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News Articles: Gainesville

Heather Williams, center, at the Georgia State Capitol, with Rep. Lupton and other staff from assault centers in February 2024.

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  • Health

Georgia funds longtime effort to expand forensic exams for survivors of assault and violence

Seven centers in Gainesville, Vidalia, Marietta and other locations will receive funding through next year to help pay for exams in cases of non-fatal strangulation.  

May 05, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
The container ship Marius sails toward the Talmadge Memorial Bridge en route to the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal on Feb. 20, 2023.

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  • Business

Georgia ports head touts East Coast-leading growth, avoids tariff talk in annual 'State of the Port'

The Port of Savannah led year-over-year growth among all East and Gulf Coast ports in 2024.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Ribbon cutting ceremony outside the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville Green Tower

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  • Health Care

This Level 1 Trauma Center in northern Georgia has a new helipad atop an 11-story tower

A new helipad on the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville Green Tower's roof means faster and more efficient access to support life-saving trauma, heart and surgical care.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Crowds gathered along a main thoroughfare in Gainesville, G.a on January 29, 2025 to protest ICE and President Trump's expedited removal policy. The protest followed a weekend of sweeps by ICE and the Department of Homeland Security across Georgia.

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  • Politics

'There is a lot of fear': Latinos gather in North Georgia to protest against mass deportations

This week, some of the first people in Georgia without legal citizenship were reported to be detained by federal agents under Trump’s expedited removal policy, prompting hundreds from the Latino community in Hall County to gather to support each other and speak out against recent federal immigration policy changes.

January 31, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Macon's Christmas Light Extravaganza and Macon Pops Christmas Spectacular opens Nov. 29, 2024 and the light show with music runs through Jan. 5, 2025.

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  • News

Longing for the Christmases of childhood? These Georgia holiday events offer comfort and joy

Across the state as communities prepare for tree lighting ceremonies, concerts, art exhibitions, stage shows and more, a theme is emerging: nostalgia.

November 27, 2024
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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  • News

Father of teen accused in Georgia school shooting pleads not guilty to charges against him

The father of a 14-year-old boy accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

November 21, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Maria Gomez-Perez

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  • News

A missing 12-year-old Georgia girl is found in Ohio after her community galvanized to locate her

12-year-old girl whose disappearance galvanized a Georgia community has been found in Ohio. Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch says Maria Gomez-Perez was found Thursday in Dover, Ohio. She was in the company of a Guatemalan man who is now jailed on a rape charge.

July 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, a vessel is loaded with containers by a ship to shore crane at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, on Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga.

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  • News

Port of Savannah reports 22% growth in containers

A strengthening retail market and new customers are combining to drive growth at the Port of Savannah. The port handled 490,330 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) last month, up 22% compared to May of last year, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Thursday.

June 14, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Kalia Sprouse and Marcus York

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  • Health Care

'It can all start there': This is why Georgia is investing in behavioral health crisis centers

When a person with substance use disorder needs immediate care due to withdrawal symptoms or mental health struggles, a behavioral health unit can help. 

January 23, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The Georgia Ports Authority’s first inland rail terminal in Murray County opened in 2018.

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  • News

Georgia Ports Authority approves Gainesville inland rail terminal

The Georgia Ports Authority is spending $127 million to build a second inland rail terminal in Gainesville.

December 07, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Georgia in Play thumbnail for November 10th

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Georgia in Play: Atlanta restaurants vs. TikTok; Niesha Butler at the Hawks' nest; Georgia's cooper

This week on Georgia in Play, host Leah Fleming dives into TikTok drama after food critic Keith Lee visited Atlanta. Later, Niesha Butler 's STEAM Champs put "arts" in youth STEM education. Plus, Circus Lena is setting up shop in Pooler, The Monkees visit Athens, and a Gainesville cooper might be responsible for your favorite drinks.

November 10, 2023
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Chase McGee
Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams faces off with Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in a televised debate, Oct. 30, 2022, in Atlanta. A lawsuit that plaintiffs say could deter mass voter challenges around the country ahead of the 2024 election is headed to trial in Georgia on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. A group associated with Abrams accuses Texas-based True the Vote of trying to intimidate voters ahead of a 2021 Senate runoff election in Georgia.

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In political battleground of Georgia, a trial is set to determine legitimacy of voting challenge

A lawsuit that plaintiffs say could deter mass voter challenges around the country ahead of the 2024 election is headed to trial in Georgia. A group associated with Democrat Stacey Abrams accuses Texas-based True the Vote of trying to intimidate voters ahead of a 2021 Senate runoff election in Georgia.

October 26, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Radko Jonas jumps into the water to retrieve a life vest that blew away as rain clouds approach at Lake Lanier on July 19, 2016, in Gainesville, Ga. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday, March 10, 2023, it is pausing a plan to rename the lake and the associated Buford Dam, both named after former Confederate soldiers, after local residents objected.

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  • News

Federal officials pause plan to rename Georgia's Lake Lanier

Federal officials are pausing a proposal to rename Georgia's Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, both names that come from onetime Confederate soldiers. The pause comes in response to objections by some local residents and officials.

March 13, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Dr. Daniel Cobb and Chris Griffin, his patient, speak at the counter in the lobby of the Neuro Center in Gainesville, Georgia.

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  • Health

I can name my demon, says patient whose neurologist confirmed Parkinson's with new biopsy test

Georgia patient Chris Griffin says the Syn-One test biopsy results brought him peace of mind, and helped him make lifestyle changes and treat his Parkinson’s disease early. 

February 09, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Homeless encampment

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  • Politics

Efforts to criminalize homelessness persist after state effort dies at end of 2022 Legislature

Through the end of 2022, a special state legislative committee is tasked with studying solutions for dealing with homeless encampments after the sponsor of controversial legislation scrapped a measure that initially called for state misdemeanor offenses for camping on public property and denying cities state grants for not enforcing the law.

April 19, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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