Pembroke News

Bryan County Commissioners are considering Sunday alcohol sales, but brought the issue up during Tuesday's regular monthly meeting without voting for or against the idea.

An alarm and video aided Pembroke Police in foiling a would-be burglary attempt June 6. According to Chief of Police Mark Crowe, Ragee Anderson, 17, was arrested after he and a 15-year-old pried open the back door of Louann's Cafe at 78 West Bacon Street.

The Bryan County Board of Education will be keeping a wary eye on the state of Georgia as the next school year begins in August.

Meet Linda Bragg, a wife, mother and grandmother who has worked for nearly four decades in the Bryan County School system.

PEMBROKE, GA Forest rangers pushed trees and turned dirt Thursday to isolate the smoldering remains of a 20 acre brush fire.

Carl Elmore/Bryan County NowBlood donor Tiffany Wages, 17, an aquaintance of Chantalette Smith, said she decided to donate because it might help people with leukemia.

The following pets are available from Georgia Animal Rescue and Defense, 100 Dichroic Dragon Drive, Pembroke, GA 31321.

Diane Stewart/Bryan County Now Democrat candidate for governor, David Poythress spoke at the Dixie Harn Community Center in Pembroke June 22.

Two horses in Long County have tested positive for the eastern equine encephalitis virus.

Voter turnout is expected to be light today as Pembroke voters go to the poll in a special election to select either Tommy Strickland or Diane Moore to fill the citya s District Three city council seat vacated by Tony Greeson when Greeson moved from the district earlier this year.

West Rehab Services and the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce broke ground for the new clinic that is expected to be open in the fall.

Sgt. Mark Crowe of the Bryan County Sheriff's Department drug investigations unit has been named Pembroke's new police chief.

The sign on Devon Morris' door says Friends Welcome. But his attackers were neither friends nor welcomed when they beat him and robbed him in his bed.

The Pembroke City Council discussed how to handle the late fees that have accumulated on some residents' water bills over time, as well as how to prevent those late fees from occurring in the future, during the council's monthly meeting June 8 in Pembroke City Hall.

School starting times in Richmond Hill will be staggered in the upcoming year, the Bryan County Board of Education decided Thursday night.

Civil rights have been trumped, according to the Liberty County NAACP, alleging that police misconduct in Bryan County was simply brushed off.

The Bryan County Commission agreed Tuesday to pay up to $30,000 to water two new synthetic playing fields to keep them cool enough for athletes to use.

Carl Elmore/Bryan County NowFlags at the Bryan County Courthouse in Pembroke and the Courthouse Annex in Richmond Hill flew at half-mast last week in memory of Superior Court Judge John Harvey, who died May 25.

Paul Weinberger, manager of the Pembroke Library, recently announced the library's summer programs.

Diane Stewart/For Bryan County NowMem TwoJosh Nubern performs the National Anthem as the crowd salutes and stands at attention.