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Prescribed fire on Stewart today

A prescribed fire will be conducted today in Liberty and Long counties. The fire, which may present smoke to residents of Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long and Tattnall counties, will be carried out by Fort Stewart Forestry.

June 13, 2013 | Georgia Forestry Commission | Public Safety


Storms expected tonight

After a hot day, a cold front moving across the state today could bring storms to Liberty and Long counties tonight.

June 13, 2013 | Staff report | News+Opinion


Storms expected in area tonight

After a hot day, a cold front moving across the state today could bring storms to Liberty and Long counties tonight.

June 13, 2013 | Staff report | Local news


Bryan County shooting leads to Liberty chase

A Bryan County man was shot to death early Tuesday morning on Daniel Siding Road. William Haymans, 69, was found dead by Bryan County Sheriff's deputies outside a home on the 1800 block of Daniel Siding Road, according to Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith. Smith said Haymans apparently had driven up to a home to mow the grass between 7:30-8 a.m. when he was shot at least twice with a shotgun. <p ...

June 04, 2013 | By Lewis Levine Coastal Courier correspondent | Public Safety


Liberty County Sheriff's Office reports: May 1-3

May 1 Criminal damage to property - Deputies were called to the Villages at Limerick around 1:30 p.m. after a complainant discovered that someone had damaged the subdivision's wastewater-treatment plant and pump station. The vandal had removed two manhole covers and turned on valves, which caused the plant to shut down and resulted in an estimated $5,000 in damage. The complainant said he would not know the entire cost of the damage until the site ...

June 03, 2013 | Staff Report | Public Safety


Riddle receives Valdosta State honor

Haley Riddle of Ludowici was named to the dean's list for high academic achievement for the spring semester 2013 at Valdosta State University.

June 03, 2013 | Staff Report | Lifestyle


Liberty Regional expansion update given

The Goldenheirs meeting on May 7 opened with Jane Cart doing the devotion with a Mother's Day theme.

June 03, 2013 | Staff Report | Lifestyle


Local Girl Scout earns Gold Award

Elacha Roman of Hinesville received the Girl Scout Gold Award at a formal ceremony May 5 in Savannah.

June 03, 2013 | Special to the Courier editor@coastalcourier.com | Lifestyle


Birth Announcements: Williams, Hardeman

MaKayla Honesty Williams MaKayla Honesty Williams was born at 8:17 a.m. May 14 to Thorne West of Riceboro and CJ Williams Jr. of St. Louis, Mo. Born at Liberty Regional Medical Center, baby MaKayla weighed 5 pounds, 12.5 ounces and measured 17 inches. The baby's maternal grandparents are Clannie and Ronell Chaney of Riceboro. The baby's paternal grandmother is Dawn Robinson of St. Louis. The baby also is welcomed by sister Savannah Williams and brothers ...

June 03, 2013 | Staff Report | Births


Jesus, the great physician

"And, behold a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind Him, and touch the hem of His garment; for she said within herself, 'If I may touch His garment, I shall be whole.'" (Matthews 5:20-21)

June 03, 2013 | By Pastor Bernard Harper PASTOR'S CORNER | Faith


Cigarette butts can do big damage

Want to see something nasty? Just walk out to the nearest sidewalk or curb near you and chances are you will see a bunch of nasty cigarette butts tossed by passing mindless smokers. Yuck!

June 03, 2013 | By Sara Swida Keep Liberty Beautiful director | Lifestyle


Hinesville Police Department blotters - June 2

May 10 Suicidal threats - A woman who works for Behavioral Health Consultants on Fort Stewart alerted police to a man who she claimed wanted to end his life. The woman said the man had an appointment for a consultation but when she called to confirm the appointment the man said he would not be alive by the day of the appointment. Police met with the man who said he needed help and was given ...

June 03, 2013 | Staff Report | Public Safety


Fort Stewart Fire helps in rescue

Fort Stewart firefighters used their specialized lifesaving skills and training to rescue a Tattnall County maintenance worker May 21.

