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Chamber CEO Leah Poole elected to GACCE board
Leah Poole
Liberty County Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau CEO Leah Poole.
Special to the Courier
Published: Aug 21, 2019, 4:00 PM

The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce (LCCOC) and Liberty County Convention & Visitors Bureau (LCCVB) announced that CEO, Leah Poole, was nominated and accepted a 3-year term on the Georgia Association of Chamber Commerce Executives (GACCE) board.

“I am honored to be the Chamber CEO chosen to fulfill this honor, representing our region will be my pleasure. Being elected to this position is a testament to the hard work and dedication that our chamber staff and board members have contributed over the last 8 years to making the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce a pillar in our community,” Poole said. 

The Georgia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives is the professional society of chamber executives and staff in the State of Georgia. GACCE has a long and distinguished history of serving chamber professionals in the state of Georgia. The organization exists to advocate the role of the local chamber of commerce in economic and community development and to provide GACCE members with exceptional services in the areas of professional development, information and networking opportunities.

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Early morning accident in McIntosh County kills five
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Updated: Apr 6, 2025, 6:53 PM
Published: Apr 6, 2025, 6:43 PM

Five people were killed and another one was injured following a two-vehicle accident in McIntosh County on Sunday morning.

Witnesses told Georgia State Patrol Trooper Christopher Ashdown that a Jeep Cherokee was traveling south on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when it rear-ended an Infiniti. The Cherokee hit a guard rail, bursting into flames. The crash and ensuing fire killed one adult and four children.

The driver of the Jeep Cherokee has been identified a Reagan Dougan, 27. GSP troopers have learned she rented the vehicle in Raleigh, N.C., and was heading to Florida to meet her husband. The children were a 9-year-old boy, a 4-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl and a 3-month-old boy.

Ashdown said the Cherokee was a rental and authorities are in the process of identifying the victims.  The driver of the Infiniti, from Long County, was transported to Southeast Regional Health System in Brunswick with non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident occurred at mile marker 62 around 6 a.m.

 

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