Darien News

Since 2000, the crew of the Research Vessel Georgia Bulldog has purposely done what most try to avoid.

McIntosh County will have its Independence Day celebration on Friday in historic downtown Darien, featuring Mason Waters and the Groove Allstars.

There's going to be a lot to do over the coming weekend. Here's just a few events in the area: On Saturday, July 4, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fort Morris State Historic Site will host its annual Independence Day Colonial Faire.

Donald Lenear, a crew member for the Miley Cyrus movie "The Last Song" being filmed on Tybee Island, was found dead Thursday morning.

The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 24-year-old man from a disabled 17-foot boat in the Darien River, Ga., at approximately 12:15 a.m. Thursday.

WATER APPROACHES COME CAMP GROUNDS AND CAMPERS MAY NEED TO BE RELOCATED. BEAUFORT/LADYS ISLAND - WATER FLOODS PARTS OF THE SEA ISLAND PARKWAY /HIGHWAY 21/ NEAR THE CHOWAN CREEK BRIDGE.

Vaughnette Goode-Walker, who's in charge of the Telfair Museum's Juneteenth celebration this week, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: "There's no such thing as black history or white history," she says.

Darien is home to Fort King George, the southern-most British fort built in North America during the colonial era.

The Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation, in cooperation with the McIntosh Art Association, is presenting a photographic exhibit, "Past & Present," through Wednesday, July 15, at the McIntosh Old Jail Art Center, 404 Northway, in downtown Darien.

A Townsend man shot last month by police who said he tried to run down officers during a chase from Glynn County into McIntosh County now faces charges in multiple arrest warrants.

The Long County EMS unit will be getting a new ambulance soon, as result of a $72,000 grant submitted through the county and Liberty Regional Medical Center.

Dorothy Stafford Yeomans and the late Marl Steven Yeomans of Jesup, Georgia, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Raegan Stephanie Yeomans of Jefferson, Georgia, to Jonathan Ernest Harvey of Jefferson, Georgia, son of Jane Harvey of Athens, Georgia, and Walter and Terri Harvey of Jefferson Georgia.

A single patrol car sat outside the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office Monday. Four patrol cars wrecked chasing a motorcycle on Interstate 95 Saturday.

Fifth grade students at Oak Grove Intermediate School in Darien, GA have been forfeiting their ice cream money every Friday since February to help seniors living at the Darien Center Center.

A Townsend man was wounded Tuesday night after leading police on a high-speed chase through two counties.

The McIntosh County sheriff says officers shot and wounded a fleeing motorist after he tried to run down police pursuing him.

Three of the four deputies involved in a motorcycle chase on I-95 Saturday have been discplined.

It's an anniversary most people in McIntosh County would like to forget. Just one year ago today an EF4 tornado tore through the community; smashing through the McIntosh Industrial park, damaging the county EMS center, the Gateway treatment facility and the outboard rejuvenation boat repair shop.

A high-speed chase that began at Fort Stewart ended Saturday afternoon when four McIntosh County sheriff's deputies pursuing a motorcycle rider totaled their patrol cars on Interstate 95 near Darien.

Pieces were all that were left that Mother's Day morning. Mangled Metal, ripped off roofs and broken boats littered the grounds at the McIntosh Industrial Park, and beyond.