McIntosh County voters will decide the size limitations for homes on Sapelo Island in a Jan. 20 special election. Gullah Geechee residents mounted the referendum in 2024.

Georgia’s highest court handed the residents of Sapelo Island a legal victory, allowing a referendum to limit zoning changes on the island to head to a vote. According to a judge’s order from the ...

Reginald Hall traveled nearly six hours from the quiet of his home in Sapelo Island to Atlanta to hear a landmark case that could shape the future of his historic community in Georgia. Last year, ...

A ferry dock gangway on Georgia's Sapelo Island collapsed Saturday afternoon. Officials confirm at least seven people were killed. Crowds gathered on the island for a celebration of its tiny ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — A judge has blocked a Georgia county from approving larger homes in a tiny island community of Black slave descendants until the state's highest court decides whether residents ...

In all my travels around the world and across the nation, one place has drawn me back time after time: Sapelo Island on Georgia’s coast. Lying at the center of the state’s curved coastline known as ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven on Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — The Georgia Senate Urban Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Thursday afternoon on the Sapelo Island gangway collapse that left seven people dead earlier this month. A press ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia's Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the ...

MCINTOSH COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) — Seven people are dead and multiple others injured after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island on Saturday. The gangway at the Marsh Landing Dock ...

It’s been one year since seven people lost their lives after the gangway collapse on Sapelo Island. The tragedy left a heartbroken community that’s still grieving those losses and reliving that moment ...

SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — At least seven people were killed and six people were critically injured Saturday after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Sapelo Island in Georgia. Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard ...