The Current GA

11/13/2025

The 79th annual Veterans Day parade in Savannah, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, paid tribute to the men and women who have served in the armed forces.

Photo gallery by The Current‘s Justin Taylor.

The 79th annual Veterans Day parade in Savannah featured the Benedictine Cadets, Sol. C. Johnson High School dancers and marching band, St. Vincent's Academy students, Vietnam Veterans, and JROTC cadets from Johnson and Savannah high schools.

11/11/2025

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11/10/2025

When Gov. Brian Kemp and Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced in late September that the federal government had agreed to provide more than half-a-billion dollars in aid to the state’s hurricane-wracked agriculture industry, Georgia’s farmers, ranchers, and timberland owners breathed a sigh of relief.

The federal shutdown halted Georgia’s talks with the federal government over half a billion dollars in aid for farm and timber owners who took losses from Hurricane Helene. Georgia’s agriculture commissioner hopes applications may open a few weeks after the federal government does.

11/10/2025

With a mixture of solemnity, gratitude and celebration, Coastal Georgians will mark Veterans Day with observances across the region, including pilgrimages to gravesites and parades and other ceremonies in Savannah, St. Simons, Kingsland, Hinesville, and Richmond Hill.

Coastal Georgians will mark Veterans Day with a variety of ceremonies, including pilgrimages to gravesites, parades, and other events, in honor of the nearly 700,000 veterans in the state, with a particular focus on those who have served in the First Gulf War and beyond.

11/07/2025

An Atlanta developer has proposed selling his bankrupt company that owns St. Marys’ old Gilman Paper site, but a concerned investor has raised objections to the deal.

Onic Corp. has proposed a $20 million buyout of Jacoby Development's bankrupt company that owns the St. Marys' old Gilman Paper site, but Safe & Green has objected to the terms, citing lack of feasibility and good faith.

11/07/2025

It’s official — the two top candidates in Midway’s mayoral race will move to a runoff. Either way, Midway will have a new mayor.

Voters kicked Midway’s old guard to the curb after two years of controversy over fire protection and what many citizens said was a lack of transparency from City Hall.

11/06/2025

Voters in Coastal Georgia counties demonstrated again on Tuesday their (and their elected representatives) aversion to property-tax hikes and their hearty embrace of any alternatives to them.

Voters in Coastal Georgia counties approved multiyear extensions of a one-cent sales tax to fund infrastructure projects, and also approved a one-cent sales tax to reduce local property tax bills.

11/05/2025

Cosby Johnson has comfortably won re-election in the Brunswick mayor race, competing against former commissioner Vincent Williams.

Cosby Johnson won re-election as Brunswick Mayor with over 70% of the vote, and is committed to continuing his work on economic development, infrastructure, and homeownership, as well as passing the city's homestead exemption.

11/05/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Alicia Johnson (D) and Peter Hubbard (D) win PSC Seat 2 and Seat 3 races.

11/05/2025

BREAKING: Coastal Georgia mayors election results in now —

Bloomingdale: Dennis G. Baxter (I)
Flemington: Timothy Byler
Thunderbolt: Dana Williams (I)

Results from cities, counties across Coastal Georgia.

11/04/2025

🗳️🍑 It’s Election Day in Coastal Georgia and the staff here at The Current GA wants to help keep you informed. We will have live updates from each of the races in Coastal Georgia at thecurrentga.org and on all of our social media platforms .

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11/04/2025

Flemington voters won’t have much choice in who their next council will be, but they can choose their mayor in the city’s first contested race in recent memory.

Six candidates are running for the six at-large seats. Two are newcomers to the seats.