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In 1980, the Herald merged with the Bryan County News of nearby Bryan County to become the Coastal Courier. [2] The following year, Turner Broadcasting System reported that the Courier was one of 31 newspapers in the United States that were either involved in or planning on becoming involved in creating local programming for cable television. [5]
Hinesville is the second largest city on US 84 in Georgia after Valdosta. Savannah is 39 miles (63 km) northeast of Hinesville, and Brunswick is 55 miles (89 km) to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 18.2 square miles (47.2 km 2 ), of which 0.1 square miles (0.2 km 2 ), or 0.40%, are water. [ 9 ]
The Lam Entertainment Company, which owned and operated numerous movie theaters throughout the south in the early 20th century, launched WGAA 1340 AM and the West Cinema Theater on the same day in 1941, just months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The studios were located on West Avenue, in a second story next door to the West Theater.
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The film industry in Georgia is the largest among the states of the United States for production of feature films by number of films produced, as of 2016. Atlanta is the center of the film industry in Georgia with Turner, Tyler Perry, and EUE/Screen Gems studios located there.
On July 1, 1922, James Harvey and Joe Jordan, two African American men, were lynched by a mob of about 50 people in Liberty County during an escort by police from Jesup, Georgia to a jail in Savannah, Georgia.
It is anchored by the city of Hinesville and encompasses all of Fort Stewart, one of the largest U.S. Army installations in the United States. The Hinesville metropolitan statistical area is part of a larger trading area, the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro combined statistical area within the Coastal Georgia region. As of 2020, the ...
Gainesville is the home of the Gainesville Theater Alliance (GTA), which is a partnership between Brenau University, the University of North Georgia, Theatre Wings, and the Professional Company. This coalition provides theatrical entertainment for the entire Gainesville area.