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Blueberry growers brace for yet another freeze as crop reaches bloom stage
By T.S. Carter LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – Temperatures are headed below freezing in coming days, but for blueberry growers in Lanier and surrounding counties the freeze is but one more challenge in a growing season in which nothing has been easy. Hurricane Helene’s fall visit may be a distant memory, but its consequences…
Read MoreGeorgian possessing AI altered photos of nude minors is arrested and public is warned!
By Carol A. Gasser Moore GEORGIA – “We must all be vigilant,” said Saint Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. Guidroz has called for an “Urgent Public Safety Notice” which extends into Georgia and other areas for good reason! Sadly Sheriff Guidroz has released public information connected to a Georgia case that is under investigation…
Read MoreEnigma mayor expected to go on trial in assault cases in next 60 days
By T.S. Carter ENIGMA, Berrien County, Georgia – You don’t need Golden Gloves ring skills to serve as an Enigma elected official, or city worker. But it helps. The three men on the City Council agree on plenty of things but they can alternately show short fuses. And the person, who often lights…
Read MoreEDITORIAL Will LCBOC improve on poor judgment it showed with failed wildfire fighting plan?
EDITORIAL Will LCBOC improve on poor judgment it showed with failed wildfire fighting plan’? LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – The Lanier County New (LCN) has made its third request to the Lanier County Board of Commissioners (LCBOC) for information about their choice to approve, develop and fund the Lanier County Wildfire Firefighting Department from 2020…
Read MoreLakeland Fire and Rescue Department receives equipment upgrade
By Carol A. Gasser Moore LAKELAND, Lanier County, Georgia – The Lakeland Fire and Rescue Department (LFRD) is replacing its air packs or self-contained breathing apparatus for its volunteer firemen. They are being replaced due to the fact that they are at their end of life service. The new air packs have been…
Read More4 South Georgians among 17 statewide arrested on Sexual Exploitation of Children Charges in Operation Byte Down
By Carol A. Gasser Moore GEORGIA – Four (4) South Georgians – Kingsland (1 person), Savannah (1 person) and Tifton (2 people) – are among 17 arrested statewide on sexual exploitation of children charges in Operation Byte Down, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.”Operation Byte Down” is a statewide child exploitation operation. …
Read MoreTwo men sentenced to ‘life in prison without parole, plus 60 years’ for a Lanier County murder
By Carol A. Gasser Moore LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – Rodarius “Rod” Swanson (26) and Travion Snell (24), both of Coffee County have been sentenced by Alapaha Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Dick Perryman on Tuesday, February 4. They had been convicted for the 2022 murder of Savion McRae (19) on Friday, December 20, 2024. …
Read MoreALERT – Help Requested: CCSO seeks public’s help in locating fugitive Michael Beach
By Carol A. Gasser Moore COOK COUNTY, Georgia – Earlier on Wednesday, February 19, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) issued an alert and request for our public’s help. CCSO Sheriff Doug Hanks and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office are asking everyone to be on the lookout for Michael J. Beach (36) of Ocklawaha,…
Read MoreREWARD OFFERED: GBI Investigates Decatur County homicide of woman
By Carol A. Gasser Moore DECATUR COUNTY, Georgia – The discovery of Kierra Burney’s body has led Decatur County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) to request help from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Burney (34) was from Bainbridge. According to the DCSO Sheriff Wiley Griffith, on Wednesday, February 12, work crews performing maintenance near…
Read MoreIs honesty their policy – BOC and LCFD? Questions arise over claim that 4 firefighters dispatched on January 29 call and other January calls
By Carol A. Gasser Moore LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – The Lanier County Fire Department (LCFD) insists it responded to a call relating to an emergency at Empire Church Cemetery on January 29. But Tri-county 911 Center records show no response from the Lanier County Fire Department occurred. The Lanier County Fire Department released…
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