GLYNN COUNTY

One of the men convicted of chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood in 2020 has been moved to a medical prison, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.

A newly-unsealed indictment names 76 people as part of a plan to move large amounts of drugs into Southeast Georgia, and much of the conspiracy operated from inside Georgia state prisons, the U.S. Department of Justice for the Southern District of Georgia announced Wednesday.

The National Weather Service reports 79 people died at U.S. beaches last year, and the vast majority of those deaths were blamed on rip currents.

Jacques Battiste, the police chief in Glynn County, is stepping down from his position, according to a report Monday by The Brunswick News, which cited a news release.

A former Georgia prosecutor charged more than a year ago with hindering the police investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery has been ordered to appear before a judge next month for her first court appearance. Superior Court Judge John R. Turner on Tuesday scheduled a Dec. 29 arraignment for former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, who will have a chance to enter a plea after the charges are formally presented in court. The judge said he will also take up any pending legal motions, which include a request by Johnson's defense attorneys to have one of the charges dismissed.

Early voting is now underway statewide in Georgia ahead of next month’s Senate runoff election between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

Officials in Southeast Georgia are monitoring the track of Nicole.

Residents in Southeast Georgia — the Hickory Bluff and Sanctuary Cove areas — were asked to evacuate and shelter in place earlier today after an industrial fire at the Symrise plant in Glynn County.

One person was killed and another was wounded Wednesday in a double shooting in Glynn County, police said.

A 38-year-old repairman pleaded guilty Monday to rape and child molestation in Glynn County Superior Court and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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 drive-thru flu vaccination clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Glynn County Health Department at 2747 Fourth St. in Brunswick.

Pinktober has arrived, which means it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Georgia law enforcement authorities announced Friday the success of Operation Coastal Flood with over 30 arrests in three days.

A Waycross man was found guilty of shooting and killing a man in Glynn County back in September 2021, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

Family and friends laid to rest Saturday the prominent Georgia attorney who drowned Sunday afternoon while trying to save his teenage son from strong rip currents in St. Simons Island.

Defense attorney Page Pate was an expert on constitutional law and was recognized as one of the best legal minds in America.

Fishers, crabbers and other seafaring businesses, including airboat tour guides, have filed suit in federal court against the owner of the Golden Ray and the salvage company that dismantled the ship, claiming the environmental damage from the capsizing and salvage has wrecked their livelihoods.

A 49-year-old Glynn County woman was sentenced to just over three years in federal prison after she admitted to her role in a conspiracy to use false prescriptions to obtain thousands of pills, including opioids, to distribute on the street.

A beloved lighthouse on the Georgia coast will be illuminated like a giant birthday candle to celebrate turning 150 years old.

A man entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to prison in a 2020 vehicular homicide case in Glynn County, Keith Higgins, the district attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, announced Monday.

Inside its day facility is a laundry room for the homeless to wash their clothes, personal hygiene boxes and a shower.

A feral cat from the central Cate Road area near Brunswick has tested positive for rabies, the Glynn County Health Department said Wednesday.

A 34-year-old Glynn County man accused of threatening to blow up an Internal Revenue Service office in New York was sentenced to time served and placed on three years of supervised release.

A crowd of dozens chanted on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Ahmaud Arbery’s hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally shot after being chased by three white men in a nearby neighborhood — a crime local officials vowed to never forget.

The first day of school for students in Glynn County started Tuesday and before the first bus rolled off the lot, the district issued a warning that things might be a little hectic.

The white father and son convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting after they chased the 25-year-old Black man through a Georgia neighborhood have been sentenced to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

The Georgia Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced the Coastal Health District’s monkeypox vaccination program was expanding.

The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency when he’s sentenced next week for a federal hate crime conviction.

With the start of school approaching Aug. 9, law enforcement agencies from the Glynn County area joined forces this week to share student and school safety tips for parents.

A man was taken into custody over the weekend in Georgia after a road rage incident earlier this month in Florida left a person injured, authorities said.

Officers in Glynn County on Monday afternoon were in pursuit of a stolen car that ended with a crash on I-95 near U.S. 17, according to the Police Department.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday honored those who serve to secure the nation’s borders.

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.

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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.

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

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

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.