land Trust are asking President Biden for an executive order to “correct a moral wrong.”

May 21, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones, left, listens as former Chatham County chief assistant district attorney Jenny Parker speaks at a candidates' forum in Savannah on April 29, 2024.

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  • Politics

Key moments from the Democratic primary forum for Chatham County DA, in the candidates' own words

Incumbent Shalena Cook Jones and challenger Jenny Parker are vying to win the May 21 Democratic primary.

May 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Colonial Gas sign

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  • Environment

‘There will be consequences’: EPA set to settle with Savannah oil company amid Clean Air Act lawsuit

Colonial Oil would pay a $2.8 million fine and spend $12.2 million on renewable fuel credits, under a proposed settlement.

April 11, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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  • Law

Georgia man charged with making bombs from inside prison, mailing to federal addresses in DC, Alaska

A federal indictment against David Cassady alleges that he devised and deposited bombs in 2020 from Georgia State Prison in Tattnall County. Cassady, 55, is already serving a life sentence for a different crime.

April 09, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A group of Sikh protesters at a get out the vote rally for the Khalistan Referendum on March 16th in Sacramento, California.

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Sikhs in California vote on independence from India

Sikhs in California will vote in a referendum to push for their own independent state in India

March 30, 2024
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  • Sandhya Dirks
In this frame from U.S. Capitol surveillance video, the man in the yellow circle is identified by the FBI as Dominic Box, entering through the Senate wing door of the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Georgia Jan. 6 defendant ‘may be interested’ in taking case to trial, after rejecting 2023 plea deal

Recently upgraded federal charges against Dominic Box could be argued before a jury this summer.

March 22, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A photo of Willie Pye among death penalty opponent placards.

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  • Law

Georgia ends its pandemic moratorium on executions by killing Willie Pye

Wednesday, Willie Pye became the 77th person put to death by the state of Georgia since 1976.

March 21, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
In this frame from U.S. Capitol surveillance video, the man in the yellow circle is identified by the FBI as Dominic Box, entering through the Senate wing door of the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Prosecutors file new, tougher charges against Georgia Jan. 6 defendant who turned down plea deal

Dominic Box now faces three felony counts, on top of his previous four misdemeanor charges.

March 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
In this photo provided by the FBI, the man in the yellow circle is identified by an agent as Dominic Box on the east stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 defendant from Georgia drops court-appointed attorney more than one year into federal case

The change in counsel leads to more uncertainty in the prosecution's timeline.

February 21, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
In this photo provided by the FBI, the man in the yellow circle is identified by an agent as Dominic Box on the east stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Politics

Former Savannah man charged in Jan. 6 attack cites pending Supreme Court case in plea deal refusal

Dominic Box had earlier agreed to a tentative plea deal.

January 22, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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