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01/10/2025

Thank you Tanner Auto Repair for sponsoring our beloved history page this past year.
We are currently looking for new sponsors for this popular page.
Call Sandy at 912-449-6693 or email me at [email protected] to find out how you can be a part of this favorite page today.

01/10/2025

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01/02/2025

FEMA MOBILE DISASTER CENTER TO CLOSE SATURDAY, JAN. 4
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mobile Disaster Recovery Center in Pierce County will close Saturday, January 4.
The FEMA Disaster Recovery Center will be open from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. today through Saturday, January 4 at the Southeast Georgia Regional Agriculture Center (formerly the NFC Building), at 705 College Avenue, Blackshear.

01/02/2025

01/01/2025

PUBLIC'S HELP NEEDED IN SEARCH FOR MISSING PERSON
Pierce County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating a missing person.
Brad Crews, 50, of Offerman is missing. He was last seen Dec. 22, 2024. Crews is described as a white male, 6 ft. tall, 165 pounds and brown hair.
"We are asking for the public's help in finding Mr. Crews. We are asking anyone who has any information about his whereabouts to please call us," said Sheriff Ramsey Bennett.
The sheriff confirmed a law enforcement presence on Tyre Bridge Road New Year's Eve is related to the search for Crews, but he said Crews is still missing.
If you know of his whereabouts or have information, please call 911 or the Aggressive Crime Enforcement (ACE) Unit at (912) 807-2677.

12/28/2024

The 2024 Sheriff's Report is now available at
theblacksheartimes.com.

12/28/2024

12/27/2024

We want to say good luck to Holly in all her future endeavors. Although her time with us was short, she was a great inspiration to us all.
If you are a go-getter and love Pierce, Ware and Brantley Counties we encourage you to send your resume to [email protected]

12/20/2024

CALENDARS ON SALE NOW
Wayne Morgan and his son, Kyle, have 2025 calendars on sale now. Both Wayne and Kyle have won numerous awards with their photography, with most of the pictures taken right here in southeast Georgia. Wayne and Kyle both have had pictures on different magazine covers and have been featured in quite a few articles about their work. Kyle primarily does his photography on the Georgia Coast, while Wayne has spent much of his time photographing the Satilla River and Okefenokee Swamp. One of Wayne's photos in the Okefenokee Swamp calendar won the Georgia Council for the Arts contest and a larger version of it will be hanging in Governor Kemp's office in Atlanta for all of 2025. If interested in Kyle or Wayne's 2025 calendars, you can send them an email to [email protected] for Kyle or [email protected] for Wayne. The calendars are $20 each. For more information, call Wayne Morgan at (912) 288-0810 or Kyle Morgan at (912) 223-6653.
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12/18/2024

To all our loyal subscribers:
Head Publishing, LLC is proud to announce their new, updated website. Our new platform incorporates all three of our papers for Ware, Pierce, and Brantley Counties in one central location.

Digital editions of The Blackshear Times, Waycross Journal-Herald and The Brantley Beacon can be accessed at this one portal. If you are having trouble logging in please email [email protected]

We recommend clearing your browser cache and re-saving your shortcut to the site for the ease of access. For more information see the December 25th edition of The Blackshear Times.

12/17/2024

Last week to get your
SHOP SMALL CHRISTMAS CRAWL cards filled out! Drop completed cards off at Blackshear City Hall or the PC Chamber of Commerce for a chance to win the SSCC Gift Basket full of local goodies!

12/16/2024

FEMA ASSISTANCE OFFICE TO BE OPEN IN BLACKSHEAR THIS WEEK MONDAY, DEC. 16-SATURDAY, DEC. 21

12/13/2024

WARRANTS ISSUED IN GUESS MURDER CASE
Arrest warrants have been issued for a father-son duo in the October 17 murder of Kimberly Guess.
Blackshear Police Chief Chris Wright confirmed Thursday night, December 12, that warrants were issued for Tracy Bryant Sr., 53, and Tracy Bryant Jr., 30, both of Waycross. The arrest warrants charge both with malice murder and felony murder in connection to the case.
Wright declined additional comment citing the ongoing investigation.
The Times has verified through sources that Bryant Sr. was Guess’s co-worker at Clayton Homes.
Bryant Sr. and Bryant Jr. are currently in the Ware County Jail on drug charges related to the murder investigation.
Guess, 34, was shot “multiple times” as she walked out to her car in the 800 block of Ware Street that fateful morning.
A full story will be included in the Dec. 18 edition of The Times.

12/13/2024

SATILLA, OKEFENOKEE CALENDARS NOW ON SALE
Local Photographer Wayne Morgan has published 2025 calendars featuring the Satilla River and the Okefenokee Swamp.
Calendars are $20 each and are now available at The Blackshear Times office.