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News Articles: Brunswick

Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael, Willam "Roddie" Bryan

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  • Law

Arbery’s three killers officially start life sentences in state prison

After more than 800 days in Glynn County jail, time during which Georgians protested racial inequality and juries found three men guilty of murder and hate crimes, Ahmaud Arbery’s killers have finally entered state custody to serve their life sentences.

August 24, 2022
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By:
  • Jake Shore
Travis McMichael

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Inflation Reduction Act; McMichaels sentencing; ACLU abortion law challenge

Today on Political Rewind: The three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery will face a judge again today. Plus, Sen. Raphael Warnock's push to cap insulin at $35 monthly for everyone is blocked by Republicans. Also, the ACLU's challenge to Georgia's six-week abortion ban heads to court today.

August 08, 2022
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By:
  • Donna Lowry and
  • Natalie Mendenhall
Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan are set to stand trial on federal hate crime charges in February after being convicted the day before Thanksgiving in the Glynn County courthouse for the shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.

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  • Law

Ahmaud Arbery's murderers to be sentenced Monday for federal hate crimes

Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan are already serving life sentences for their state murder convictions as they await federal sentencing.

August 05, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Two adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island.

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  • News

Brunswick dredging delayed over sea turtle concerns

Environmental groups are applauding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to delay work in the Brunswick harbor that would kill sea turtles.

July 15, 2022
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Election signs

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  • Elections

GPB investigation finds improper FEC filing by Joyce Griggs, ahead of Democratic runoff for GA-1

Records show that Griggs filed her statement of candidacy two weeks after the May primary election, and months after being sent a letter from the FEC.

June 17, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
File photo of several dozen pills containing fentanyl. They are circular and blue, with one side showing a capital letter M and the other side showing the number 30.

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  • Law

Charges filed in alleged international fentanyl drug ring that killed two Navy officers in Georgia

Put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal case against two foreign nationals is proceeding after charges were first filed in 2019.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Brunswick Confederate monument loaded on truck

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  • Race

After two years of jockeying Brunswick's Confederate monument finally comes down

For almost two years, as Brunswick and Glynn County came to grips with the racially motivated murder of Ahmaud Arbery, community organizations have been lobbying for removal of the stark reminder of Coastal Georgia’s legacy of white supremacy and slavery. 

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Margaret Coker
A nest of baby sea turtles walks toward the ocean.

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  • Animals

Sea turtles busy nesting on beaches in Georgia, S. Carolina

Rare loggerhead sea turtles are busy digging nests and laying eggs on beaches in Georgia and South Carolina. Wildlife officials in both states report finding dozens of nests since May 1, considered the unofficial start of the sea turtle nesting season.

May 16, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Flooded roadway

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  • News

Brunswick looks at tide control devices to mitigate rising seas

The city of Brunswick is installing tide control devices to prevent flooding during heavy rains.

May 11, 2022
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  • Orlando Montoya
A mural of Ahmaud Arbery.

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  • News

After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter's dad

Georgia prosecutors say the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was followed by 16 phone calls between the local district attorney and a former employee later convicted of murder in the shooting. Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson was indicted last year on misconduct charges for her handling of Arbery's death.

May 05, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Proposed Spaceport Camden

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  • Environment

Camden County courts private investors for spaceport

Camden County is forging ahead on plans for its spaceport despite last month’s referendum vote that overwhelmingly rejected the county’s purchase of the property for the dreamed-of facility.

April 13, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Landers
An empty courtroom in the Augusta federal courthouse

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  • Law

Ossoff introduces bill that could create federal public defender's office in southern Georgia

The Southern District of Georgia is one of just three federal court districts in the U.S. without a public defender. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seeking to change that.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Travis McMichael listens to his attorney Robert Rubin before the start of his trial in the Glynn County Courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Law

McMichaels appeal federal convictions, saying Arbery killing didn't happen on a public street

Travis and Greg McMichael argue that they didn't violate Arbery's civil rights to use a public facility because the streets of Satilla Shores were not “provided or administered” by Glynn County.

March 09, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Brunswick resident Dana Roberts Beckham poses next to a mural of Ahmaud Arbery on the side of a building in Brunswick. In the mural, Arbery is wearing a black tuxedo and a white collared shirt.

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  • Race

'You can't just throw your hate at me': Brunswick residents reflect on Ahmaud Arbery's legacy

Hear Brunswick residents share what the historic hate crimes verdict means to them moving forward.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Attorney Benjamin Crump holds up the arms of Ahmaud Arbery's parents, Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 outside the federal courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Verdict in Brunswick; 1912 Racial cleansing in Forsyth Co.; Walker on state of GOP

Wednesday on Political Rewind: A verdict in the hate crimes trial of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. GPB News' Benjamin Payne joins the panel for the first time. Plus, Herschel Walker said the tenor of the Republican gubernatorial primary is bad for the GOP.

February 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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