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Work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, Jan. 27 through Friday, Feb. 2

Georgia Department of Transportation continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, Jan. 27 through Friday, Feb. 2. 
 
All work subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are cautioned to reduce their speed while traveling through work zones, pay attention and watch for workers. 
 
Traffic interruptions are listed below by interstates, categories, and counties. 

Interstate 16

I-16 at SR 307 (Exit 160)  Chatham County               
DDI construction on I-16 & SR 307    
Lane closures thru March 2024
 
I-16 Candler/Bulloch/Bryan/Effingham/Chatham Counties
Exit 104 (SR 23) to Exit 111 (Excelsior Rd.)
Nightly lane closures from 7 p.m. till 6 a.m.
Repairing concrete pavement and striping
 
I-16 West                             Bulloch County 
Shoulder Closed due to Installing Conduit on R/W Lane Shift 
Beginning @ MM 117 Westbound. Ending @ MM118  
Daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
Starting Dec. 15, 2023 to June 30, 2024 
 
I-16 East                              Bryan County 
Shoulder Closed due to Installing Conduit on R/W Lane Shift 
Beginning @ MM 142 Eastbound. Ending @ MM 143 
Daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
Starting Dec. 15, 2023 to June 30, 2024 
 
I-16 West                              Bryan County 
Shoulder Closed due to Installing Conduit on R/W Lane Shift 
Beginning @ MM 143 Westbound. Ending @ MM 144 
Daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
Starting Dec. 15, 2023 to June 30, 2024 
 
I-16 West                               Laurens County 
Shoulder Closed Lane Shifting  
Beginning @ MM 53 Westbound. Ending @ MM 55 Westbound 
Daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
Starting Dec. 18, 2023 to June 30, 2024 

Bridge and Road Closures with Detours

SR 169 at Canoochee River Bridge Evans County  
Road Closure June 12 for Bridge Replacement  
Expected to Reopen March 2024  
Detour via US 301, US 280, SR 129  
  
SR 520 at Satilla River Overflow Bridge Brantley County   
Lane Closures for Bridge Replacement   
Expected to Reopen July 2024     
Single Lane Traffic in Both Directions thru Work Zone     
On-site Detour: WB Traffic Shift to EB Bridge   
   
Harden Chapel Rd                  Toombs County  
Road Closure for Bridge Replacement  
From Oct. 4, 2023 to March 31, 2024  
Detour via SR 56, US 1  
 
Birdford Lake Rd                     Tattnall County 
Road Closure for Bridge Replacement 
From Nov. 27, 2023 to June 24, 2024 
Detour via US 301, SR 144, John M. Brewton Rd 

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Bridge Construction, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance

SR 25 at Houlihan Bridge     Chatham County    
Single Lane Closure Utilizing Traffic Signals    
Bridge Repair Timeline TBD   
Alternate Route via SR 25, SR 30, SR 21, I-95, US 17  

Resurfacing

SR 38 US 84 Offerman to Screven  Pierce/Wayne Counties 
From MP 17.74 (in Offerman) to MP 1.01 (in Wayne Co) 
Lane Closures for Asphalt Resurfacing 
Daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.  
Nov. 1, 2023 thru March 31, 2024 
 
SR 204/Abercorn St             Chatham County  
From Georgetown Exit to Stephenson Ave  
Lane Closures for Asphalt Resurfacing  
Sunday – Friday, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.  
 
SR 26/Victory Drive              Chatham County 
From Bee Rd to Ogeechee Rd (MP 19.81 to MP 17.22) 
For Installation of Wheelchair Ramp/Striping /Milling/Repaving 
Daily/Nightly Single Lane Closures  
Monday – Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  
 
SR 196/SR 119                       Liberty County  
From Gate 1 to Gate 5 (MP 4.67 to 7.15)   
Lane Closures Friday – Saturday, 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.    
    
SR 303                                    Glynn County  
From SR 520 to SR 25  
Daytime Lane Closures (Saturdays Only) 
Nov. 18, 2023 to March 31, 2024 
  
SR 30/US 280           Montgomery/Toombs Counties  
From SR 135 (Higgston) to SR 4/US 1 (Lyons)  
Nightly Lane Closures Sunday – Thursday, 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.  
Aug. 13, 2023 to March 30, 2024  
  
SR 25/US 17                          Glynn County  
From Sidney Lanier Bridge to SR 25 Spur  
Nightly Lane Closures 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.  
July 18, 2023 to March 31, 2024 
 
SR 25 Spur/F.J. Torras Causeway (SSI) Glynn County  
Nightly Lane Closures 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.  
July 16, 2023 to March 31, 2024 
 
