Glynn County News

Officials in Glynn County, Georgia say they have arrested a suspect in a shooting death.

County deal will be aired in public 11/7/2009 By NEVIN BATIWALLA The Brunswick News A private meeting two Glynn County commissioners wanted with an insurance broker trying to keep a lucrative contract that county administrators say is unnecessary will be public because other commissioners plan to be there to see what is going on.

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At this time of year, people talk about ghosts in old buildings. Soon, a historic island structure could be replaced by a ghost of itself.

Swine flu shots will be coming to a public school near you - but it might be a while.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 2, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with Glynn County, Ga., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities.

Public schools to offer vaccinations 11/2/2009 By ERIKA CAPEK The Brunswick News Glynn County public school nurses will begin administering H1N1 flu mist Wednesday to schoolchildren whose parents want them to be inoculated.

Glynn County has some smart folks running their GOP. They figured out if they did an event the weekend of the GA/FL game debacle, they could get $25 per head for a straw poll from a mix of regulars and some of us out of town interlopers.

School looking for mentors 10/29/2009 By ERIKA CAPEK The Brunswick News Thirty minutes a week goes a long way.

Officers nab bank robbery suspect 10/29/2009 By LOUIE BROGDON The Brunswick News The teamwork of alert citizens and a Glynn County police dog led to the arrest Wednesday of a would-be bank robber less than hour after he allegedly pedalled away on a bicycle.

Five female tellers of the United Community Bank were hustled inside early this morning at gunpoint by a man who, then, demanded money.

Three nominated for judgeship 10/24/2009 The Brunswick News An elected official, a former elected official and a former city court solicitor could become the fifth Superior Court judge in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit.

In 2005, Savannah native Pam Cowart was one of five breast cancer survivors to open and close a three-day, 60-mile Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Atlanta.

Glynn County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to extend the school system's 1-cent sales tax to pay for improvement projects intended to better educate students.

A Glynn County coroner's inquest jury Nov. 12 will hear evidence in the death of a 17-year-old county jail inmate.

Students enjoying 'The Big Read' 10/20/2009 By ERIKA CAPEK The Brunswick News Seven-year-old Kaden Morris can't wait to see the movie "Where the Wild Things Are." That was especially true after listening to Cary Knapp from the Brunswick-Glynn ,County Library, read the children's book to his second grade class at Glyndale Elementary School on ...

Of the nine area men arrested over the summer in Polk County on child molestation and computer pornography charges, one will be headed to court this fall.

Stewbilee a grand success 10/12/2009 By ERIKA CAPEK The Brunswick News By 1:30 p.m., almost every one of the 44 stew contestants was scraping the bottom of their pot to give out the last of the samples at the 5th annual Brunswick Rockin' Stewbilee on Saturday.

The father and grandmother of slain 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. think his photograph was used as prop on a cable television soap opera as the result of a "sick, demented and cruel" prank by an as yet unknown person, their lawyer said Wednesday.

Spencer Paige, 8, has a big heart for homeless animals. It's almost as boundless as the tail-wagging enthusiasm his dog, Cuddles, has for the Glynn County third-grader. The story of the boy and his dog has earned national recognition and resulted in a corporate donation of food and supplements for the dogs and cats in the care of Glynn County ...