Two Wayne County High senior student-athletes signed scholarships this past week to play baseball and football in college.

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 ...

An unidentified pedestrian was killed when struck by the Amtrak train on Jesup’s CSX tracks at about 5:45 a.m. today (Friday). The pedestrian was struck at the crossing at North W ...

Wayne County High’s head baseball coach and athletic director, Justin McDonald, has been named the 2025 Region 1-4A Athletic Director of the Year by the Georgia Athletic Directors Association.

An all-out search involving six first-responder agencies located a missing man here Wednesday. Chris Ivey, 53, was found safe just before 2 p.m. Wednesday. He was reported missing on Mond ...

The Wayne County Courthouse is on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s “10 Places in Peril” for 2026. The building’s inclusion on the list—released last week— ...

A body was recovered from the Altamaha River on Monday following a search-and-rescue operation that began Sunday evening, prompted by a report that someone had jumped into the river. Sgt.

Wayne County High Jacket head baseball coach Justin McDonald has always stressed that iron sharpens iron. He believes his team needs to face the toughest competition it can find during the regular ...

• Rinehart & Sons Samuel Jorgensen Sr. Jesup—Samuel Jorgensen Sr., 78, of Jesup died on Feb. 16, 2026.

Howard-Jones Kenneth Curtis Kelly Jesup—Kenneth Curtis Kelly, 55, died Nov. 12, 2022.

Homer Sinclair “Chip” Horton III Jesup—Homer Sinclair “Chip” Horton III, 66, of Jesup died Sept. 4, 2021.

• Howard & Jones Sadie Mae Raulerson Jesup—Sadie Mae Raulerson, 101, died Jan. 5, 2026, after a short illness.