Judge orders closure of tent housing the homeless

Oct. 5—Pleas from attorneys representing the ministry that is housing homeless people under a tent in the Urbana-Perry Park neighborhood failed to convince a judge to allow the operation to remain Tuesday.

After a nearly six-hour hearing, Glynn County Superior Court Judge Roger Lane ordered the ministry to end the operation and clear off the property within 30 days.

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