Sunday Solutions — Dec. 28, 2025
Good morning! Now that you’ve stacked your empty boxes and recycled the ribbons, we’ve got gifts from the last year. The Current‘s staff pitched in this week to give you their favorite story or stories to note from 2025. It’s a chance to look back at the work, and to let you know we appreciate your support to do it.
Also, we’ve added some new stories over the past few days, including one that signals a plan in the works to buy and build a memorial on the old Ten Broeck Race Track property, commonly known as The Weeping Time location. Ellen Hunter’s story explains how the move could help unite the rich Coastal Georgia history of the Gullah Geechee descendants of enslaved workers.
Staff picks from the year
The Current GA‘s top stories for 2025 include a two-day effort to free a right whale of fishing gear off the Georgia coast, a Hyundai ICE raid leaving ripple effects across Coastal Georgia communities, and a photo essay on oyster farming off Tybee that shows how Georgia’s coast is changing in real time.
Other notable stories include a family’s 14-year ordeal of involuntary committal with no trial, a veteran’s journey to recover black wealth in Coastal Georgia, and a legislative reporter’s coverage of Georgia’s official commendation of clowns and other honors.
These stories resonate with us for a variety of reasons — some you may not expect. You can read the reasons and send us your thoughts on your top or bottom picks, too.
And your top stories were…..
Based on our data, The Current‘s most read stories this year are:
- Glynn County pays $5 million for marina repairs amid criticism it operates as a ‘good ole boys’ club
- Cumberland Inlet site in St. Marys to be sold at courthouse as Jacoby’s plan falters
- ICE raid leaves ripple effects across Coastal Georgia communities
- Brunswick human exposure study leaves more questions than answers for participants
- In two-day effort at sea, team partially frees whale of fishing gear off Georgia coast
- International Paper ignored local incentives to stay in Georgia
🎉 We’d normally congratulate a winner this week, but no one guessed correctly that it was the Nativity scene atop SpeiseKammer German grocery in downtown Hinesville. Let’s see how you do this week.
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Weeping Time land: Group works to buy, build memorial
By Ellen Hunter/The Current
Local leaders, descendants, and a black historian are attempting to raise money to buy the Weeping Time sale land to build a memorial there.
Standout stories: The Current’s picks for 2025
By The Current
The Current GA’s top stories for 2025 include a whale disentanglement, a Hyundai ICE raid, a human exposure study, and an oyster farming photo-essay, all of which demonstrate the importance of local journalism in providing in-depth coverage of environmental issues, law enforcement, and economic opportunities.
With food programs stretched thin, Georgia hunters take aim at rural hunger
By Emily Jones/WABE, Grist
Georgia hunters are donating their extra deer meat to local charities through the Hunters for the Hungry program, which has set a goal of collecting 140,000 pounds of donations this year to help feed the nearly 15% of families in Georgia who are food insecure.
Georgia health officials map $1.4 billion plan for new federal rural health funds
By Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder
Georgia health officials have proposed a $1.4 billion plan to improve rural health outcomes over the next five years, using funds from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program.
Georgia GOP official, elections activist named to State Election Board
By Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones appointed Salleigh Grubbs, a top Georgia GOP official and elections activist, to the State Election Board, replacing former state Sen. Rick Jeffares.
Rising costs for insurance, with reports of refusals to pay claims, could spur legislation
By Ty Tagami/Capitol Beat News Service
Lawmakers in Georgia are looking for ways to address rising insurance costs, which have been driven down by low profits and frustrating delays in claims processing, while some companies have recently announced reductions in auto policy premiums.
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