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Search for city manager nears end

The Jesup City Council interviewed the four top applicants for the city manager position on Tuesday in closed sessions lasting most of the day, but no action was taken following that process.
Mike Lane

Mike Lane

Firing of former Police Chief Lane is official

Jesup Police Chief Mike Lane has been officially fired as of today (Thursday), according to the city of Jesup. The city announced on its website (jesupga.gov) that the termination process as outlined in the city’s employee handbook has been completed for the firing of the former chief.

COVID-19 comes to Wayne

Wayne County has had its first confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. In its second daily update for April 4, the Georgia Department of Public Health posted one confirmed case of a Wayne County resident at 6:27 p.m.
Steven Crane of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office puckers up to kiss a pig.

Steven Crane of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office puckers up to kiss a pig.

Sheriff’s Office ‘puckers up’ for good cause

Pigs were kissed, chili eaten and cake bought to support local charities at the Wayne County Farmers Market Saturday night. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office hosted a grand fundraiser to raise money for the Wayne County Show Team, the Christopher A.
Excavators began demolition of the former Odum Elementary kindergarten building Thursday. This building was formerly part of a canning plant.

Excavators began demolition of the former Odum Elementary kindergarten building Thursday. This building was formerly part of a canning plant.

Excavators began demolition

Pound pup becomes cover model

A local boy has overcome a harsh childhood to become a magazine cover model. Jesup native George the Hound—who now resides in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina—appears on the cover of the February/March issue of Garden & Gun.