3+ week, 5+ day ago   (682+ words) Starting next summer, Georgia’s highest court will no longer routinely hear appeals in murder cases. Under Georgia law, the state’s high court has jurisdiction over all capital cases — that is, cases where the death penalty has been imposed. But the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (155+ words) What started as another day inside Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls turned into a bloody crime scene, with a coordinated series of stabbings on Dec. 13, 2025 leaving multiple inmates critically injured and rushed to hospitals for life‑saving treatment. Investigators say…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (109+ words) A Pierce County grand jury returned an indictment Friday accusing a Blackshear man, 46-year-old Kevin Waldron, of human trafficking, statutory rape and a string of child-exploitation charges after an investigation involving state and local authorities. Prosecutors allege Waldron targeted a…...