Glynn Police, DA’s Office Problems Continue — By Tommy Purser
The initial bungling of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting in Brunswick brought to my mind another disturbing case involving the Glynn County Police Department and the Brunswick District Attorney’s Office. That case was almost 10 years ago — June 18, 2010 — when two police officers opened fire on an unarmed woman whose car was hemmed…
Read MoreStupid. Unnecessary — By John Reed
Stupid. Unnecessary. Recently I mentioned my disgust that there’s so much more coverage of the deaths of so-called famous people. I guess it’s the way papers and broadcast media sell advertisements. So now we’re hearing about another white-on-black homicide. To be clear: this was a stupid, unnecessary tragedy, and it’s taken far too long for…
Read More$2 Million Airport Project
Work is to begin in mid-July on a $2 million project for improvements to the City of Hazlehurst Airport. According to Airport Director Cody White, the project will include three phases to overlay the runway, expand the existing taxiway and rehab the existing apron. Mayor Bayne Stone said he and his team are constantly looking…
Read MoreMr. Monroe Hatton, 77
Mr. Monroe Hatton, 77, of Denton, passed away April 10. Mr. Hatton was born July 12, 1942, in Hazlehurst. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mathis Monroe Hatton and Donna Mae Powell Hatton, and son, Brian Kevin Hatton. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War having served over 13 years with the…
Read MoreHoney-Dos
This “shelter in place” business doesn’t appeal all that much to me. I can’t sit around doing nothing. I’ve tried. Can’t do it. So, for a while, I spent a lot of my shelter-in-place time in my little woodworking shop. But after slicing my right index finger plumb near in two on a table saw…
Read MoreLet The Sun Shine In — By John Reed
Let The Sun Shine In Regular readers will recall the distaste I’ve expressed for what some call “contemporary” church services. Three or four people yodeling non-Scriptural platitudes into microphones while video projectors display nature scenes just doesn’t do it for me. One of the few silver linings of our new reality is what I’ll call…
Read MoreSilicon Ranch Expanding Again
Mortenson, a leading solar engineering, procurement, and construction firm this week announced it has begun building an 86 megawatt (MWAC) solar facility for Silicon Ranch in the Denton/Snipesville area. Once the project is completed, Silicon Ranch will provide the renewable power it generates at cost-competitive rates to Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for…
Read MoreMemorial Day Ceremony Cancelled
Because of Governor Brian Kemp’s order to shelter in place until June 12, the Jeff Davis County Veterans Association’s annual Memorial Day program at Veterans Square Park has been canceled. The governor’s latest order is for those 65 and older or have underlying medical problems to continue staying at home, and most members of the…
Read MoreMrs. Kathryn June Bohannon
Kathryn June Bohannon sought and brought beauty to her world before she left it, and us, on April 9, 2020. She came into this world in 1940 in an unpainted sharecropper house in the middle of a cornfield in Denton, Georgia. She refused to breathe until the doctor dipped her alternately in hot and cold…
Read MoreMr. Ryan Crosby, 42
Mr. Ryan Crosby, 42, of Graham, died April 24 at his residence. Mr. Crosby was born April 3, 1978, in Telfair County but had resided all of his life in Graham. He was part of the 1996 graduation class of Appling County and was of the Methodist Faith. He was preceded in death by his…
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