Darien News

About 45 different bikes and 60 riders made a 140-mile round trip Saturday from Hinesville to Darien and back as part of the Liberty Humane Shelter's third annual poker run.

Skipper's is a very polite fish camp with a wide menu of local seafood that includes superb sweet Georgia shrimp.

TERESA STEPZINSKI/The Times-Union Morris Thornton shows Faye and Thomas Terrell of Darien some produce.

DARIEN, Ga. - Experts may be convinced the economic recession that has gripped the nation is at an end, but the McIntosh County Commission is not counting on it.

Andrea C. Walthour of Walthourville and Brian C. Pinkney of Darien were married at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept.

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive 1-6 p.m. Friday at Southeast Georgia Health System's Brunswick hospital, 2415 Parkwood Drive.

The 15th annual CoastFest will sound like a menu with shrimp, crabs and fish. It also has some creatures, such as hawks and frogs, that people don't want to see on their plates.

A veteran journalist, Kemp considers the effects of white Southern rock on future generations and provides a survey of regional and racial influences on the music.

Five minutes near the marsh and I saw a painted bunting. Clearly. Not pretending I saw what others claimed with a squinty look up a tree, but right in front of me.

Heinze, Jr., told authorities he had returned home to the New Hope Plantation Mobile Home Park early Saturday to find his entire family had been murdered.

Special Agent in Charge Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, in conjunction with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation , the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office, and the Darien, Georgia Police Department, provides the following information regarding yesterday's armed bank robbery at the Heritage Bank, 1142 Highway 17 North, Darien, Georgia.

Authorities in McIntosh County are looking for a bank robbery suspect. They say three suspects walked into the Heritage Bank in Darien with weapons and demanded money.

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.