The Moultrie Observer

3 days ago | moultrieobserver.com | Kevin Hall

Published 3:49 pm Monday, April 21, 2025 ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed two tort reform bills Monday that supporters say should reverse a pattern of excessive jury awards they hold responsible for rising liability insurance premiums that are hurting Georgia businesses’ bottom lines. Overhauling the civil litigation process in Georgia was the Republican governor’s top priority for the recently concluded 2025 General Assembly session.

4 days ago | moultrieobserver.com | Kevin Hall

Published 12:51 pm Monday, April 21, 2025 ATLANTA – A federal judge is giving the U.S. government a Tuesday evening deadline to reinstate the immigration status of 133 current and former college students who would have had to cease attending classes and holding jobs after they lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program status for no apparent reason.

4 days ago | moultrieobserver.com | Kevin Hall

Published 11:12 am Monday, April 21, 2025 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Amid the abandoned chemistry notes and other debris left behind after a deadly shooting at Florida State University are lingering questions about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff’s deputy tasked with school safety at a middle school became the accused gunman.

4 days ago | moultrieobserver.com | Kevin Hall

Published 9:41 am Monday, April 21, 2025 VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.

6 days ago | moultrieobserver.com | Adelia Ladson

Published 5:00 pm Friday, April 18, 2025 MOULTRIE — After purchasing radios from Southern Linc to test-drive them, with the county commission’s approval, it looks like Sheriff Rod Howell will finally get the radio communication system he says he needs. Howell appealed to the commissioners in March of 2024 to update the radio system the sheriff’s office had been using. He spoke to the danger his deputies faced if they were not able to call for back-up when they needed it.