Katheryn Tucker

February 15, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Trump announced Thursday he intends to nominate two longtime law enforcement officers to the jobs: John Cary Bittick of Forsyth as U.S. marshal for the Middle District of Georgia and David Lyons of Savannah as U.S. marshal for the Southern District of Georgia.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

February 15, 2018 | Daily Report Online

“Arbitration, after all, 'is simply a matter of contract' such that parties cannot be required to arbitrate a matter unless they have agreed to arbitration,” said Judge Michael Melloy of the Eighth Circuit.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

February 14, 2018 | Daily Report Online

“Georgia's unprecedented success in criminal justice reform serves as the standard for other states to emulate,” Gov. Nathan Deal said. “As a result of our efforts, fewer Georgians were committed to prison last year than any time in the past 15 years."

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

February 14, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Doing the math on campaign finance reports makes the numbers look different than the way they first appear.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

February 13, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The Southern Environmental Law Center filed a petition for appeal in Fulton County Superior Court on behalf of the Partnership for Southern Equity and Georgia Interfaith Power and Light.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

February 08, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Nonpartisan judicial elections will be held May 22 with the general primary. Court of Appeals Judge John Ellington was the only candidate reporting for the seat he is seeking on the Georgia Supreme Court as the grace period closed Wednesday for 2017 reports.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

February 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online

A 65-page lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges one of the largest pain pill manufacturers in the country intentionally marketed drugs that created the opioid epidemic.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

February 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online

In March 2014, a 78-year-old man traveling through Georgia on his way to Florida exited I-75 to take a break in Marietta but couldn't take his foot off the gas, according to the lawyers. As a result, a 25-year-old woman died. Friends said she made the world a better place.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

February 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online

After hours of drama and debate, the council voted 13-0 to stop requiring money bail for minor crimes such as loitering, trespassing and driving without a license.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

February 01, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The settlement resolves five wrongful death and 12 personal injury cases resulting from the crash of a church bus that was headed home to Statesville, North Carolina, in October 2013.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read