Townsend News

Melda Daughtry Melda Anderson Daughtry, 81, died Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at Evans Memorial Hospital after a long, hard-fought battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Luke Rowland has come a long way from being a U.S. soldier to serving as a soldier in God's army.

The huge wildfire north of Los Angeles is reported 49 percent contained. The western flank of the fire is under control, and crews are trying to slow its eastern movement into the San Gabriel Wilderness.

Fire officials say they're making "tremendous progress" against a deadly blaze north of Los Angeles.

TOWNSEND, Ga. - Dozens of relatives are gathering for graveside funeral to bury seven people massacred inside their mobile home in coastal Georgia.

Now that the western flank of a huge California wildfire is under control, firefighters are working to slow its movement on the east side.

Family shocked...Arson investigation...Car through house TOWNSEND, Ga. The grandfather of a man suspected of killing his father and seven others in a mobile home says he's shocked to hear the news.

An Obama administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" is out.

Published: Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 11:38 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 4:48 a.m. TOWNSEND, Ga.

WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union--09/05/09--Seven caskets are ready for burial a week after eight people were murdered in a Brunswick, Georgia trailer park Saturday, September 5, 2009.

The White House says an adviser to President Barack Obama is resigning amid controversy over past inflammatory statements.

Suspect's conscience...Wildfires fight...Jewelry heist charges TOWNSEND, Ga. The 16-year-old brother of the suspect in a mass killing at a Georgia mobile home says he's confident his sibling is innocent.

The brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insisted Saturday that the suspect would never harm his family, and he also speculated that a dispute over drugs could have prompted the killings.

Maj. David D. Miller has been promoted to the field grade command rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Maj. David D. Miller has been promoted to the field grade command rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

SAVANNAH, Ga.- SAVANNAH, Ga.- The Mission Support Group Commander of the Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah has a new title.

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.

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.

An unidentified Richmond Hill man joined the Tea Party tax protest Wednesday. William Saunders/Bryan County Now Nick Zemantauski, of Townsend, traveled to Richmond Hill to start his day as part of the tax protest.