Nahunta News

Bruce Davis sits rocking slightly with the two tools of his trade, a radio and a telephone, as his eyes that have never seen look straight into darkness.

Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers operated by the State of Georgia and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are operating in Dougherty and Brantley counties to assist people affected by the storms and flooding that began March 26.

The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opened at Thornton Gym in Albany at noon Friday.

Individual assistance can include grants to help pay for temporary housing and home repairs.

FEMA and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency have opened three disaster recovery centers to help people from 17 South Georgia counties affected by the storms and flooding that struck beginning March 26.

State troopers are investigating a single-car crash that claimed the life of a Brantley County man Tuesday night near Hickox.

Residents are scrambling to rescue a Brantley County nonprofit therapeutic horse-riding center, serving children and adults with disabilities, which faces closure unless it relocates in a month.

Brantley County's 150 employees won't have to factor a 10 percent pay cut into their individual budgets, but they will see their pay reduced in another way.

OVERTIME ADDS UP Brantley County Sheriff's Office overtime for the first two weeks of February: - Jail employees: 21 - Overtime hours: 917.5 - Overtime pay: $13,970 - Law enforcment employees: 19 - Overtime ...

TERRY DICKSON/The Times-Union A Brantley County detention officer monitors security cameras at the new 124-bed detention center.

Police Chief Darren Crews was demoted Thursday as the city of Nahunta continues a year-long problem with its public safety officials.

Some Brantley County employees will soon see a reduction in their paychecks. The County Commission voted Tuesday to make them ineligible for overtime.

Nahunta, the seat of Brantley County's government, could find itself without fire protection unless the mayor and the council can iron out their differences with the volunteer fire department.

A string of copper wire thefts from utility companies in several counties was found to have originated in a Liberty County home.

Brantley County Manager Chuck Madray called a heated debate over his reimbursement for driving from home to work "a parting shot by our current chairman." Commission Chairman Terry Thomas pointed out at a ...