Jesup Press Sentinel

Fern, both natural and manmade, decorates the Southern Living 2017 Idea House on Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Interior decorator Lindsey Coral Harper, seeking to complement the warm, dark chocolate reclaimed floors throughout the house, selected a bold brown and white fern design for the sofa in the main room. To this room she added a huge green ottoman and touches of coral. The fern design is repeated throughout the house.

Southern Living selects former Wayne Countian as Idea House interior designer

“When I think ‘Southern,’ I think of gracious people. It’s the people who define ‘Southern,’” says Lindsey Coral Harper of LCH Interiors. Southern Living Magazine, in seeking a “Southern” team to create its first island home in 27 years of featuring...

Healthy Pet will soon be the site of new construction on Sunset Boulevard. Construction will take place behind the current building, which will be connected to the new addition.

Healthy Pet $9.3 million expansion announced

Healthy Pet is about to invest $9.3 million in new machinery and equipment at its Jesup plant. In the process, the company will be generating 15 new, higher-skilled jobs. The Georgia Department of Economic Development announced this month that the...

Republic proposes huge jump in local fees

When local officials sit down with representatives from Republic Services to discuss potential changes to the 2005 Host and Operations agreements, they might want to consider dining on Masa toro with caviar rolls. That sort of meal would set you...

There's a new dog in town

There’s a new dog in town, and he means business. McGruff, who takes a bite out of crime, has made his debut as the new mascot of the Jesup Police Department. He will also make regular appearances at Neighborhood Watch programs and meetings as an...

School is back in session

School began for the 2017-18 year Thursday morning. School is in session for the first time in the new Martha Rawls Smith Elementary School off North Fourth Street. Above, fourth grader Alyssa Robinson smiles for a first-day-of-school picture with a...

Safe Kids day

Safe Kids of Wayne County held its annual Safe Kids Day Friday evening across West Broad Street from Cafe Euro in Jesup. Safe Kids Day is a fundraiser meant to promote awareness for accidental injuries in children, which is the leading cause of...

News Stories

Southern Living selects former Wayne Countian as Idea House interior designer

“When I think ‘Southern,’ I think of gracious people. It’s the people who define ‘Southern,’” says Lindsey Coral Harper of LCH Interiors.

By Jamie Denty

Wayne seen as part of problem of ‘two Georgias’

A recent outlook study by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce presents a sobering look at the economic future of Wayne County and the rest of rural Georgia.

By Drew Davis

Healthy Pet $9.3 million expansion announced

Healthy Pet is about to invest $9.3 million in new machinery and equipment at its Jesup plant.

In the process, the company will be generating 15 new, higher-skilled jobs.

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White nationalism is anti-American

Seventy-five years ago this country stood up to the global threat posed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party and its allies.

Dog park shows benefits of cooperative efforts

The opening of the Jesup dog park is another step forward for the city and another example of how public/private cooperation can benefit all our citizens.

Sports

Lady Jackets beat Richmond Hill; South Effingham game rained out

The Wayne County High Lady Jackets and South Effingham Lady Mustangs could get in only two innings of the first Region 2 game of the season on Thursday before it was rained out.

Junior running back M.J. Fuller had several big gains in Friday’s scrimmage game.

Jacket gridiron season opens with 47-21 win over TCC

Yellow Jacket football 2017 opened with an exciting, crowd-pleasing preseason scrimmage last Friday night under the lights, as the Wayne County High team blasted high-ranked Thomas County Central