As state officials investigate what caused the Sapelo Island dock collapse, there are questions surrounding the gangway’s construction and how many people it should have supported. Seven people died ...

SAPELO ISLAND ― What constitutes a town square in Hog Hammock, the unofficial capital of this sparsely populated coastal Georgia island, can be a desolate place. No shoppers visited the Sapelo Go ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s been one year since seven people lost their lives after the gangway collapse on Sapelo Island. This time last year, WTOC received a number of phone calls and messages ...

DARIEN, Ga. (WTOC) - A McIntosh County judge will decide whether or not a lawsuit about a zoning ordinance on Sapelo Island will move forward. The zoning ordinance would allow homes on Sapelo Island ...

GEORGIA – Community members, victims’ families and survivors gathered Saturday morning to mark one year since the deadly gangway collapse on Sapelo Island. The Sapelo Island Cultural and ...

McIntosh County, Ga. — Six law firms, including Morgan & Morgan and the firm of prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, are suing five companies involved with the engineering and construction of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Members of the community are invited to share their input as Jacksonville plans to install a monument honoring the victims of the Sapelo Island gangway collapse, known as the ...

HOGG HUMMOCK — With the sun peeking over Sapelo Island‘s ancient live oaks, Maurice Bailey stepped through the morning dew on a brisk Saturday. Stitched on the front of his hat were the words, “I am ...

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