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DEVEN MIXON / Special

DEVEN MIXON / Special

Wildfires spark burn bans

News Staff
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Firefighters from all over the area, including Jesup and Wayne County, work full-time to contain a 5,000-acre fire in Brantley County. Both the city of Jesup and Wayne County have enacted burn bans, and the Georgia Forestry Commission banned all burning in South Georgia Wednesday.
Property tax assessment notices will go out later than usual this year.

Property tax assessment notices will go out later than usual this year.

Property tax assessments will run late

Drew Davis
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Property tax assessment notices will go out later than usual this year, according to Wayne County Chief Appraiser Kimberly Wilson.The notices normally go out in May.
Jesup Tire Shop

Jesup Tire Shop

Jesup Tire Shop ribbon cutting postponed

News Staff
Friday, April 10, 2026
UPDATE: The ribbon cutting for Jesup Tire Shop has been postponed per the new owner, Mr. Warren Collier. The event was previously announced in yesterday’s “For Your Information” section and scheduled for Monday at 11 a.m. A new date will be announced at a later time.

Hospital pays off 20-year building bond

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Final payment on the 20-year bond for the Wayne Memorial Hospital facility was made March 1, chief financial officer Greg Jones reported to the Hospital Authority in the March 20 meeting. The facility was built in 2007, replacing the original building, and the bond was issued May 2, 2006.
This artist’s rendering shows the design for the interpretive center planned for the Jaycee Landing area. The Altamaha Conservation Center is planned for the bluff overlooking the river and will have a room offering a wide vista.

This artist’s rendering shows the design for the interpretive center planned for the Jaycee Landing area. The Altamaha Conservation Center is planned for the bluff overlooking the river and will have a room offering a wide vista.

Altamaha Center approved for $3 million grant

John Eden
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
A “Conserve Georgia” grant of nearly $3 million to develop the Altamaha Conservation Center at Jaycee Landing was approved for the final level of the grant application process, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced last week.
JACK ELLIS / Staff

JACK ELLIS / Staff

Miles of sales

News Staff
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
The annual Peaches to the Beaches yard sale was held last Friday and Saturday. This event, taking place for 19 years, stretches from central Georgia to Brunswick along U.S. Hwy. 341. In Wayne County, the highway goes through Jesup, Odum and Gardi.
Great Blue Heron in the Okefenokee by Wayne Morgan is on display in the Governor’s Office.

Great Blue Heron in the Okefenokee by Wayne Morgan is on display in the Governor’s Office.

Area photographer’s picture hanging in Governor’s Office

News Staff
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Area photographer Wayne Morgan has one of his pictures hanging in the Governor’s Office in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife, Marty, accepted Morgan’s photo Great Blue Heron in the Okefenokee last month.

Jesup man arrested in shooting on Bamboo St.

John Eden
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
A man accused of shooting into a house in Jesup and firing shots in the direction of officers who responded to calls about the shooting was arrested at the scene Sunday. Joshua Adam Crews, 31, was arrested after a brief struggle, Jesup Police Chief Chris Hamilton reported Monday.
Ron’Tavis Hill has been arrested by the Jesup Police Department.

Ron’Tavis Hill has been arrested by the Jesup Police Department.

JPD arrests suspect in Briarwood shooting

News Staff
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Ron’Tavis Hill, 18, the suspected shooter in the Dec. 10 Briarwood shooting that left Jeremiah Love hospitalized, has been arrested by the Jesup Police Department.