Liberty County News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a national survey that shows the Southeast has the highest rates of obesity and diabetes among its residents, compared with other regions of the country.

A A A Billy Allen, age 62, underwent transplant surgery last Friday, November 20, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, in which the kidney of Wes Kicklighter, age 32, was given to Billy in several hours of surgery for both.

This year has been a lean one, that's for sure, and many people have endured hardships like never before.

It's routine for many of us to get in the car and put on the seatbelt, second nature even.

A money order scam didn't fool one Liberty County resident, and Linda Doolittle thinks her experience in banking gave her an advantage over the criminals.

Local officials hope to change the way the national government will count deployed soldiers in the upcoming 2010 Census.

Lifelong Liberty County resident Meredith Devendorf knows a picture is worth 1,000 words.

Six years ago when my wife Judy and I drove into Hinesville on Highway 84, we quickly realized Hinesville is not an ordinary town.

One woman is dead after being struck on her motorcycle in a tragic road accident.

Liberty County defeated LaGrange 16-13 in overtime in the Class AAA state football playoffs Saturday on the LaGrange College football stadium.

A woman accused of killing her 2-year-old cousin in her Riceboro home was re-arraigned Monday in jail court.

Fifteen students from First Presbyterian Christian Academy were selected to participate in the 2009-10 Young Adult Liberty Leadership program.

Dr. David Hurst Thomas, author, archaeologist and curator for the American Museum of Natural History, told Liberty County residents Tuesday that he has spent his life digging his way across the country, but St.

Arrest date: Sept. 4 According to Multi Agency Drug Task Force Unit Commander Al Cato, agents received several tips on suspected drug activities and started an investigation that led to a search warrant for Aubrey Hines' house in Walthourville.

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation has placed Dorchester Academy in Liberty County on its list of most endangered places in the state.

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2010 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state, including a Liberty County landmark.

Candidates were out doing some last minute campaigning Monday ahead of Tuesday's municipal and special elections.

A 3-year-old girl accidently shot herself in the foot while carrying her parents' handgun Sunday afternoon, Liberty County Sheriff's Detective Brian Barnes said.

Folks from all around Liberty County gathered in Hinesville Saturday to celebrate the Halloween holiday.

A life-size statue made of plastic milk bottles will soon tower over the entrance of Midway Middle School, which may remind students to drink more of milk.