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Hendrix named to fill newly-created superior court judgeship
Mark Hendrix
Published: Dec 28, 2023, 4:08 PM

The additional Atlantic Judicial Circuit judgeship created by the General Assembly has been filled.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that Mark Hendrix will be the newest Superior Court judge for the six-county circuit, which covers Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans, McIntosh and Tattnall counties.

Hendrix is the founder and sole practitioner of Mark Hendrix, P.C. Alongside his private practice, he has served as the solicitor general of Liberty County since being appointed by former Gov. Nathan Deal in 2017, as the solicitor general of Long County since being appointed by former Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2008, and as the solicitor general of Richmond Hill for five years.

For nearly 10 years, Hendrix served as an assistant district attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit, before going into private practice.

He earned his bachelor's from the University of Florida and his J.D. from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.

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Early morning accident in McIntosh County kills five
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Updated: Apr 6, 2025, 6:53 PM
Published: Apr 6, 2025, 6:43 PM

Five people were killed and another one was injured following a two-vehicle accident in McIntosh County on Sunday morning.

Witnesses told Georgia State Patrol Trooper Christopher Ashdown that a Jeep Cherokee was traveling south on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when it rear-ended an Infiniti. The Cherokee hit a guard rail, bursting into flames. The crash and ensuing fire killed one adult and four children.

The driver of the Jeep Cherokee has been identified a Reagan Dougan, 27. GSP troopers have learned she rented the vehicle in Raleigh, N.C., and was heading to Florida to meet her husband. The children were a 9-year-old boy, a 4-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl and a 3-month-old boy.

Ashdown said the Cherokee was a rental and authorities are in the process of identifying the victims.  The driver of the Infiniti, from Long County, was transported to Southeast Regional Health System in Brunswick with non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident occurred at mile marker 62 around 6 a.m.

 

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