GLYNN COUNTY

In Glynn County, a Superior court judge will consider a lawsuit aimed at stopping a Confederate statue’s removal.

News4Jax learned on Monday how much security and preparations for the trial of the three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery cost Glynn county taxpayers.

One person is dead and five others were hurt in a mass shooting inside a club in Brunswick early Saturday morning, the Brunswick Police Department said.

A body was found Friday morning in a retention pond outside Brunswick Cellulose in Glynn County, police said.

Before a judge determines Friday whether the three men convicted in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery will be given the possibility of parole for their mandatory life sentences, Arbery’s family shared with the court how his murder has impacted their lives.

The three men convicted in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery are set to be sentenced Friday.

Every year in December, News4JAX takes a look back at some of the most memorable stories of the past 12 months.

The Glynn County Police Department is seeking public assistance to help find 13-year-old Dunia Pinto.

Two people were shot, one fatally, on Sunday in Glynn County, authorities said.

A Glynn County woman who was missing since Friday afternoon was found in Sunday, police said.

The federal judge presiding over the upcoming hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery said Monday she plans to summon a jury pool of roughly 1,000 people scattered across an expansive area that covers 43 Georgia counties. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood told prosecutors and defense attorneys at a pretrial hearing that she was granting their joint request to cast a wider net for potential jurors. Jury selection in the federal case is scheduled to begin Feb. 7.

A federal judge on Monday granted a motion expanding the potential jury pool in the upcoming hate crimes trial against the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want the jury pool to come from an expansive area of Georgia.

A Better Glynn wanted a new police chief, a new district attorney and more police accountability.

Jurors returned to the Glynn County Courthouse Wednesday for the second day of deliberations in the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery.

As the jury in the trial of three men charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery deliberated inside the Glynn County Courthouse on Tuesday, clergy members, activists and community members gathered outside.

Several groups gathered Monday outside of the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick as closing arguments were underway in the trial of three men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery.

The trial for the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery is underway in Glynn County, Georgia.

Attorneys on Monday offered their final words to the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

With closing arguments set for Monday in the trial of the three men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, prosecutors and defense attorneys spent Friday debating nuances of the legal instructions the judge plans to give to the jury before deliberations.

The trial for the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery is underway in Glynn County, Georgia.

Closing arguments are expected Monday morning after 10 days of witness testimony.

The trial for the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery is underway in Glynn County, Georgia.

As the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery returned to the witness stand Thursday morning, more than 100 faith leaders from around the country planned to rally outside the Glynn County Courthouse in support of Arbery’s family.

Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses.

Glynn County is preparing for more demonstrators as the trial moves along for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

Race was always going to be at the forefront of the trial of three white men in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.

Defense lawyers now get their turn in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

Defense attorney Kevin Gough asked the judge to make the civil rights leader leave to avoid unfairly influencing the jury.

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson walked into the courthouse arm-in-arm with Ahmaud Arbery’s family as trial testimony entered a second week Monday in the case of three white men charged with murder in the killing of Arbery after they spotted the 25-year-old Black man running in their neighborhood.

A judge denied mistrial requests on Monday at the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors were tainted by weeping from the gallery where the slain Black man's parents sat with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The judge said he found one defense lawyer's complaints last week about Black pastors to be “reprehensible,” and that no group would be excluded from his courtroom. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and pursued the 25-year-old Black man in a pickup truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood on Feb. 23, 2020.

A Milwaukee woman was arrested in on suspicion of operating while intoxicated. Her car was stopped in traffic on I-94, the sheriff's office said.

Defense attorneys on Thursday told Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley that high-profile pastors such as the Rev. Al Sharpton in the courtroom on behalf of the family of Ahmaud Arbery are intimidating and an unconscious attempt to pressure the jury.

Jurors are likely to hear a deposition from the property owner of a home under construction in the Satilla Shores neighborhood.

Jurors are likely to hear a deposition from the property owner of a home under construction in the Satilla Shores neighborhood.

At a Seoul airport, South Korea's transportation ministry demonstrated its future-generation flying urban transportation system. (Nov. 11)

A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four NASA astronauts blasted off into space from Florida on Nov. 10, marking a success after multiple delays due to weather.

