Are you thinking about what to do with your kids over the coming holidays? How about a visit to a national park?

To officially usher in the holiday season, Disney flips the switch on its annual Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.

Screven County broke ground on a new animal sholter that will be built by prisoners and paid for with sales tax money.

What do comic books and yearbooks have in common? For one school, it means a national award.

The Screven County High School band is kicking it “old school” this football season.

Two Jesup sisters brought home gold and silver medals from a world twirling championship in Australia this month.

Some Bahamian missionaries visit a local city to share stories of their island’s poverty.

Within two weeks time, Bryan County residents will be able to use public transportation to take them anywhere within Coastal Georgia for a minimal fee—or anywhere inside the county for $3.

The man who started a Screven County division of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference earlier this year was arrested Friday and accused of trying to cash $3,600 in counterfeit money orders.

Kids wear Crocs in the pool…but how clean is it?

Bears in Georgia and South Carolina, a more common sight in spring and summer, are always on the lookout for an easy meal.

Local law enforcement is joining with agencies across Georgia to crack down on drunk driving on and around Independence Day.

A man driving a red Ford Mustang who was wanted in a string of burglaries in Georgia and South Carolina in recent months has been arrested—but not before seven other people also driving red Mustangs were arrested.

Faced with the shortage of state funding, the elimination of programs and positions by the school board has reduced the 2009-2010 Screven County budget by nearly $2.7 million to avoid a local tax increase.

It’s summertime! Now what? From baseball to berries, here is the Ultimate Summer To-Do List, helping you overcome boredom this summer—without breaking the bank.

In front of a standing-room-only crowd, members of the Screven County County Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday to begin building a new animal shelter.

Beach High School in Savannah and Screven County Middle School in Sylvania are among five schools who will be honored during the National Youth-At-Risk conference in Savannah next month.

Georgia and Ohio are among the states that are part of a national salmonella outbreak that has sent at least a dozen people to the hospital and sickened nearly 400 people. 

The Georgia Department of Labor has been named a national leader in helping unemployed citizens get back to work and for the efficient management of its unemployment insurance program. 

Most folks in Long County know Jerry SMiley for his barbecue.  In the Rye Patch area, he has served it to friends from his home and more recently from The Clubhouse in Rye Patch.  What few people know is that Smiley’s son, Justin Smiley, plays for the Miami Dolphins. 

Lance Cpl. Patrick Paul Pittman Jr., from Effingham County, was wounded by a suicide bomber in Iraq.  When he was invited to the White House, he never thought he’d actually get an audience with the president. 

In spite of a few setbacks, Statesboro High School will indeed open for classes Wednesday morning.

The Navy hopes changes in the way Blue Angels train will help prevent crashes like the one at he Beaufort Air Show two years ago.

Following two shootings at a south-island nightclub last week, Hilton Head Island officials have a strong message:  the intend to hold bars accountable for crimes that occur on their properties.

Zoo Atlanta officials are trying to find a way to turn the PandaCam back on.  The online PandaCam gave close-up views of Atlanta’s panda family.  Officials turned it off December 31st to save money.

Georgians can celebrate a reduction in the state’s gasoline tax as they welcome the New Year.  But it will mean less revenue for transportation projects.

The number of people carrying concealed weapons in Bryan County is going up.  Six hundred and three permits to carry a concealed weapon were issued in the county in 2008, which is double the amount of the 300 permits issued in 2007.

Georgia’s budget woes aren’t stopping the state from ringing in the new year with a hefty tax break for the insurance industry.  The tax break is expected to save insurers millions over five years but could mean high-deductible health plans for you.

Are New Year’s Resolutions staring you down like your 10th grade English teacher?  Here’s some advice to make sense of the madness.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently issued a draft of the newly revised Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM).  The revision will change flood zones—and some local properties are now in them.