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Police: High school student arrested following Hinesville double shooting
HINESVILLE, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Police in Hinesville say a teenager has been arrested in connection to a double shooting. On Friday, the Hinesville Police Department announced it had charged a 16-year-old high school student for an incident that happened back on February 26 at Eagle Apartments on Darsey Road.
In Brunswick, drug cops were convicted. A prosecutor was indicted. But hundreds caught in their maw are forgotten
BRUNSWICK, Ga — On a winter afternoon in 2017, Mindy Lynn Johnson, a mother of two young children, was arrested at a budget hotel off I-95 in Glynn County and accused by the celebrated narcotics squad of selling methamphetamine to a female confidential informant. The informant, a frequent drug...
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signs new legislation in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (WTOC) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp was in Brunswick Thursday afternoon signing new legislation. One of four bills, House Bill 1041, relating to the creation of Savannah Georgia Convention Center Authority. It will increase the bonding capacity at the convention center. The general public and private investors could...
Gov. Kemp names white shrimp as Georgia's official crustacean
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Move over peaches, Brown Thrashers, and live oak trees -- Georgia has gotten a new state symbol to add to the list. While Gov. Brian Kemp was on the coast in Brunswick Thursday, he signed House Bill 1341 into law, designating the white shrimp as the state's official crustacean.
Liberty County commission takes over sheriff’s school zone speeding fines account
The Liberty County Board of Commissioners has taken control of a bank account that Sheriff Will Bowman established in 2022 to hold school zone camera ticket revenues. As of April 14, according to county records, the account has brought in $1,100,808.80 since its inception. The tentative agreement, which could change...
Hinesville Police apprehend Tennessee murder suspect
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTGS) — The Hinesville Police Department (HPD) arrested a murder suspect in Liberty County Wednesday in connection to an active investigation in Tennessee. HPD along with the Liberty County Sheriff's Office apprehended Dontae Swain without incident. According to arrest reports, Swain was taken into custody and...
GBNET defendants didn’t know they could get cases reviewed
BUFORD, Ga. — Many defendants included on lists of potentially compromised cases prepared by the Glynn County district attorney said they were unaware their accusers had been convicted of misconduct or that their cases could be reviewed until The Current contacted them this past winter. One of those people...
Brunswick man sentenced after violent 2021 Glynn County kidnapping
GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) – A Brunswick man has been found guilty by a Glynn County jury of several different charges stemming from a 2021 crime. On November 9, 2021, Erving Lamar Jackson, 31, of Brunswick, Ga, made a call to LaQuambia Cliette, a woman he had previously been in a romantic relationship with, at […]
The emotional moment when a dad surprises 5-year-old daughter after deployment
HINESVILLE, Ga. — There’s nothing like coming home. A total of 250 Fort Stewart soldiers are now reunited with their families. One of them is Capt. Quensie Brown. Brown has a 5-year-old little girl, Bella. "It's hard leaving back your family, your daughters, your sons and your wives,"...
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