Over the 11 years I was with Ted, we covered so many other stories—the fall of the Soviet Union, the O.J. Simpson trial, the Balkan wars, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the Waco siege, the death of ...

Wayne County’s Terrence “Blu” Ward led the Wayne County Recreation Department track team at Saturday’s GRPA state meet in Carrollton, stunning the field by breaking a 21-year-old state reco ...

Election-day voters will have plenty of choices next week.Locally, voters in District 2 and 4 are choosing school board members and party nominees for county commissioner (though no Democrat ...

The continuing efforts of firefighters and forestry workers over the past week—aided by the rains in the area—have largely extinguished the Brantley County fire that has threatened Southeast Ge ...

Former Michigan State wide receiver Omari Kelly, whose father, Albert, lives in Jesup, recently signed as an undrafted free agent with the Chicago Bears. Kelly began his collegiate football career ...

By News Staff on Monday, June 21, 2021 pdf Wayne County Living 2020-21.pdf (16.69 MB) ...

Odum—Roland “Ron” Turner, 80, of Odum died April 23, 2026, under the care of Hospice of South Georgia. The Ohio native had lived in Wayne County the past 32 years and was a member of his much-loved ...

Odum—Nona Faye Dubberly Mallard, 94, of Odum died May 2, 2026, under the care of Hospice of South Georgia. The Wayne County native was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, ...

An unidentified pedestrian was killed when struck by the Amtrak train on Jesup’s CSX tracks at about 5:45 a.m. today (Friday). The pedestrian was struck at the crossing at North W ...

The Wayne County Courthouse is on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s “10 Places in Peril” for 2026. The building’s inclusion on the list—released last week—reflects ...