Area Breaking News

LAKELAND, Georgia – At the encouragement of local citizen Justin Studstill, Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones stopped briefly in Lakeland and met with area citizens at City Hall. Jones visited Lakeland on Monday, June 10th for about an hour.  There was not a lot of advanced notice of Jones’ effort to visit locally, so only about…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore   LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – Some people stayed and some went home frustrated on Monday’s (June 10) Lanier County Board of Commissioner’s Meeting.  This was the response to high attendance to one of the critical meetings affecting property owner’s pocketbook.  I suspect that there were easily 100 or more citizens…

SOUTH GEORGIA – Sheriff Don Whitaker from Worth County has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Georgia Children’s Safety Team’s (GCST) Sheriff of the Year award. Get the whole story by following this link: https://www.laniercountynewsonline.com/2024/06/13/gcst-has-recogni…of-the-2024-year/ ‎

Ray City Police Chief Steve Miller Resigns By Carol A. Gasser Moore RAY CITY, BERRIEN COUNTY, Georgia – Ray City Police Chief Steve Miller is stepping down from his post as the city’s top cop effective as of June 4th when the Ray City Council voted to approve accepting Miller’s resignation.   The full story…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore   Ray City, Berrien and Lanier Counties, Georgia – Robert “Buck” Owens was appointed as interim chief of the Ray City Police Department at the June Ray City Council Meeting last week.   Read the full story at: https://www.laniercountynewsonline.com/2024/06/13/robert-buck-owen…im-chief-of-rcpd/

NOTICE: The Lanier County Board of Education will have a Called Meeting/Public Hearing on Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 6:30pm in the Threatte Center-209 S Valdosta Road, Lakeland, Georgia- for the purpose of hearing public concerns relating to the tax re-evaluation.

By Carol A. Gasser Moore LAKELAND, Georgia –  Timothy Hunt (27) of Naylor has been identified as the victim in Sunday, June 2’s homicide.  Hunt was shot and killed while in Lakeland.  No other details have been released about the murder. Get the full story by reading: https://www.laniercountynewsonline.com/2024/06/11/lakeland-homicid…s-help-requested/ ‎

By Carol A. Gasser Moore   LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – By the end of last week Lanier County property owners received a tax bill that they were not expecting. More information details available at: https://www.laniercountynewsonline.com/2024/06/06/significantly-hi…or-2024-tax-year/

LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – The exciting moment that Lanier County High School’s Kendrick Noble achieved a final out by stepping on second base, the Lanier County High School (LCHS) Dawgs locked down its first state baseball title in Lanier County School’s Baseball Program history!  The play conquered the Charlton County Indians.  It set the LCHS…

LANIER COUNTY, Georgia – “Over the weekend there was a person shot inside the city limits of Lakeland at 73 MLK Street. The offenders and suspects appear to be juveniles,” stated Lanier County Sheriff Nick Norton on a Facebook post.” Read the rest of the information through link below: https://www.laniercountynewsonline.com/2024/06/06/sheriff-reminds-…o-have-a-handgun/