SR 25/US 17                            McIntosh County 
From SR 251 to Newport River Bridge 
Daily Lane Closures with Flagging Operation 
Oct. 11, 2023 to March 31, 2024 
 
SR 25                                       Camden County  
From 17th St. to Satilla R. Bridge (Woodbine)  
Daily Lane Closures for Resurfacing 
Jan. 10, 2024 to May 31, 2024 

Other Traffic Interruptions

SR 110                                      Brantley County
Brantley/Camden County Line (MP 0.00) to SR 520 (MP 6.63)
Daily Lane Closures for Pipe Repairs
   
SR 169                                      Evans County  
From SR 129 to Riverside Drive  
Brewton Park Boat Ramp Access will Remain Open to Public  
 
Harville Rd at Langston Chapel Rd Bulloch County 
Harville Road (CR 585) at Langston Chapel Road (CR 248) 
Roundabout Construction 
  
SR 21/SR 30                            Chatham County  
I-95/SR 405 to Berrien Rd                                          
Nightly Lane Closures for Work on Striping  
Monday – Friday, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.   
  
SR 40                                         Camden County  
West of Grove Blvd to East of Truss Plant Road  
Widening and Reconstruction for Additional Turn Lanes   
Lane Closures Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.  
Ends June 30, 2024 
 
SR 25/Burnsed Blvd.                Chatham County  
US 80/Burnsed Blvd. and SR 25/Brampton Rd.  
Road Widening & Paving Operations  
Lane Closures Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.  

  • Burnsed Boulevard reduced to two lanes from Hwy 80 through the intersection of SR 25. Traffic will move to the southbound lanes, which will become one lane in each direction.  
  • SR 25 North from Bay Street closed to through traffic. Only trucks needing access to Foundation Drive.  

   
SR 25                                          Glynn County  
Yacht Road to Harry Driggers Blvd   
Daily Lane Closures with Flagging Operation  
Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.   
Expected Completion Second Quarter 2024  
 
US 17/SR 25 AT SR 99              Glynn County 
Roundabout Construction on US 17/SR 25 at SR 99 
Daily Lane Closures with Flagging Operation  
Nov. 1, 2023 – Nov. 30, 2024 
 
SR 303                                         Glynn County 
Quick Response Project Turn Lane Extension  
Daily Lane Closures 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.    
Nov. 6, 2023 to March 31, 2024 
   
US 84/SR 38                                 Wayne County 
Jesup Intersection Improvements at Orange, Cherry,  
and Pine Street Intersections 
Daily Lane Closures Nov. 16, 2023 to May 31, 2024 
  
Advisory: Motorists are advised to expect delays, exercise caution, and reduce their speed while traveling through work zones. Before heading out, get real-time information on work status and traffic conditions. Call 511, visit 511ga.org, or download the Georgia 511 app.  

Georgia Department of Transportation plans, constructs and maintains Georgia’s state and federal highways. We’re involved in bridge, waterway, public transit, rail, general aviation, bike and pedestrian programs. And we help local governments maintain their roads. Georgia DOT and its nearly 4,000 employees are committed to delivering a transportation system focused on innovation, safety, sustainability and mobility. The Department’s vision is to boost Georgia’s competitiveness through leadership in transportation. 

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Neo-Nazi sentenced for hate crime, antisemitic mail to rabbi, lawmaker

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North Carolina man convicted of sending threatening communications to a Macon rabbi, Georgia state Rep. Esther Panitch.

Georgia state Rep. Esther Panitch (left) and Macon Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar speak outside a federal courtroom Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, after a man was sentenced to five years for mailing them threatening communications in the form of antisemitic postcards. (Joe Kovac Jr./AJC)

Editor’s note: This story contains disturbing language.

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MACON — The rabbi knitted. While a sentencing hearing for the man convicted of mailing her threatening communications in the form of an antisemitic postcard two years ago played out in a federal courtroom Wednesday, Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar sat with sage-green yarn in her lap.

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Hundreds of people gather at Temple Beth Israel for a counter-protest in June 2023 after an antisemitic hate group gathered outside. Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar leads the temple in downtown Macon. (Courtesy of Jason Vorhees)

Hundreds of people gather at Temple Beth Israel for a counter-protest in June 2023 after an antisemitic hate group gathered outside. Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar leads the temple in downtown Macon. (Courtesy of Jason Vorhees)

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Joe Kovac Jr. is Macon bureau chief covering Middle Georgia for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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NC neo-Nazi gets max sentence for antisemitic threats against Georgia official, rabbi

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A North Carolina man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison, the statutory maximum, for mailing antisemitic threats to a Georgia state representative and a Macon rabbi following the passage of the state’s first bill defining antisemitism.

