Bryan County News

Ocean Jenkins-Lofton, from Richmond Hill and a student at Savannah Technical College, was awarded the college gold medal in Job Interview.Read more

Despite some heavy rain earlier, thousands enjoyed music, fireworks and vendors June 27th at the City of Richmond Hill’s Independence Day Celebration at J.F. Gregory Park.Read more

Throughout her volleyball career at Richmond Hill, Alexa Anderson has battled through her share of possible setbacks. And at 5-4, she isn’t exactly your typical-sized volleyball player. But Anderson, who will begin her senior season this fall, has never let her height diminish her ambitions.Read more

Major General Henry Dearborn was tasked by President James Madison with conducting the right wing of the American invasion of Canada.Read more

I remember being a ten-year-old English schoolgirl in London watching the BBC TV broadcasts about America’s bicentennial celebrations in 1976.Read more

Richmond Hill — The City of Richmond Hill will host its annual Independence Day Celebration this Saturday, June 27th.Read more

The Coastal Soil and Water Conservation District serves five counties – Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh. Established in response to the devastating impacts of the Dust Bowl era, the district is committed to promoting responsible stewardship of our natural resources.Read more

FORT STEWART – A soldier who shot and wounded five people on the base last August and shot at another learned his fate Tuesday afternoon.Read more

Sander was recently serving at a kids’ summer camp, but she shifted gears to attend the Wildcats’ summer volleyball workouts. This time around, Sander was serving for her team on the volleyball court, where she is a six-rotation outside hitter playing either in the far left or in…Read more

HINESVILLE — The Liberty County Development Authority (LCDA) approved several major initiatives during its June meeting between infrastructure projects and additional testing for potential discharge sites of its proposed water reclamation facility.Read more

Over the past year, Julia Anastasio has absorbed and endured a number of things while learning to walk again post-hip surgery. Through it all, she has recognized not to take anything for granted.Read more

The Wildcats open the regular season Aug. 20 against South Effingham.Read more

Morris Multimedia has named Pat Donahue regional executive editor for its Southeast Georgia group, where he will oversee newsroom operations and editorial direction across the company’s five community newspapers serving Bulloch, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Tattnall counties.Read more

My wife used to give me a hard time when I complained about traffic, bless my heart. “You should get your own island,” she’d say. “Then you could have your own road and nobody could drive on it but you.”Read more

This headline is inspired by all the “hydration breaks” I keep seeing during these World Cup matches, which conveniently also feature advertisements from various corporate sponsors like Lays and Coca-Cola.Read more

On July 3, 1814, the American army under General Jacob Brown had invaded Canada, marking the third straight year that American forces tried to gain a foothold on Canadian soil along the Niagara frontierRead more

As some of you longer-term readers of this column may remember, my original column, several years ago, started with a description of a weekend trip my wife and I took to the Columbia Museum of Art in downtown Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina. We had been…Read more

As Father’s Day approaches it is important that we turn our hearts and minds to examine proper behavior for fathers.Read more

On a recent vacation to the mountains of Virginia, there was an old cemetery close to where we were staying. I stopped by it one day looking at some of the older tomb stones checking the dates written on them. While doing so, an older gentleman stopped by…Read more

RICHMOND HILL – Bryan County residents packed a Richmond Hill Planning and Zoning meeting Tuesday night to voice opposition to a proposed commercial rezoning near the historic Burnt Church Cemetery.Read more

As Georgia continues using natural gas to produce electricity at new and existing powerplants, the legitimacy of this policy deserves greater scrutiny.Read more

Bryan County Commissioners recently denied a request to allow 32 townhomes on a 5-acre plot in the Magnolia Hill planned unit development after several residents near the proposed project on Belfast River Road cited concerns over everything from flooding to traffic to its impact on property values.Read more

Bryan County Parks and Recreation is proud to recognize three Bryan County South All-Star teams that delivered outstanding performances during the Class A/B District 2 Tournaments held June 5-8, earning spots in their respective GRPA State Tournaments.Read more

The American Legion J.E. Lanier Post 27 hosted their third annual “Boots and Buckles” Fundraiser at the Fort McAllister Park Family Group Shelter this past Saturday.Read more

Richmond Hill City Center is welcoming the quarterly ArtNite exhibit from Arts on the Coast with an opening reception from 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, June 26. ArtNite is a free event and open to the public.Read more

Head coach Danielle Ennis is guiding her team through two-hour, open-gym sessions every Tuesday and Thursday to help lay some groundwork for the upcoming season.Read more

FORT STEWART – Soldiers going through the line at the Rocky II dining facility had some rather large men ladling the offerings of ribs, catfish or oxtails on their plates Thursday. Several past and present members of the Atlanta Falcons visited Fort Stewart on Thursday, taking turns serving…Read more

From Bryan County Sheriff’s Office reports:Read more

Remember when you were young, and any food item appeared to have more in the box, the can, or the wrapper? Well, it did.Read more

The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup is soon upon us, adding to the long list of sports happenings this summer (Go Spurs!). And as your editor, I feel like it is my duty to give you my expert unsolicited predictions on who will win each game, starting with…Read more