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  The Hinesville Police Department is asking the public for help regarding a suspicious Snapchat post that appeared at 6 p.m. Thursday on the social media app. The post made by an unidentified individual showed a firearm and marijuana and tagged the post with “at Snelson Golden Middle School.” The username associated with the post is Babybuckz69. Anyone with information related to the post should call 912-368-8211. Parents were informed of the unsubstantiated threat via a text message or email last night, sent out by Principal Dr. Anthony K. Johnson. The email said the school was working with law enforcement and stated that every safety protocols were being put in place. “The safety of our staff and students is always a priority,” the statement read. “It has come to our attention that students across the nation are posting things like this as a joke.” The statement continues with a plea that parents talk to their kids about the serious nature of making false or any type o...

  In addition to a new grocery store, the City of Flemington soon will soon be the new home to World of Beer, which posted on its website an opening planned for 2023. Flemington City Council members approved at their Aug. 9 meeting a variance request from Genesis Engineering for a proposed grocery and retail space at East Oglethorpe Highway and Flemington Village Boulevard. The property consists of 10.6 acres with 588 feet of frontage on Oglethorpe Highway. The planned grocery store will be 47,250 square feet. The plan includes a 2,660-square-foot space for a possible restaurant, and 8,400 square feet for retail shops. The grocery store and the outparcel are planned to have two entrances off Flemington Village Boulevard and a right-turn-only access and exit from Highway 84. Several rumors floated through social media announcing the store was going to be Publix, however, the city said the brand of the grocery store has not been announced. Flemington City Council wa...

  Hinesville Mayor Allen Brown has signed a proclamation supporting the renaming of the Veterans Affairs Community Hinesville Community Based Outpatient Clinic to: The Gibson/James/Sapp/ Smiley Community Based Outpatient Clinic. A committee comprised of Brenda Acebes, Nolan Fields, Bruce McCartney and Donald Singleton reached out to the Liberty County Board of Commissioners, City of Hinesville and the City of Riceboro to support renaming the clinic for the four Liberty County veterans who were killed in the Vietnam War. During their initial research the committee found Riceboro native John Gibson was a Marine combat infantryman who died in Vietnam on Feb. 7, 1968 while engaging the enemy and Riceboro native Dan James was an Army combat infantryman who died in Vietnam on Dec. 29, 1968 while engaging the enemy.  At a City of Riceboro meeting on Feb. 1, Mayor Chris Stacey and council approved a proclamation to start the process of trying to rename the Hinesville VA Clinic i...