Folkston News

A shocking remark stunned members of the Clay County Commission as they listened to comments about the county government.

Three former prisoners of war were honored at Charlton County High School in a ceremony Tuesday designed to teach students about sacrifices made by veterans every day.

You can hear the train horns all over Folkston, and City Manager Pinder Lloyd said it seemed Thursday the engineers were holding them all the way through town.

The annual Founder's Day celebration is typically a low-key affair for Homeland residents and visitors to experience genuine Southern hospitality.

Students from Orange Park High lined Kingsley Avenue joining hundreds of others who came to mourn the death of 7-year-old Somer Thompson.

Several came out to show their support for the Thompson family. Candles and posters were placed at the front of the courthouse.

Investigators are still in Folkston, Georgia looking for clues in Somer Thompson's death.

Clay County's Sheriff is crediting a detective's quick thinking with helping investigators find the body of a missing little girl.

Submitted by Tracy Jones on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 12:25. I have two very young daughters, Ella and Lydia.

Local law enforcement continues their work today in the Chesser Island Landfill in Folkston, GA where Somer Thompsona s body was located late Tuesday afternoon.

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said this morning that a body found in a Folkston, Ga., area landfill was that of Somer Renee Thompson, 7, who's been missing since she disappeared in Orange Park on Monday.

Detectives searching for a missing 7-year-old north Florida girl said they found the body of a young child in a Georgia landfill Wednesday, but it has not yet been identified.

GORDON JACKSON/The Times-Union Jake McKean stacks firewood at the Chesser Island Homestead at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, site of many activities planned for Saturday's Okefenokee Festival.

The Henssler Financial Group is proud to announce that our Director of Investments, Theodore L. Parrish, CFA, has been named to Georgia Trend's "40 Under 40" list for 2009.

The Camden County school system was among those cheated by rigged fuel pumps operated by businessman Fairley Cisco, a federal indictment says.

Each year, we pull the two numbers out from our memory banks, dust them off and recall one of the darkest days in our country's history.

Camden County businessman Fairley Cisco surrendered to FBI agents Friday to face federal charges accusing him and four others of a multimillion-dollar fuel fraud scheme and a bribery conspiracy.

A federal grand jury has returned a 17-count indictment against the former owner of three Cisco Travel Plaza locations in Camden County and four other people connected to the business alleging they overcharged customers by at least $7 million.

Mike and Carrie Jarman of Fort Myers, Florida, and John Willie and Ginger Johns of Hortense, Georgia, are delighted to announce the recent engagement of their children: Jacqueline "Jackie" Marie Jarman to Christopher "Eric" Johns.

CristoFouri is a combination of teachers and students, friends and colleagues, all arranged into an evening of four-part piano music.