Georgia environmental regulators have revoked a permit for a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Telfair County following a legal challenge opposing the project.

According to the complaint, prison staff were warned that morning about the heat and told not to leave inmates outside too long, or without water.

Corrections officials say an inmate stabbed the warden at a middle Georgia prison during a disturbance. They say officers used tear gas to regain control Wednesday.

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) plans to significantly downsize the largest women’s prison in Georgia and replace most of its capacity with a new prison.

We spoke by phone to people from McRae, Plains and Valdosta about how Hurricanes may be the new normal for South Georgia.