Max sentence in hate crime

What we know:

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Ariel E. Collazo Ramos, 32, of High Point, North Carolina, was sentenced Feb. 4 by U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell to serve 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Ramos was found guilty of mailing threatening communications with a hate crime enhancement during a trial in November 2025. There is no parole in the federal system.

State Rep. Esther Panitch expresses gratitude to her colleagues after the passage of the antisemitism bill on Jan. 25, 2024. (FOX 5)

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The threats targeted state Rep. Esther Panitch, the only Jewish member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar of Temple Beth Israel in Macon. Both women had publicly supported Georgia House Bill 30, which was signed into law on Jan. 31, 2024.

The postcards featured a hand-drawn image of a Jewish man in a rat costume with the words “JEWS ARE RATS.” On the back, Ramos wrote: “Is there a child rape, torture, and murder tunnel under your house? We have the Zyklon B. Use Code ‘GASTHEJEWS’ for 10% off!”

The reference to Zyklon B, the lethal gas used by Nazis during the Holocaust, carried a personal weight for the victims. Both Bahar and Panitch testified at trial that they have family members who were murdered by Nazis using that specific gas.

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Georgia’s antisemitism bill

Timeline:

According to court records, the harassment coincided exactly with the landmark legislation:

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  • Jan. 31, 2024: Rep. Panitch received an antisemitic postcard at her home the morning the bill was signed.
  • Feb. 1, 2024: Rabbi Bahar received an identical postcard at her home.

Neo-Nazi activity

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Evidence presented at trial showed that Ramos operated a home business selling candles and postcards featuring white nationalist and antisemitic themes.

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The threats followed a 2023 incident where a neo-Nazi group gathered outside Temple Beth Israel while congregants observed the Sabbath. In early 2024, Rabbi Bahar testified before the Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee in support of HB 30, which Panitch had co-sponsored.

Feds pledge to prosecute ‘any hate crime’

What they’re saying:

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“Today’s sentencing of neo-Nazi Ariel Ramos reinforces the FBI’s unwavering commitment to protecting civil rights and sends a clear message that threats based on faith or identity will not be tolerated,” said Robert Gibbs, FBI Atlanta Supervisory Senior Resident Agent.

“Let me be clear: individuals like this defendant will face federal prosecution for criminal acts driven by hatred,” said U.S. Attorney William R. “Will” Keyes. “This case underscores that crimes rooted in antisemitism and any hate crime against race, religion, or protected groups, will be prioritized.”

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The Source: The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Georgia provided the details for this article.

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University of Georgia investing $800,000 in program providing students with AI tools

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The University of Georgia is investing $800,000 into a pilot program giving its students access to artificial intelligence tools in the hopes it will keep them competitive in the job market.

UGA President Jere W. Morehead announced the pilot program during his annual State of the University Address on Wednesday.

The program would give thousands of students licenses for AI tools, including ChatGPT Edu and Gemini Pro.

“Faculty and staff already have access to these platforms through their departments, and we look forward to broadening this student pilot in the months ahead,” Morehead said. 

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The debate over AI use in universities

Many schools initially banned the use of AI after ChatGPT launched in late 2022. But views on the role of artificial intelligence in education have shifted dramatically. The term “AI literacy” was highly discussed as people headed to college last year, with university officials, professors, and students focusing on how to balance the strengths of AI with its risks and challenges.

Learning to use the tools could help graduates secure a foothold in a workforce where the use of AI is causing companies to streamline their operations, reducing plans to hire new employees. According to a report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, companies directly pointed to the use of the technology in announcing 55,000 job cuts in 2025. Companies that have announced AI-related cuts include Pinterest, chemical and plastics manufacturer Dow, HP, and CrowdStrike.

A historic marker on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia.

Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia school campus, North Campus Quad, historic marker. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Some educators worry the overuse and misuse of AI programs could decrease students’ ability to think critically and independently or to have persistence when attempting to solve complex problems.

University of Georgia officials emphasized that the pilot program would ensure that graduates are skilled in using AI tools “responsibly and effectively.”

A new school at the University of Georgia

Along with the AI program, Morehead announced that the university’s School of Medicine expects to learn if it will receive preliminary accreditation status by the national accreditation body in the coming weeks. If that happens, the school will be allowed to start recruiting its inaugural class.

This follows the authorization UGA received last year from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to establish its School of Nursing.

“Together, the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing will expand the university’s transformational impact and place UGA and our graduates at the forefront of improving health care outcomes for people and communities in every corner of our state,” Morehead said. 

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Construction is continuing on UGA’s $100 million medical education and research building, which is expected to be finished in December.

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