Christmas in the Park is planned for 5-8 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Bradwell Park and Main Street area between ML King Jr. Drive and Court Street in Hinesville.
LeConte-Woodmanston Botanical Garden hosted a workday Oct. 30. Twenty-five people turned out throughout the day to help, and Matilda Riles from First African Baptist Church and the Dorchester Academy Foundation provided sack lunches for everyone. Georgia Nuggets from Glennville donated mulch for the project. Volunteers were from Richmond Hill Garden Club, Bryan and Liberty County Master Gardeners Association, LeConte-Woodmanston Board members and Bryan and Liberty County extension agents David Moulder and Robert Bell, respectively.
Liberty County employee Annie Torres made a donation for a worthy cause Nov. 6. Torres has been growing her hair out for two years to donate it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to children under age 18 who suffer long-term hair loss from any type of medical diagnosis and are also financially disadvantaged. Hair that is donated must be at least 10 inches in length. Her ...
Thanksgiving is just over a week away and Manna House wants to make sure people in need will have a Thanksgiving meal.
Vacation time: Ludowici residents Betty Miller and her family were on vacation in September and thought this was a worthwhile photo because it shows all the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield will host its its biannual cemetery and historical site tour from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 15 to several of the cemeteries on the installation.
Riceboro area residents and officials Saturday started what they hope becomes a tradition in their community.
METS: Rotary member Dr. Chris Blasy addressed Rotary Club meeting Oct. 23 about Rotary District 6920 Medical Equipment Transport Service. METS collects medical equipment and supplies to send to countries that have limited resources. District Rotary clubs are able to meet at the warehouse on Saturdays to sort and pack medical equipment and supplies that are shipped out of Savannah. For more information on how you can help, call (912) 713-4312 or visit www.rotaryMETS.org
United Way representatives took their message of local charity to the Hinesville Rotary Club on Tuesday.
The Georgia Municipal Association's 2007 Mayors' Christmas Motorcade roared through Hinesville Saturday.
ATLANTA - About 15 children, each with the hope of finding a permanent family, and prospective adoptive families will have the opportunity to get acquainted at an adoption party and videoconference Nov. 17.
Taking a stance against family and domestic violence, a small group banded together for the "Walking Together Against Family Violence" walk that took place Oct. 27, around Gen. Screven Way and Bradwell Institute.
The Goldenheirs is a senior group that meets at First Baptist Church on the first Tuesday of each month for food, fellowship and fun. A covered dish lunch is served at noon and a program follows.
The Liberty County Branch of the NAACP will host a veterans breakfast and workshop Nov. 10 for veterans of all military branches of service.
Faith Temple Ministries hosted its second annual Miss Determined Pageant on Saturday. The ministry and contestants pointed out that sponsors and the community support provided scholarship for the winner of the 11th- and 12th-grade category. The winners are in the accompanying photographs.
I have drooled while watching The Food Network's Bobby Flay and others cook a piece of beef called a tri-tip. Now that I've cooked and eaten one, I know why I was drooling.
The numerous cultures represented in the Hinesville area were celebrated Saturday at the annual Small World Festival at Bryant Commons.
Two Liberty County School System art teachers participated April 27 in the Savannah College of Art and Design Sidewalk Arts Festival, and their creativity was featured on the Huffington Post.
McIntosh County historian Buddy Sullivan will give two free lectures on key periods in the county in Darien.
Scores of Keller Williams Realty associates from Hinesville, Richmond Hill and Pooler donated their time and energy Thursday to cleaning up the grounds and facilities at Gabriel's House, a foster-care facility off Highway 84, east of the Highway 196 cut-off.
There were many wealthy plantations in Liberty County in 1860. Rice was the main crop, and the plantations were mainly along the coastal regions. Many plantation owners joined the army for the Civil War, and that left the master's wife in charge of managing the plantations.
The 2013 Miss Ludowici Pageant was held May 4 at Long County High School.
For the 24th year, Hinesville has earned the national designation of Tree City USA, according to a news release from the Arbor Day Foundation.
Applications are being accepted for the 2014 Miss Georgia South Pageant on July 13 in Adel.
When told the Americans were hopelessly surrounded at Bastogne, Belgium, and ordered to surrender on Dec. 22, 1944, the 101st Airborne Division's acting commanding general, Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe responded iconically to the German commander by saying, "Nuts!"
The Liberty Theatre Company will perform Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" at 7 nightly May 17-18 and at 2 p.m. May 19 at the Dorchester Village Civic Center. Doors open a half-hour before showtime.