Archive By Section - Public Safety
The Armstrong Atlantic State University Police Department will offer a Rape Aggression Defense class for women 18 and older. The 12-hour program will be split into three sessions July 17, 24, and 31 from 2-6 p.m. Training will take place in the Hinesville YMCA at 201 Mary Lou Drive.
July 11, 2011
|
Special to the Courier
|
Public Safety
July 6
July 11, 2011
|
Staff
Report
|
Public Safety
A Georgia Forestry Commission employee, who is a suspect in an arson investigation, has been placed on leave.
July 11, 2011
|
Mike Riddle
Coastal Courier correspondent
|
Public Safety
The Hinesville fire near Terrell Mill Pond that temporarily closed Ga. Highway 196 earlier this week is about
July 08, 2011
|
Staff
Report
|
Public Safety
June 29: A resident of Independence Place told police his bicycle, worth $560, was stolen from his apartment. He told officers the apartment may have been left unsecured but he did not know who could have taken the bike.
July 07, 2011
|
Staff report
|
Public Safety
FOLKSTON - Fire information officials at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge say the Honey Prairie Fire continues to burn, and a new blaze has been identified.
July 06, 2011
|
Associated Press
|
Public Safety
REIDSVILLE - Authorities say two Georgia Department of Natural Resources rangers and a fisherman rescued two boys and their father from the Ohoopee River.
July 06, 2011
|
Associated Press
|
Public Safety
Despite weekend efforts by Georgia Forestry rangers to control a fire that has been burning in a peat moss bog near Ga. Highway 196 since Tuesday, a thick plume of smoke blanketed the heavily used road, bringing visibility to zero at times and prompting officials to temporarily close the highway.
July 06, 2011
|
Lewis Levine
Coastal Courier correspondent
|
Public Safety
For more than 30 years, Jack Vereen has worked to "fight the bite."
July 05, 2011
|
Danielle Hipps
dhipps@coastalcourier.com
|
Public Safety
A fire that had smoldered in a peat bog since Tuesday became a major brush fire Friday in Hinesville.
July 05, 2011
|
Lewis Levine
Coastal Courier correspondent
|
Public Safety
WAYCROSS - Firefighters battling a massive wildfire in South Georgia discovered 339 sticks of dynamite, and a U.S. Army bomb squad from Fort Stewart was called to detonate the explosives.
July 02, 2011
|
The Associated Press
|
Public Safety
Where's the fire?
July 01, 2011
|
Danielle Hipps
dhipps@coastalcourier.com
|
Public Safety
June 23: A church on Gen. Stewart Way reported checks from its assistance fund had been forged for a total amount of $1,975.
June 30, 2011
|
Staff report
|
Public Safety
A member of Rogers Tree Service's crew takes down limbs from a large willow oak tree Tuesday morning in downtown Hinesville's Bradwell Park. A portion of the park near the tree had been closed to the public as a safety precaution after the tree was struck by lightning last week. Liberty County Extension Coordinator Robert Bell and an arborist assessed the tree and advised the city to take it down because the structural integrity of the top of the tree had been compromised.
June 29, 2011
|
Hollie Moore Barnidge
|
Public Safety
A second arrest has been made in last week's case in which a homeowner used a machete to stop a man from burglarizing his home.
June 29, 2011
|
Mike Riddle
|
Public Safety
