Riceboro News

Plum Creek's request for a 7,800-unit development was approved at Tuesday's Liberty County Commission meeting, but not without a few jabs from Riceboro residents.

Liberty County's east-end annex is taking shape as the architect talked design and demolition with commissioners last week.

Emergencies in west Liberty County should soon get quicker ambulance responses. Walthourville is to get a new, additional station for emergency medical services after the Liberty County Hospital Authority voted to expand at the city's request.

A worker from The Earth Comfort Co., a Savannah-based geothermal installation company, is welding high density polyethylene piping together at a temperature of 500 degrees.

It took eight years but the Midway Volunteer Fire Department finally drove a new service truck into the station last Friday.

Hampton Island Preserve recently put a huge dent - some $401,600 - in the $660,000 the development owes in delinquent property taxes, interest and late fees.

Among the numerous and voluminous historic documents in her file cabinets, Mary Beth Evans has an 1860 Census showing that there were approximately three times as many slaves, 6,000, as others living in Liberty County right before the Civil War.

Editor, On the evening of April 24, 2009, the true dedication of our local emergency workers was unselfishly demonstrated.

More Riceboro residents may be able to get rid of their septic systems if the city can secure some federal funding.

Live Oak Public Libraries programs at the Liberty Branch and Midway-Riceboro Branch libraries have been set for May: All Live Oak branches will be closed on May 25 for Memorial Day.

A man was killed and woman was seriously injured in a single vehicle accident Sunday morning in Riceboro.

Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Jones Jr. of Midway announce the engagement of their daughter, Shayla Jones, to Dominick Parker, son of Dr.

East Liberty County will soon have new firefighting equipment its neighbors on the west side lack, and the seeming division of wealth had Liberty County commissioners questioning why.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for southeastern Bryan, south central Chatham, southeastern Liberty, northeastern McIntosh Counties until 5:45 pm.

Three-year-old Prince Davis Jr. didn't stand a chance against his adult attackers.

Several nearby cities will have their annual spring cleanups next weekend as part of the Great American Cleanup.

Members of Mt. Carmel Deliverance Center are excited. On Saturday, March 28, they caravanned from their old location in Port Wentworth and moved into their new sanctuary at 200 Stokes Ave.

Coastal Electric Cooperative Vice President Mark Bolton told Hinesville Rotarians Thursday that in terms of development and growth, electricity is usually taken for granted.

The Liberty County Commission last week gave county engineer Trent Long the go ahead to look for ways to fund rebuilding a picnic pavilion in Riceboro.

A Riceboro man, wanted in connection with a shooting last year, has been returned to Liberty County after being found in New York.