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Update: Escapees caught in Hinesville
Escapee captured
The three prisoners who escaped from a Richmond Hill truck stop Thursday night were captured in Hinesville, according to Stewart Cottingham of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Cottingham said with the help of various law enforcement agencies and tips from the public all three prisoner are back in custody.

Cottingham said Hope Arment was first to be captured. She while walking down Sandy Run Drive, and Arment's capture led authorities to finding  Sean Henley and Tabitha  Cox, who we’re found hiding in a dumpster of a nearby apartment complex.  All were arrested without incident, he said. 

Related story: Police seek escapees

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Mining threat near Okefenokee ends
Okefenokee Swamp
The Alabama company that planned to mine titanium dioxide next to the Okefenokee Swamp has agreed to sell its property to an environmental fund, ending — for now — a threat to more than 350,000 acres of designated national wilderness that is home to several endangered and threatened species.
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