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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposes expanding boundaries by 10% Three of six refuges targeted in Georgia for Expansion are in McIntosh County Public scoping comments were requested by Thursday, Sept. 17, for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal of major boundary expansions for National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) in Georgia and South Carolina. The…

Gov. Kemp appoints Richy Braun as District Attorney Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Richard E. “Richy” Braun Jr. to serve as District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of the Honorable Billy Joe Nelson as judge of the Superior Court of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit. Braun will…

David Ronald Driggers Sr. David Ronald Driggers, Sr., 80, of Townsend, departed this life Sunday, August 23, 2026 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026, at Townsend Church of God, with Rev. Bruce Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Hopkins Cemetery. Born February 22, 1946, in…

Gov. Kemp appoints Billy Joe Nelson and Brad Dixon as Superior Court Judges Governor Brian Kemp notified McIntosh County native and District Attorney Billy Joe Nelson and Richmond Hill attorney Brad Dixon on Monday evening, Aug. 3, to fill the two vacant positions for Superior Court judge in the Atlantic Judicial Circuit. Judge Glen Cheney…