Ludowici News

It has been an exciting week of celebration for Pleasant Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Residents in Ludowici are concerned over tax increases. Residents are fighting a proposed 44% tax hike from city administrators.

Navy Seaman Dante L. Anderson Faucett recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.

When she's not stringing together quotes and facts for newspaper stories, Jesup Press-Sentinel reporter Raye Nakles spends her free time weaving boughs of holly and fresh evergreen for her award-winning Christmas wreaths.

After the Long County Chamber of Commerce said it would not be able to sponsor the county's annual Christmas parade this year, Wildlife Festival coordinators decided to host the event.

At the Oct. 13 meeting, the Long County Commission voted to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed at the courthouse in Ludowici.

Blue Tide defenders take down a Yellow Jacket during Friday's homecoming game in Ludowici.

Tragedy struck Long County on Monday when a 5-year-old boy, described as friendly and outgoing, drowned in a bathtub.

LUDOWICI a ' The 5-year-old boy who drowned in the bathtub of his Long County mobile home Monday has been identified as Caleb Fox, according to a Long County Sheriffa TMs Department incident report.

LUDOWICI a ' A 5-year-old Long County boy drowned Monday afternoon while bathing in the familya TMs mobile home.

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for people from Long County and Allenhurst to fill jobs when the 2010 national count is conducted.

Despite a persistent rain Saturday, the 28th Long County Wildlife Festival was a success.

Jonathon Goode, 22, was charged last Friday with homicide by a vehicle in the first degree for his involvement in a wreck that killed a Jesup teenager earlier this year.

A Long County girl, who went missing Friday, was found Saturday morning in Garden City.

Bonnie Camp, a fourth-grade math and science teacher at Walker Middle School in Ludowici, was among 29 Georgia teachers to receive New Teacher Assistance Grants from Georgia Power.

Kitty Wallace Kitty Wilson Wallace, 85, died Sunday, October 4, 2009, at Liberty County Medical Center.

The Ludowici/Long County Volunteer Fire Department Station 4 Auxiliary will have its eighth annual Halloween Extravaganza Oct.

Fort Stewart Growth Management Partnership Director Jeff Ricketson announced last week the four-county planning group will hold a number of meetings open to the public this month.

Four burglaries recently occured in Ludowici, according to Ludowici Police Department Investigator Sal Genualdi.

A Ludowici man who was involved in a wreck that killed a 17-year-old was arrested last week for possession of illegal drugs.