Lyons News

Police are still trying to figure out how a toddler ended up on a busy road in Garden City Thursday night just hours after his father was found murdered on Hutchinson Island.

Barbara Summersett does not want to spend another July 4 in mystery. Saturday marks four year since her son Sean, was shot and killed at a holiday street party in nearby Lyons.

Hundreds of new jobs are on the way to Lyons as Chicken of the Sea gets ready to open their only facility in Georgia.

Robert and Joyce Snipes Cato announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda J. Gauthier of Lyons, Ga., to Charlie D. Hendrix of Lyons, Ga., a son of Joan Akridge of Stillmore, Ga., and the late Charlie Hendrix.

Memorial Day arrests double number in '08 A Memorial Day weekend crackdown on traffic violations in Richmond County netted 128 speeders, 18 drunk drivers and more than twice as many arrests as a year ago, according to Sgt.

Monday, May 25, 2009 2:12 p.m. An Emanuel County farmer was killed Sunday when his tractor overturned.

The Emmanuel County Sheriff's Office says a man was killed Sunday on his farm when his tractor flipped and pinned him underneath.

Effingham County is in the running for 250 manufacturing jobs. Industrial Development Authority CEO John Henry said the potential industry, named "Project Hammer" for confidentiality reasons, is estimated to bring a $20 million capital investment to the area.

Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist in the Bush Labor Department, provides an update on how the raising of the minimum wage has been a job killer in American Samoa: As President Obama considers whether to fulfill his campaign promise to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50 per hour by 2011, there's no better illustration of the ...

The Williams Health Care Center is struggling to stay afloat due to a chance in the law.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lillard of Lyons announce the engagement of their daughter, Rena, to Jeffrey Allen Blount, son of Mr.

Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic: The U.S. Senate wisely rejects a bill that would allow bankruptcy judges to "cram down" mortgage rates.

As WTOC told you yesterday, Chicken of the Sea is opening a tuna canning plant in southeast Georgia, just north of Lyons in the Toombs County industrial park off U.S. Highway 1. See Chicken of the Sea to bring 200 jobs to Lyons .

Toombs County, famous as the center of Georgia's Vidalia onion country, is about to get a new industry.

Chicken of the Sea International plans to return tuna canning to the United States and will spend $20 million to open a domestic canning operation in Lyons, Ga.

Miss Georgia Sweet Onion and her court : 4th runner-up, Miss Congeniality, and Interview Award recipient Laurel Higginbotham; 2nd runner-up Laura Johnson; Miss Georgia Sweet Onion Jincy Curl; 3rd runner-up Farren Simmons; and 1st runner-up Morgan Lothridge.

A Toombs County woman has reunited with her biological family 41 years after their separation.

Finally, Becky Reaves can fill in the first chapters of her life. Put up for adoption at 6 months old, she'll meet her biological father Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Sosbee of Bogart, are please to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jamie Nicole Sosbee, to Samuel Robert Smith Jr., son of Mr.

Though a lame duck , he will decide how much money is spent, the most important issue before lawmakers this recession-plagued year.