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Fund to help GA property owners impacted by Hyundai wells reaches $1 million
A fund to help property owners whose private wells are impacted by the extraction of underground water to serve Hyundai Motor Company’s electric vehicle and battery manufacturing site near Savannah has grown to $1 million, officials said Tuesday. Hyundai, lured to the state in part by more than $2 billion in incentives,...
Georgia lawmaker accused of DUI after crash with bicyclist
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state lawmaker accused of driving under the influence after state troopers say he collided with a bicyclist in the bike lane of an Atlanta street says he was not drunk. Rep. Devan Seabaugh faces seven charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence of drugs and […]
US Department of Energy Backs Qcells’ $2.8 Billion Solar Manufacturing Expansion in Georgia
The U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1 billion to support Qcells' solar supply chain manufacturing facility in Cartersville, Georgia. This commitment is part of Qcells' broader plan to invest $2.8 billion in domestic solar manufacturing.
DEA: 2,000 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at farmers market in Georgia
Authorities in Georgia say they found more than 2,000 pounds of meth hidden in a load of celery at a state farmer's market. Officials said the drugs were smuggled into the state by a Mexican drug cartel. They say it's the largest-ever meth seizure made by the Drug Enforcement Agency...
Bankrupt Badcock Home Furniture closing all Georgia stores
A Florida-based furniture chain that has been a fixture in Georgia and other southeastern states for more than a century is going out of business. Badcock Home Furniture & More, with more than two dozen locations in Georgia, announced on Facebook Aug. 6 that it’s closing all of its more than 370 stores in eight […] The post Bankrupt Badcock Home Furniture closing all Georgia stores appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Inmate Found Dead at Washington State Prison
An inmate at the Washington State Prison in Davisboro was found dead last week, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The deceased individual was located by correctional staff last Friday on August 9. The Washington County Coroner’s Office was called to transport the body to a Georgia Bureau of...
Georgia rapper asks appeals court to award legal fees in airport cash seizure suit
ATLANTA (CN) — An aspiring Georgia rapper who successfully fought off the federal government’s attempt to keep thousands of dollars in cash seized from his luggage at the Atlanta airport asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to give him another shot at forcing the government to pay his legal fees.
Drug dealer sentenced to over 28 years in prison after joking about overdose death
An Atlanta resident who was supplying large amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to distributors in middle Georgia was sentenced to more than 28 years in prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in a case in which investigators discovered evidence of an individual who overdosed and died from drugs supplied by the defendant.
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