WAYNESVILLE — Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and lawmen with the Brantley County Sheriff's Department have issued a plea to the public for information that may lead them to solve the case of murder in the Waynesville Community.

The Ware County Board of Education officially adopted the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget of $96 million during its monthly meeting and updated its calendar for the upcoming school year.

By Myra Williams, Staff Writer

SOUTHEAST GA - Georgia DOT continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, June 17 through Friday, June 23.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville man has been charged with second-degree murder after a naked body was found wrapped in plastic November 2022 in a body of water in Brantley County, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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Waycross Area Community Theatre just completed their 50th Anniversary Season and are now preparing for the 2023-2024 season. A great selection of shows has been selected for the upcoming year which include: “Dearly Departed”, “Not A Creature Was Stirring, Not Even A Moose”, “Newsies” and “Cl…

Approximately eight CSX train cars headed towards the Rice Yard derailed Thursday morning between Carswell Avenue and Elizabeth Street and just before the Corridor Z overpass.

(Decatur, GA) – The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) held a graduation ceremony for youth in the DJJ School System Friday, May 12 at the Georgia Department of Corrections Tift College in Forsyth, Ga. Twenty-two high school diplomas, 24 GED diplomas, and 21 Technical Certificates of Credi…

Check out our summer camp and sign up your 6–9-year-old children. We will be learning different things about the forest each day.

Blood donors can get in “Beach Mode” as summer vacation nears at this month’s Waycross Exchange Club blood drive.

“It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” Waycross Fire Department Lieutenant Lance Card was talking about his participation in the 2023 Central Georgia Firefighter Combat Challenge held at the Warner Robins Fire Department Training Grounds earlier this month. The 42-year-old placed…

The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) receives many inquiries from concerned parents and families on youth gang activities and teenage behavioral health issues each year. Therefore, I am excited to provide you with our latest Question and Answer column edition. I hope it is inform…

 “I don’t appreciate the manner in which this was delivered,” Ware County Library Board Member Candice Rice said during Monday’s Regional Library Board meeting. Rice was referencing paperwork the board received from attorney Wade W. Herring II from HunterMaclean Attorneys in Savannah prior t…

ATLANTA — FBI Atlanta is warning the public about a phone scam where individuals are posing as university or college law enforcement officials by calling potential victims regarding outstanding warrants or fines against their children and asking them for payment.

Rodney Music says he always dreamed of owning a funeral home someday. That dream became a reality April 23, 1993 when he purchased Mincy-Fulford Funeral Home from a company called Service Corporation International located in Houston, Texas renaming it Music Funeral Home. Since purchasing the…

 Waycross residents will soon have a new way to interact with city government through a phone application. The city will soon purchase the program TextMyGov following a webinar presentation by representatives of the platform to city commissioners last week at its planning and information session.

Staff Report A Sunday night fire at Arby’s of Waycross is under investigation, said Waycross Fire Department Chief David Eddins. Crews were dispatched at 7:46 p.m. April 16 to the 2469 restaurant’s location on Memorial Drive. Chief Eddins said crews found fire in the front wall and it had ex…

 Vidalia captured back-to-back one-run wins to claim a three-game Region 3-AA series victory with Brantley County ending the ninth-ranked Herons’ seven-game winning and debut in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 10 poll. BCHS (10-6 overall, 4-2 region) posted a 10-5 road victory in the se…

A Waycross man died in a house fire on Florida Avenue early Sunday, March 19, Waycross Fire Chief David Eddins said Monday morning. J.B. Merritt, 69, perished in the blaze, Eddins said. City fire department units were dispatched at 1:23 a.m. Sunday to a structure fire at 1601 Florida Avenue,…

 A Pierce County program to aid the development of boys has returned following a long hiatus. Boys to Men, a non-profit organization designed for youths ages 8-18, returned earlier this month after going dormant because of the coronavirus pandemic. The organization based in Patterson, was fo…

An expanded Swampfest awaits Waycross and surrounding communities in downtown in two weeks to mark the beginning of spring. 

Paving work begins on Albany Ave. Just as planned, Thrift Brothers Paving of Waycross was on the job early Monday morning, March 13, to start finishing work on Albany Avenue. Monday’s opening day consisted of removal and milling of the street’s old surface. One lane of the street remained op…

Waycross is in the running to be the site for development by a major industry at the Waycross-Ware County Industrial Park.

Art of the Lowcountry Gala

The Waycross Police Department is investigating a murder that occurred Thursday afternoon, February 9 in the 2400 block of Spurgeon Street in Waycross, Major Danny Hampton said in a department release.

A Waycross man charged with Cruelty to Children and Aggravated Assault was convicted Wednesday, February 1 in Ware County Superior Court with Judge Jeffrey Kight presiding over the proceedings.

The Waycross City Commission has hired Ulysses Rayford as City Manager following a search that lasted more than 13 months in two versions.

Editor’s note: This is the second of series of stories about the James E. Blackburn Sr. Public Safety Training Center in Ware County. Today’s entry examines the fire training elements of the complex.

Reasons eggs are so expensive right now

Southeast Georgia Road Work…

The Miracle League of the Okefenokee and Ware County will begin the 2023 Spring season on its new “Field of Dreams” at the Trembling Earth Recreation Complex.

Waycross is the home of a person who’s carved a niche of distinction in the world of fashion design.

Former Georgia quarterback and two-time national champion Stetson Bennett ran afoul of Dallas police and was arrested at 7:10 a.m. ET on Sunday, January 29, and charged with misdemeanor public intoxication, according to police.

The search for a City Manager in Waycross is down to one person.

South Georgia State College is in the market for a new president.

MANOR — Sunday evening storms and tornado warnings left damage across Ware County and into Bacon County, local emergency officials said.

ALMA — A 58-year-old Alma man working as a bailiff at the Coffee County Courthouse was arrested and charged with Aggravated Sexual Battery by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.