The Department of Homeland Security is warning that mass gatherings and religious events over the coming weeks could provide targets and opportunities for violence.

One of the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery told police they had the 25-year-old Black man “trapped like a rat” before he was fatally shot.

Jurors were shown graphic, closeup police photos Monday of the gunshot wounds that killed Ahmaud Arbery, while the first officer to find the 25-year-old Black man bleeding in the road testified he did not try to render medical aid because it would not have been safe.

More witnesses are expected to testimony Monday in the trial of three men charged with murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.

The long-standing practice of allowing attorneys to dismiss prospective jurors without giving a reason has come under intense criticism.

Triana Arnold James is president of Georgia Now, and passionate about being at the Glynn County Courthouse during the trial.

Ahmaud Arbery's mother put her head in her hands and wept as body cam video that showed the aftermath of her son's shooting was played in court Friday.

Three clinics in the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Coastal Health District, including one in Glynn County, on Monday, Nov. 8, will begin offering pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children ages to 11.

The Transformative Justice Coalition is planning a march from Glynn County courthouse through downtown Brunswick.

Twelve jurors, along with three alternates, will be seated and sworn in Friday, when opening statements are expected in the trial of the three men accused of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, according to the judge.

Prosecutors had asked Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley to reinstate eight Black potential jurors, arguing that defense lawyers struck them from the final jury because of their race.

It's hard to overstate the importance of the video recording of Ahmaud Arbery's death and the evidentiary weight that the short, sometimes shaky clip will carry at the trial of the three men who chased and shot him.

The first Tuesday of November is traditionally Election Day and there are high-profile races like the <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2021/11/02/competitive-virginia-governors-race-to-test-bidens-appeal/" target="_blank">Virginia governor’s race</a> that are getting a lot of attention. In odd number years, many cities and some counties also fill their elective offices.

Friday marked the ninth day of jury selection in the trial of the three men accused of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, and the process will enter the third week on Monday.

Wednesday marked the seventh day of jury selection in the trial of the three men accused of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery.

A defense motion seeking to limit signs and demonstrations outside the Glynn County Courthouse where three men are on trial in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery was denied Tuesday morning by Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley.

With the removal Monday of the final giant chunk of the overturned Golden Ray cargo ship, officials announced Tuesday that those involved in the process over the last two years had “accomplished a great feat.”

Half of all Georgia residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 — a figure that still trails the national average.

The final giant chunk of an overturned cargo ship was removed from waters along the coast of Georgia on Monday, almost a year after demolition began on the wreck that tipped over with 4,200 automobiles in its cargo decks.

The Glynn County Courthouse was quieter on Friday as the ongoing jury selection in the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery was on pause because one of the lawyers had a scheduling conflict.

Work to remove the last section of the <a href="https://news4jax.com/topic/golden_ray" target="_blank">Golden Ray</a> continues after a barge departed Wednesday with two other sections of the shipwreck, <a href="https://www.stsimonssoundincidentresponse.com/post/julie-b-departs-final-section-removal-continues" target="_blank">the St. Simons Incident Response said Friday</a>.

Attorneys for the three men accused in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery asked the judge presiding over the trial to limit the signs and Justice for rallies outside the courthouse, arguing that it will influence potential jurors.

A Georgia judge has deemed 15 of more than 50 Glynn County residents interviewed so far this week are qualified to serve on the jury that will decide the fate of three Glynn County men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery.

Teachers, auto mechanics and retirees in Georgia are being questioned one by one to determine if they're qualified to serve as jurors in the trial of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery.

Jury selection begins Monday in a high-profile murder case that sparked nationwide protests and sent Georgia lawmakers scrambling to rewrite the state’s statutes.

More than 1,000 potential jurors will show up to the Glynn County Courthouse on Monday morning. Twelve people will end up being selected as jurors for the trial against the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery in 2020.

Days before the national spotlight shines brightly on Brunswick, dozens gathered Saturday at the Glynn County Courthouse to call for justice and understanding ahead of the trial in the Ahmaud Arbery case.

Road closures due to the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery