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	Hinesville and Riceboro fire departments share grant Members of the Hinesville Fire Department and Riceboro Volunteer Fire Department had 10,000 reasons to smile recently when state Rep. Al Williams (D-Midway) brought home a $20,000 grant from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the two fire companies to split. Each department plans to use their half of the grant to pay for equipment upgrades, but the reach of those needs shows how important funding is for big and little departments alike. "The city of Hinesville provides a hazmat team to the Area Five All-Hazard Council. That team provides hazmat services to five counties; Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Bryan ... Read Article »
	Long E-911 Committee hears plans for center nearly complete LUDOWICI -- The Long County E-911 Committee met on April 30, and GeoComm project manager Ron Bloom said the final modifications and architectural changes for the Wiregrass 911 Long/McIntosh Communication Center in Darien was nearly completed. "We will be having an on-site walk through on May 14, and after that, the plans will be sent to us (GeoComm) for a final review," Bloom said. Once this was done, he said a construction schedule would be established with the proposed contractors, so that a more definite time schedule for completing the center could be given. GeoComm's Deb Rozeboom also reported that ... Read Article »
	Hinesville Police Department blotter May 6 April 14 Read Article »
	Safe Kids Day on May 17 The Hinesville Police Department, in conjunction with the Liberty County Health Department, has set Hinesville Safe Kids Day for Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Bradwell Park. The day is for the whole county, is free and open to the public. The park is next to the Liberty County Courthouse. Efforts have been made to bring in as many co-sponsors, which include Liberty County Family Connection, Prevent Child Abuse Liberty, The Heritage Bank, the Department of Family and Children Services, GeoVista Credit Union, Church's Chicken, Sanitary Plumbing, Kiwanis and Elan Technology. May is national Safe Kids Month with ... Read Article »
	Long Pre-Release Center has Family Reunification Day LUDOWICI -- The Long County Pre-Release Center had a Family Reunification Day for inmates soon to be released and their families on April 25. The families met first and did activities to help give them understand what to expect once their loved one was released and back home with them. They also were got tools and references to help the family and the inmate readjust to being together. After this, all of the group went outside to enjoy a barbecue chicken meal prepared by local churches. Carolyn Mock, who was from Calvary Baptist Church said, "I hope that a day ... Read Article »
	More arrests at local hotels as MACE sweeps the area After a string of arrests, some related to prostitution, during a March 28 raid at the San's Inn hotel, the Multi Agency Crack Enforcement Drug Task Force Commander Al Cato said surrounding hotels are cooperating to clean up their businesses. Three weeks after that first sting, the MACE agents went back to work, this time at the Knight's Inn. On April 17, agents received a call from patrons of the Knight's Inn complaining about suspicious activity in room 151. The agents reportedly contacted the people in the room. The investigation, which started around 9:30 p.m. that evening and ended the ... Read Article »
	Liberty County Sheriff's Office blotter April 28 April 6 Read Article »
	HPD hopes to close down burglary ring Search warrants were served last week and Hinesville Police hope to start making arrests for a string of more than 40 residential and business burglaries in April. And the tally could go higher as five more businesses were hit Wednesday and three more homes were burglarized since April 19. HPD head of detectives Maj. Thomas Cribbs said those could add to the string, but he had not completed reviews of reports to see if they were related. "I can't elaborate on it, but we are working on getting these issues resolved," Cribbs said. In the most recent reports, officers were ... Read Article »
	Busy hurricane season predicted BAHAMAS -- The Colorado State University forecast team upgraded its early season forecast Friday at the Bahamas Weather Conference, saying the U.S. Atlantic basin will likely experience a well above-average hurricane season. "Current oceanic and atmospheric trends indicate that we will likely have an active Atlantic basin hurricane season," said William Gray, who is beginning his 25th year forecasting hurricanes at Colorado State. The team's forecast now anticipates 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic between June 1 and Nov. 30. Eight of the storms are predicted to become hurricanes, and of those eight, four are expected to develop into ... Read Article »
	Hospitals asked to conserve blood because of shortage Donald Lovett, head of the lab at Liberty Regional Medical Center, reports the American Red Cross is urging hospitals to plan ways to cut back on blood use because of a nationwide shortage of type O negative blood. A memo sent to hospitals from the American Red cross Blood Services Southern Region Friday said supplies are "critically low." Lovett echoed the call for help from all donors, but especially those with O negative blood. The memo said the Red Cross will try to work with any hospital that faces emergency needs for type O blood. But it went on to ... Read Article »
	Hinesville Police Department blotter April 28 Disorderly conduct Read Article »
	Firefighters control natural gas leak County workers snagged a gas pipe Wednesday afternoon while clearing the area where the new justice center will be built, releasing natural gas and requiring assistance from the Hinesville Fire Department. HFD Lt. Mike Alamo explained how the leak happened. "They were cleaning up some stuff and I guess there was a pipe sticking out the ground," Alamo said. "They went to pull it...and broke the line and that's what started the leak." He speculated the pipe was not attached in the ground very well. Firefighters Corey Bates and Mike Scoggins wore bunker gear as a safety measure while putting ... Read Article »
	New boat helps in search and rescue A new investment for the Eastern District Volunteer Fire Department is already paying out dividends, according to Chief Joseph Martin. Martin said the department acquired a 26' AMBAR fire rescue boat as surplus from the Coast Guard the first part of this year. Last Saturday it performed its first solo rescue mission for the department. "We received the call around 1400 hours Saturday from the 911 center saying there was a family that had gone out fishing when their boat started to take on water, " the chief said. "They were sinking." The chief, Andrew Martin, Nicholas Martin and Robby ... Read Article »