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🗞️Stolen baby goat returned to Bloomingdale farm
A two-week-old baby goat named Tot was returned to her Bloomingdale farm Thursday, days after she was stolen over the weekend.…
🗞️Appeals court hands Trump a loss on mail voting as Supreme Court considers his executive order
Georgia secretary of state, other election officials warn it’s impossible to comply with president’s executive order limiting mail-in voting.…
🗞️Legion post, schools prepare for 9/11 observance events
Observances of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will take place at Bradwell Institute, Liberty County High School and the Midway Fire Department.…
🗞️BCSO blotter: Car on wrong side of road, dove hunting gone awry
From the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office reports…
🗞️Citizen-led lawsuit challenges zoning for OpenAI Georgia data center
A new lawsuit asks court to declare that data center zoning at OpenAI site is invalid. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-…
🗞️11-year-old girl arrested in fatal shooting of 15-year-old brother
The boy’s 11-year-old sibling was arrested just before 1 a.m. Thursday in connection with the shooting death.…
🗞️‘He makes all things new’: 400 queen bees saved as Vidalia business rebuilds after fire
A devastating fire destroyed 12 years of work at a Vidalia honey bee supplier, but first responders saved more than 400 queen bees as the owners found a message of hope i…
🗞️13-year-old dies from suspected fentanyl overdose; parents arrested
A 13-year-old girl is dead, and her parents have been arrested after an apparent fentanyl overdose claimed her life.…
🗞️Teen’s dying words help solve his own murder, investigators say
A 17-year-old’s dying words to first responders became the foundation of the case against two people accused of killing him.…
🗞️Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy murder trial after emergency stay denied
Clancy, 36, is charged with killing her three children in 2023.…
🗞️Oh deer! Buck wanders into Florida home, bathroom and pool before deputies escort it out
A wild buck wandered into a Florida home, stood over a bathroom sink and swam in a pool before deputies guided it outside.…
🗞️Walthourville to end fire fee Oct. 1, may owe back payroll taxes
The Walthourville City Council voted Wednesday to eliminate the town's fire fee and authorized attorney Luke Moses to represent the city regarding a potential class-actio…