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A Columbia County sheriff’s deputy was killed late Tuesday night after his vehicle left the roadway and overturned in a one-car crash in Appling, officials confirmed. Deputy Jeremy Crookham, 38, was driving north on Ray Owens Road around 11:48 p.m. when, for reasons still under investigation, his Jeep veered off the road onto the east...
With millions in unreported income and an identity unknown to the government, alleged House of Prayer Christian Church mastermind Rony Denis will remain in jail without bond.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will not be considering reversing its vote to rezone parcels of land in Appling to make away for data centers, said BOC Chairman Doug Duncan, Tuesday night. Columbia County resident Alan Wyatt, when he spoke before the BOC during the meeting’s public comment portion, contended that the public...
The Savannah River Site (SRS) has opened new construction areas to speed up work on the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF), part of a national effort to restore the United States’ capacity to produce plutonium pits—essential components of nuclear weapons.