Lowcountry Municipal Judge Arrested, Suspended From Bench After Child Neglect Charge
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorGeorgetown, SC – A Lowcountry municipal judge was arrested Thursday and suspended from the bench the same day, according to South Carolina Public Radio and jail records cited in its report. Richard Dana Todd Jr., 46, was booked at the Georgetown County Detention Center on a child neglect charge, according […]
Georgia Data Center’s ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant Plan Runs Into Permit and Utility Questions
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorCovington, GA – A Georgia data center project is drawing scrutiny after environmental groups and state regulators said construction appeared to begin on power-generating equipment before required air permits were in place. The project, tied to Serverfarm’s data center in Covington and a proposed natural gas power plant from Houston-based […]
Colin Gray Sentenced to 15 Years as Georgia Tests Parent Liability After Apalachee Shooting
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorWinder, GA – According to the Associated Press, Colin Gray, the father of the teenager who carried out the 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a Georgia jury found him criminally responsible for helping create the conditions that allowed the attack […]
Georgia Tech Drops Supplemental Essay as Colleges Rethink How Hard It Should Be to Apply
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorAtlanta, GA – Georgia Tech is removing one piece of its first-year undergraduate application, a change school officials say is meant to make applying less complicated without making admission less selective. Beginning with the 2026–27 application cycle, first-year applicants will no longer be required to answer Georgia Tech’s school-specific short-answer […]
OpenAI’s Georgia Data Center Made the Noise — But Two More Mega-Projects Were Moving Too
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorAtlanta, GA – OpenAI’s planned $20 billion data center near Savannah was the project that grabbed the headlines. That was expected. A project that large, tied to one of the most recognizable artificial intelligence companies in the world, was always going to dominate the public conversation. But the more important […]
South Carolina Gas Prices Jump Again as Global Oil Pressure Reaches Local Pumps
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorColumbia, SC – Gas prices are one of the easiest household costs to notice. They are also one of the easiest costs to explain too neatly. South Carolina drivers saw another increase at the pump Monday, with the statewide average rising to about $3.74 per gallon, according to GasBuddy data […]
Georgia’s I-75 Truck-Only Lane Project Moves From Concept to Timeline
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorAtlanta, GA – Georgia is preparing to build something most states have discussed more than they have delivered: a dedicated road for commercial trucks on one of the Southeast’s busiest freight corridors. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the I-75 Commercial Vehicle Lanes project would add two barrier-separated lanes […]
South Carolina Reports 30 Cyclosporiasis Cases, but Officials Say They Are Not Linked to National Lettuce Outbreak
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorColumbia, SC – South Carolina has reported 30 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis this year, but state health officials say those cases have not been linked to the larger national outbreak connected to recalled iceberg lettuce. That distinction matters. A rising national case count can make every state number look like […]
Mother Charged After 4-Year-Old Girl Shot in Monroe; Child Remains in ICU
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorMonroe, GA – According to Monroe police, a 4-year-old girl remains in serious condition after being found with multiple gunshot wounds late Wednesday night inside a home on Ridge Road. Police said the child’s mother, 31-year-old Ashley Brown of Monroe, has been taken into custody and charged with multiple felony […]
Georgia’s $1 Billion Route 316 Overhaul Aims to Turn a Commuter Highway Into an Economic Corridor
Aiman Tariq – Regional News EditorAtlanta, GA – Georgia is putting roughly $1 billion behind a long-running effort to remake State Route 316, the highway that links metro Atlanta to Athens, into something closer to a true expressway. The idea is simple enough: remove signalized intersections, build interchanges, improve traffic flow and reduce the risk […]