Alma passed away January 28, 2025, at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, after a short illness. He was a native of Pierce ...

Jillene Strickland “Jill” Middleton, 66, of Blackshear, passed away early Monday morning, January 27, 2025, at Harborview ...

Shundra Owens Vickery, 42, of Blackshear, passed away Monday morning, January 27, 2025, at her residence.

Roman Carter took his granddaughter, Ayla, and friends on fun rides in the snow in his side by side in Hacklebarney. The children sat in a water ski tube tied to the outdoor vehicle and jetted ...

The American Red Cross will hold two blood drives in Pierce County during the month of February. A blood drive will be held from 1- 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 4 at Patterson Baptist Church, 5770 East ...

This last week in January, we can say it was very cold and snowy here in Blackshear. It’s time for warmer weather. I really enjoyed the snow, looking out the window. I’m so glad it was just one day.

Betty Renee Kibby Strickland, 63, of Blackshear, passed away Sunday aftern oon, January 26, 2025, at her residence following an extended illness. Born April 15, 1961, in Big Spring, Texas, she was a ...

CANEY BAY — Winter storm Enzo nearly wiped out a week of basketball games with Brantley County playing just one of three games scheduled. The lone matchup came Saturday (January 25) when Region 1-A ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Brantley Beacon receives the Sheriff’s Report from the Brantley County Sheriff’s Office. We are not at liberty to change any facts in the ...

AUGUSTA — Mrs. Willie Pearl Rountree Lee passed away after an extended illness Sunday, January 19, 2025 at Wellstar MCG Medical Center in Augusta. Mrs. Lee was the daughter of the late Tony and Ira ...

Bobby (top photo, right) caught this chain pickerel in the Okefenokee Swamp (east side) while fishing with his son, Hadrian, and Capt. Bert Deener. It ate a strip of cut bait fished along the bottom.

David Jacobs (top photo, seated at table; middle photo with cake) of the Hickox/Caney Bay area was thrown a surprise 80th birthday party Saturday, January 25 at the new location of Honey Buns in ...