Brantley County News

A SWAT standoff with an armed man in Brantley County overnight ended with the suspect shot and hospitalized in critical condition.

An 18-year-old Brantley County man is hospitalized in Savannah after being shot in the face by a police officer.

ST. MARYS, Ga. -- A Camden County grand jury this week indicted a St. Marys man who is accused of trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife. Jessie Lee Losey, 32, was charged with criminal intent to commit ...

A fire that burned 1,200 acres of woodlands in eastern Brantley County is contained, said Frank Sorrells, district ranger at the Georgia Forestry Commission's Waycross office.

By TERESA STEPZINSKI The Times-Union A 17-month-old boy was accidentally struck and killed Wednesday outside a Brantley County home, state troopers said.

Firefighters in southeast Georgia were able to get a wildfire in Brantley County about 70 percent contained Tuesday evening.

“You'll have to go the local office”

A few months before my birthday in March, I sat down at our home computer and happily renewed my Georgia driver's license online. via Florida Times-Union

“He was just trying to help the recreation project move forward. He was trying to speed up the process.”

A Brantley County commissioner may have overstepped his bounds by ordering the clearing of 50 acres of county-owned land. via Jacksonville.com

“He thought he was doing the right thing. He just wanted to get them away from everybody”

Dogs recently dumped near the Satilla River west of Hoboken had originally been found dead March 7 in the home of their dying owner, authorities said. via Jacksonville.com

Police officers in Brantley County, Georgia have made a grisly discovery. They found two mass graves filled with more than thirty dead dogs, many of them tiny, weighing less than 15 pounds. via WACH-TV Columbia

Authorities in northeast Florida are investigating the dumping of about 30 dog carcasses near the Satilla River. via Local6.com

Carson and Hartmann check on Dexter, one of 30-plus dogs they care for at their private animal shelter in Hoboken. via The Florida Times Union

“You're welcome to all of this”

By Gordon Jackson, The Times-Union KINGSLAND - A state flag making the rounds of every Georgia county will be well-traveled by the time it reaches its new home. via Jacksonville.com

“Hoboken, Ga. Sacred Harp singing community since the 1800s.”

I recently had the opportunity to step back to the 19th century in Hoboken, Ga. This tiny town is in Brantley County. via Tallahassee.com

The Georgia State Patrol is searching for a driver who ran over a man lying on a Brantley County highway Sunday night and kept going. via WJXT

State troopers continue searching for a hit-and-run driver who killed a Camden County man lying on a Brantley County highway Sunday night. via The Florida Times Union

“If you consider all the time you have to put in it, you'd be better off working a job for minimum wage”

CHRIS VIOLA/The Times-Union A spoon with the initials of plantation owner Hugh Fraser Grant from the 1800s is among the pieces Ken Holcomb has found in his 10 years of metal detecting. via Jacksonville.com

Brantley County roofer William Kenneth Capps would likely have been up for parole in about 20 years for his 2006 murder conviction in Ware County Superior Court. via Jacksonville.com

The short and little-used Brantley County airport is going to grow with a big chunk of government funding. via Jacksonville.com

A Waynesville woman has been charged with shooting her husband during a domestic dispute Wednesday afternoon at their rural home. via Jacksonville.com