MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Static crackled sporadically over the tactical field radio until it was interrupted by the command the artillery Marines were waiting for. Read More

Eddie Wells, co-owner of Firehouse Subs in Hinesville, is keeping his word about his company’s support for first responders. Read More

Some Long County Commissioners attended Monday’s Board of Education meeting to receive more information on a joint project for a proposed deceleration lane required at the new high school. Read More

May 29: Burglary – no forced entry — A Hinesville woman said she left her residence at 2:30 p.m. and locked the door. When she returned, she said, her TV and laptop were missing and the door was unlocked. She suspected her ex-boyfriend had a copy of her house key made when he helped her move into the residence. Read More

The Association of U.S. Army of the Coastal Empire, soldiers, officers and supporters marked Flag Day and the Army’s 238th birthday Friday. A cake-cutting ceremony was preceded by an AUSA golf tournament at Fort Stewart’s Taylors Creek Golf Course that drew 91 soldiers and civilians. Read More

About 130 soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team arrived home from Afghanistan late Thursday afternoon. Many of them were coming home a few months before the end of the scheduled nine-month combat tour. Read More

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — Soldiers from the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hosted the re-opening of the Task Force Vanguard Wounded Warrior Center on May 4 at Bagram Air Field. Read More

The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce and area governments want to know which products residents are buying out of county, and they’re going to hire a retail firm to find out. Read More

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Monday that the management of the Georgia Military Affairs Coordinating Committee will return to the state as part of the strategic Defense Initiative that got under way late last year. Read More

Some new reports say segments of the economy are springing back. Others aren’t so positive. Read More

To the millions of college and high school seniors who recently graduated: congratulations on a job well done. After the celebration dies down, you’ll no doubt be eager to embark on life’s next chapter, whether it’s finding a job, preparing for college or enrolling in military or community service. Read More

District 1 state Sen. Earl “Buddy” Carter, who recently announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives, addressed Long County leaders Tuesday at a dinner hosted by the Long County Chamber of Commerce at Lillian Simmons’ home. Read More

The Coastal Courier this year won three awards in the Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, including best website in Georgia in the bi- and tri-weekly publications division.   Read More

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor is teaming with the State Employer Committee to offer a course on compliance challenges during an employment-law and legislative-issues update Wednesday in Morrow. Read More

Commercial and residential developments are growing in Liberty County, and the Liberty Consolidated Planning Commission is preparing and planning for it. Read More

May 29: Public drunkenness — Two deputies were called to the residence of a Hinesville man after another man entered his yard and began making advances toward the complainant’s girlfriend. An altercation also occurred the night before between the two men. The complainant’s girlfriend allegedly was hit by the suspect. When the deputies looked for the suspect, they found him riding his bicycle at the intersection of Dogwood Lane and Wayside Turn. There was a ... Read More

Long County’s newly elected board of commissioners has asked the U.S. Marine Corps for federal funds to offset the loss of tax revenue from nearly 21,000 acres that would become part of the proposed Townsend Bombing Range expansion. Read More

Military authorities are investigating the death of a Hunter Army Airfield soldier who was killed during routine training Thursday afternoon on Fort Stewart. Read More

An accident late Wednesday night sent a Hinesville man to the hospital and shook up several bus passengers and their driver. Read More

STATESBORO — A suspected bootlegger had more than 70 bottles of liquor, some beer and some cash in his possession when Statesboro police searched his West Main Street home Monday, police said. Read More