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Glynn Academy cheerleaders named to all-region team Four Glynn Academy cheerleaders recently earned all-region honors. Lexi Veal, Abby Cate Smith, Marit Mallon and Leighton Zak were named to … Read more

Pirates destroy Terrors in first meeting Facing an overmatched Glynn Academy, Brunswick High spent the first meeting of the City Championship basketball series trying to live up to… Read more

Brunswick High girls rally past Glynn Academy late The first meeting between the Brunswick High and Glynn Academy girls played out about as expected last Friday. Read more

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County proposes increasing bed tax A bed tax increase may be coming to the Glynn County. Read more Finance committee discusses resident home rehab grant City Hall’s finance committee gave its blessing Monday to Brunswick’s new housing department’s submission of a $500,000 grant request to re… Read more COLUMN/PERSPECTIVE: College football's end welcomes in a bleak and cold winter Winter began at 4:21 a.m. on Dec. 21 as I, most likely, rolled over to look at the clock to see if it was 5 a.m., my time to rise. Read more

86-year-old St. Simons Island man arrested for child pornogrphay An 86-year-old St. Simons Island man was arrested Monday and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Read more GCPD officer fired after arrest for domestic violence in McIntosh A Glynn County police officer was fired Monday after he was arrested and charged over the weekend with aggravated assault for his alleged r… Read more

 

Former president, VP accused of stealing more than $2M from Duval teachers union

The former president and executive vice president of Duval Teachers United, a union for Duval County education employees, have been indicted and accused of conspiring to steal more than $1.2 million each over nearly 10 years. Teresa Brady, 69, and Ruby George, 81, face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and must forfeit at least $2.5 million worth of fraudulent funds. How investigators say they took the money

Sports

 

Gray Albright edges Florida State teammate Jack Bigham to win Jones Cup

The 2025 Jones Cup Invitational went down to the wire Sunday at Ocean Forest Golf Club. Read more

 

Fact-Checkers Freak Out, Call 'Emergency' Meetings After Zuckerberg Pulls the Money

 By Ben Zeisloft

A prominent group of fact-checkers called an emergency meeting after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the social media platforms controlled by the company would move toward prioritizing free speech.

Members of the International Fact-Checking Network, a group of more than 170 organizations across the planet, previously had a major role in fact-checking content on Meta platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

The emergency meeting came in direct response to the new announcement, IFCN Director Angie Holan said in an interview with Business Insider.

“We hold these meetings monthly, but we called this one specifically because of today’s news,” she confirmed.

Holan revealed that the IFCN member organizations are annoyed at the change announced by Zuckerberg.

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Brunswick Police chief retiring after 30-year career

 

Brunswick Police chief retiring after 30-year career

Kevin Jones’ 30-year law enforcement career began with a sort of baptism by fire. Read more

Sports

 

POLE POSITION: Gray Albright, Luke Sample tied for lead through 18 holes at Jones Cup Invitational

A pair of first-timers fought through frigid temperatures to share a spot atop the leaderboard through 18 holes at the 2015 Jones Cup Invit… Read more

Yankees fans who interfered with Mookie Betts in World Series banned from MLB games

NEW YORK — Mookie Betts made the catch in Game 4 of the World Series last October. And this week, Major League Baseball ruled the New York Yankees' fans who tried interfering with him out, for good. Three months after Betts had his glove and arm grabbed by two spectators at Yankee Stadium during last year's Fall Classic, MLB has decided to ban the fans indefinitely from all games. The fans, ... Read more