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CHASING A CHAMPIONSHIP: Brunswick High, Glynn Academy girls face off for City Championship Bragging rights, subregion seeding, and a City Championship will be on the line when the Brunswick High and Glynn Academy girls square off … Read more National Sports Heat’s Terry Rozier linked to federal gambling probe for time with Hornets MIAMI — With one player already under suspension, the Miami Heat now face the prospect of another facing potential sanctions. According to a Thursday report from the Wall Street Journal, “Federal prosecutors have been investigating whether veteran NBA player Terry Rozier manipulated his performance as part of an illegal sports betting scheme.” The investigation involves a timeframe before ... Read more ‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community on plane that crashed Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The skaters were part of the National Development Team, a training program for top juvenile figure skaters. “These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp ... Read more

Georgia News

 

ACS Breast Cancer Fashion Show held at Sea Palms Saturday From pastels to mauves to nearly neons, a sea of pink swelled inside the Sea Palms ballroom on Saturday morning. And like the variety of hu… Read more

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Teenager shot a week ago dies A Brunswick teenager who was shot a week ago died on Friday. Read more Crash on causeway claims one life A crash on the F.J. Torras Causeway Saturday night claimed the life of a New York man and closed the roadway for hours. Read more

 

Man killed in overnight shooting at gas station on Beach Boulevard near Southside Boulevard: JSO

A man died at the hospital after he was shot last night at a Circle K on Beach Boulevard just west of Southside Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. What we know

The Move Bombing in 1985

On May 13, 1985, the Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb containing C-4 explosives on the home of the Black liberation group MOVE. The bombing was the result of a long standoff between the police and MOVE, an African-American radical group. 

What happened?

• The bomb was dropped from a state police helicopter on the MOVE headquarters at 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia 
• The bomb caused a fire that reached temperatures of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit 
• The fire destroyed 61 homes and killed 11 people, including five children 
• The bombing was the first time a U.S. city bombed itself 

Aftermath

• The city settled wrongful-death lawsuits for $2.5 million on behalf of the children who were killed 
• Ramona Africa and the relatives of two victims received $1.5 million in damages from a federal jury 
• The families of the victims have fought for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist and journalist who they say was wrongfully convicted of murder 

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Pinova demolition to wrap up next month

 

Pinova demolition to wrap up next month One year since demolition began and almost two since a fire damaged the resin plant, Pinova is nearly finished clearing off the land. Read more

 

Daughter of Jacksonville attorney among those killed when passenger jet collided with Army helicopter near DC

The daughter of a Jacksonville lawyer was one of the 60 passengers on board an American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night. The crash killed everyone aboard both aircraft. Melissa Nicandri, a Ponte Vedra High School graduate, was returning from a business trip to Kansas, her father told News4JAX.

SE Georgia News

 

Former Waycross DA says Johnson had no knowledge of his opinion on Arbery case George E. Barnhill did not know which police officer to ask for when he arrived at Glynn County Police Headquarters on Feb. 24, 2020, to as… Read more

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Historic Preservation Board to discuss new 50-unit downtown apartment complex The Brunswick Historic Preservation Board will consider allowing the demolition of an old bank building at the corner of Monck and Richmond… Read more City Hall finance committee to consider living shoreline drainage feature City Hall’s finance committee is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss a $405,000 grant for a drainage project in Howard Coffin Park and … Read more U.S. 17 bridge in Camden closed 4 days for maintenance The U.S. 17 bridge spanning the St. Marys River at the Florida state line will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. four days next week for rout… Read more

Tri-Area Association to meet Tuesday The Tri-Area Association will hold its next meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Baldwin Park, 1150 Myers Hill Road in Brunswick.  Read more CrimeScene, 2.1.25 Among reports filed with police: Read more GCPD arrest man for assaulting adult, 6-year-old girl Glynn County Police Department officers arrested a man Friday morning for assaulting another man and a 6-year-old girl. Read more Woman dies in Camden house fire A house fire in the Browntown area in Camden County claimed the life of an elderly woman Thursday night. Read more