The city of Hinesville will be doing its part to make the holiday season special for residents of the state's mental health and retardation hospitals.
The Coastal Courier is sponsoring a children's costume contest to welcome in the fall season.
Lyndol Anderson of Walthourville and Mary-Ann McIntosh of Townsend have been honored as "lifetime Master Gardeners" during the Liberty County Alumni Master Gardener Association meeting.
Here to serve Wayne Murphy, a senior water resource engineer with CH2M HILL in Atlanta, spoke during Tuesday’s Rotary meeting. Murphy has been working with Liberty County to help the county update its water and sewer delivery strategy. The strategy was approved in November 2006. CH2M HILL is a global leader in full-service engineering, construction and operations. “We are here to serve Liberty County,” Murphy said.
Recently, Team SCMPD competed against the Southside Fire Department in a hamburger-eating contest at Back Yard Burgers on Ogeechee Road in Savannah.
Along with educating Liberty County women about their hair, some local hairstylists will be working to educate them about their sexual health through a new partnership with the Coastal Area Support Team.
Goldenheirs enjoyed a covered dish lunch at the September meeting. The new church year of Goldenheirs started with electing officers. Chuck Stewart and John Stetzer will continue as president and vice president. Paulette Stetzer will serve as secretary, George Laseter as program chairman, Dat Peller as set-up chairman, Vicki Ackermann and Doris Phillips correspondence, and Joyce Laseter publicity. Future plans for the group were discussed and Stewart tabled some items to be discussed in October. ...
Paislee Edmondson was crowned the Miss Long County Wildlife Western Wear overall winner Saturday.
Sgt. Kevin Ortiz was honored as Soldier of the Month for September during the Rotary Club meeting Sept. 18.
The United Way of the Coastal Empire announced $202,699 as this year's goal for the fundraising campaign this past week at The Heritage Bank. The annual campaign runs from September to November.
The Gum Branch Fire Department hosted a fish fry and classic car show this past Saturday at the Gum Branch park.
Commodity distributions have been announced for Liberty and Long counties. Forms are required to pick up food.
The quaint brick house at 70 Martin Road in the heart of Midway has been different things over the years. However, since October of 2005 it has been The Midway Gallery.
- Mutch Logan lived in Willie and had a barrel of fish shipped by rail each Saturday and sold them in the community.
Music filled the air at the Goldenheirs' August meeting as the Holiday family presented a concert showcasing a variety of music, including classical.
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.