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April 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

3 Hurt in Floor Collapse in Savannah's 1899 U.S. Courthouse

All three workers were taken to a hospital, none of them with life-threatening injuries, after part of the courthouse's third floor gave way and the workers tumbled down to the floor below, said Savannah Fire Battalion Chief Wayne Ifill.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

2 minute read

March 10, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Ahmaud Arbery's Killers Deny Racist Motives in Appeals

"Every crime committed against an African American by a man who has used racist language in the past is not a hate crime," defense attorney Pete Theodocion said in an appellate brief written on behalf of defendant William "Roddie" Bryan.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

February 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Charges Dropped Against Detainee Beaten Inside Georgia Jail

The decision to dismiss charges against 41-year-old Jarrett Hobbs came several months after an investigation following the video's release in November led to the arrest of three Camden County deputies on battery charges in the jail beating.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Vote to Block Georgia Spaceport Upheld by State's High Court

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejected a legal challenge by Camden County commissioners who sought to have last March's referendum in which residents voted to block the county rocket launchpad project declared invalid. The officials argued Georgia's state constitution doesn't allow citizens to veto decisions of county governments.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

December 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Suit: U.S. Ship Canal Dredging in Summer Threatens Sea Turtles

For two years, environmentalists have battled an effort by the Army Corps of Engineers to end a policy that for three decades limited to winter months the dredging of accumulated sand and mud from harbors in Georgia and the Carolinas.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

November 30, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judge to Arraign Ex-DA Charged in Arbery Killing's Aftermath

Superior Court Judge John R. Turner on Tuesday scheduled a Dec. 29 arraignment for former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, who will have a chance to enter a plea after the charges are formally presented in court.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

November 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

U.S. Agency Sued Over Hands-Off Decision on Okefenokee Mine

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court accuses the Army Corps of Engineers of contradicting its own policies and violating federal law when the agency agreed in August to relinquish regulatory jurisdiction over the proposed mine near the Georgia-Florida line.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

February 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Testimony Begins in Arbery Death Hate Crimes Trial

"I felt guilty that it happened outside my house," said Dan Allcott, who was home with his wife and their baby when Arbery fell dead a few feet from Allcott's driveway on Feb. 23, 2020.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Man Who Killed Ahmaud Arbery

A federal judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery's…

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

January 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judge Weighs Pausing Georgia Spaceport Land Deal for Voters

"It could kill this deal," the county's attorney told the judge. "We will have a $10.3 million bill that we have paid over the past nine years that we will never recoup. And we will have ended the spaceport project here in this courtroom."

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

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