GLYNN COUNTY

A man was taken into custody Friday after a toddler was shot last week in Brunswick and critically injured, authorities said.

Georgia’s highest court on Wednesday overturned the murder and child cruelty convictions against a man whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours, saying the jury saw evidence that was “extremely and unfairly prejudicial.”

The Glynn County Police Department is dismissing or refunding 264 speeding tickets because of faulty speed radars.

A feral cat on the south end of St. Simons Island tested positive for rabies after acting aggressively toward a family dog on Tuesday, according to the Glynn County Health Department. The dog is up to date on rabies vaccinations and was taken to a local veterinarian for treatment.

The Confederate monument at Hanover Square was removed Tuesday.

The 10-week-old purebred bloodhound will serve as a tracking dog for the department. Chief was donated by the Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction.

You've likely heard of Brian Kemp, David Perdue, Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. But there are scores of other names on the ballot for dozens of state and local offices. A look at all the candidates who want your vote on Tuesday.

A Brunswick mother says she’s continuing her push for answers after her son, who has autism and is non-verbal, was tasered multiple times and tackled by Glynn County police.

A Camden County man who fired at deputies who were serving a search warrant before dawn at his home in May 2021 has been indicted on a felony murder charge because a woman was shot and killed during his exchange of gunfire with deputies, prosecutors announced Friday.

Glynn County District Attorney Keith Higgins announced Wednesday that law enforcement officers involved in an incident that resulted in the death of Latoya James during a drug raid last year will not be charged with a crime.

Former church leader Ken Adkins, who was convicted at a trial in 2017 of child molestation and sentenced to 35 years in prison, plus life on probation, is demanding a Georgia court give him a new trial on his child molestation charges.

State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced Friday that 216 graduating seniors from across Georgia have been recognized as 2022 Georgia Scholars.

Glynn County has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the owner of the Golden Ray, the company involved in the salvage of the capsized ship and others, claiming significant damage to the coastal environment and to the county’s economy.

About 1 in 5 people have an STD and half of all new STD cases are in young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the Georgia Department of Public Health said.

Attorneys for a former Georgia prosecutor charged with misconduct in the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing say she never tried to discourage police from making arrests in the shooting of the 25-year-old Black man.

The Glynn County Police Department on Friday announced the convictions of two men, Everett Belafonte Bennett Jr. and Travis Tyrone Kates Jr., for the July 2019 murder of Antonio Randolph.

A Brunswick man has been found guilty in the December 2019 homicide of a 37-year-old Virginia Beach man, according to a Friday news release from the Glynn County Police Department.

Investigators said a man called 911 after finding “possible grenades” while cleaning out the garage of a neighbor who had recently died.

Glynn Co. police have identified the 48-year-old man killed in a February fight.

A jury in Georgia has adjourned without a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial over the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

A Glynn County man is facing a felony murder charge after a man he got into a fight with died at the hospital from his injuries, police said.

Witnesses in the federal hate crimes trial of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery say they recall racist statements by two of the defendants.

Witnesses in the federal hate crimes trial of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery say they recall racist statements by two of the defendants.

An FBI intelligence analyst is going through dozens of text messages and social media posts in which two of the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery repeatedly used racial slurs.

The three white men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery had histories of making racist comments or using slurs in text messages that stunned their friends and colleagues, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday as the trio stood trial on hate crime charges in the 25-year-old Black man’s death.

The federal judge presiding over the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said she will seat a jury Monday after a week spent asking potential jurors what they already know about the Black man’s death as well as their views on racism in America.

With 57 potential jurors qualified so far, jury selection in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery could wrap up soon.

The questioning of potential jurors in the federal hate crimes trial of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery is moving quickly.

Several potential jurors in the hate crimes trial of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said in court Tuesday that they believe problems with racism in America are exaggerated and questioned whether there should be special charges or punishments for crimes motivated by race.

The judge plans to bring in 1,000 potential jurors from more than 40 Georgia counties.

Ethan Bell Bennett, 20, of Brunswick has been convicted in the 2019 death of a 35-year-old father of three who was shot multiple times in front of his mother’s home in the Arco area of Brunswick.

New court documents reveal federal prosecutors have reached plea agreements with the father and son convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

The Glynn County Police Department is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of 18-year-old Amondrick Tijuane Roberts.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.