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Governor orders flags flown at half-staff
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Flags were lowered to half staff at the Liberty County Justice Center today. - photo by Lainey Standiford
Today Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed an order directing that flags on public property be flown at half-staff for the next three days, in mourning for those killed and wounded during a hate crime shooting at a Pittsburgh, Penn., synagogue Saturday.
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Hinesville man faces charges in alleged sweepstakes scam
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A federal grand jury in Connecticut has returned an indictment against a Hinesville man for running a sweepstakes scam. Marc H. Silverman, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, announced the indictment Wednesday against Jimmy Smith, 30. Smith, a native of Jamaica, is living in Hinesville.
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