June 03, 2013 | By Kevin Larson Fort Stewart public communications chief | Local news


DoD identifies 3rd ID casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a 3rd Infantry Division Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

June 03, 2013 | Special to the Courier | Military


Miller earns another academic accolade

Former Bradwell Institute football player David Miller was one of 27 Georgia State University football players who earned academic honors for the spring semester, according to GSU's website.

June 03, 2013 | Staff report | Local sports


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Arts council brings culture, variety to city

Brush strokes on canvas, a dip of pen in ink or words etched in time. The senses ignite. Creativity springs to life. Talents are discovered. New passions are explored. It all happens in a place dedicated to the arts - the Hinesville Area Arts Council's downtown Hinesville gallery on South Commerce Street.

September 08, 2012 | By Debra Ayers Brown Correspondent | Hinesville175


Chamber works to be cornerstone

The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce was organized Feb. 13, 1930, with H.C. Saunders as president and meetings slated for February of each year. Members made efforts to recover from The Great Depression and bolster the local economy by creating the Liberty County Car Credit Corporation Unit, the Liberty County Truck Growers Association and the Liberty County Livestock Association.

September 08, 2012 | By Debra Ayers Brown Correspondent | Hinesville175


Whit Fraser, associates brought in YMCA

In 1989, Charlene Godley, Barry Wilkes, Johnny Zoucks, Gary Dodd, Billy Jones and Dr. Whitman Fraser formed an ad hoc committee to establish an organization promoting faith-based programs.

September 08, 2012 | By Debra Ayers Brown Correspondent | Hinesville175


Pillars of community influence its growth

Nicky Clark -- Newspaper man through and through

September 08, 2012 | By Debra Ayers Brown Correspondent | Hinesville175


United Methodist Church mirror's city history

When the town of Hinesville was laid out in 1837, a plot was reserved for the Methodist Church. This site was adjacent to the courthouse, where Bradwell Park is now. A small frame building was erected on the lot, and it was there that religious life in Hinesville began to grow.

September 08, 2012 | By Judy Shippey Correspondent | Hinesville175


City's living mayors reflect on accomplisments

Buddy DeLoach -- The Army Town

September 07, 2012 | By Debra Ayers Brown Correspondent | Hinesville175


City celebrating 175 years of challenges, sucess

From the day it was named for state Sen. Charlton Hines and tapped as the county seat in 1837, Hinesville's history is rich.

September 07, 2012 | By Debra Ayers Brown Correspondent | Hinesville175


If the Old Jail could talk

"A rotten, filthy rathole" was what I was called when I was 80 years old by Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox, who also condemned me! When I was new I was described as having all the modern improvements of a first class prison.

September 05, 2012 | By Margie Love Columnist | LibertyLore


Family adjusts to 1930s Hinesvile

Project director Nan Flowers, editor Edith Mallard, assistant editor Wayne Priester and 21 other Bradwell Institute Career Education students printed a booklet, "Sand & Pine: Glimpses of Other Liberty Days," in 1976, as part of the bicentennial celebration going on in Liberty County. These students were to discover through interviews what the prevailing occupations were in this area and what life in general was like two generations before them. Most of the students interviewed their ...

September 05, 2012 | By Margie Love Columnist | LibertyLore


Arming Hinesville

In December 2004, I wrote an article about some local fellows playing a prank by dismounting the old cannon from the Liberty County courthouse square and consequently blowing it all to pieces in the wooded area that is now is front of the old hospital site.

September 05, 2012 | By Margie Love Columnist | LibertyLore


Clearing out for Fort Stewart

Harry Smith lived in Evans County at the time of this interview. His family lived about five miles from Willie. His granddaddy's log cabin had a dirt floor. The family had originally come from South Carolina.

September 05, 2012 | By Margie Love Columnist | LibertyLore


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