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Camden sees steady drops in virus data

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, September 3, 2020
After a surge of cases in July that reached its peak in early August, Camden has seen lower coronavirus case numbers over the last few weeks and dropped to the yellow zone on the latest White House Coronavirus Task Force report published Sunday.
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Accident kills man on Laurel Island

Johna Strickland Rush
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
A St. Marys man died early Sunday morning after being hit by a car on Laurel Island Parkway. Around 3 a.m., Izak Bruce Rewis, 19, crashed his car on the parkway, walked away and ended up laying down in the middle of the road, according to accident reports for Georgia State Patrol.
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Higgins officially enters district attorney race

Johna Strickland Rush
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Independent challenger Keith Higgins has officially been added to the ballot to run for district attorney of the Brunswick Judicial Circuit in November, according to a press release from his campaign. He faces Republican incumbent Jackie Johnson.
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Former PSA director sent to prison

Tribune Georgian Editor
Thursday, August 27, 2020
The former executive director of the Camden County Public Service Authority is going to federal prison for misappropriating funds intended for payment of employees’ federal payroll taxes. William Brunson, 53, of Kingsland was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison by U.S.
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‘We didn’t know how bad it was going to get’

Jill Helton
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Mary Thompson of St. Marys is one of the 971 Camden County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. She is now a COVID survivor.  Like most COVID patients, she wasn’t hospitalized and she wasn’t put on a ventilator.
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GBI investigating fatal officer-involved shooting

Johna Strickland Rush
Monday, August 24, 2020
GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting today that happened last night in Kingsland at a Gross Road apartment. A Kingsland police officer shot and killed a man who was threatening a woman with a knife.  Kingsland officers responded at 10:49 p.m.
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Residents qualify for council elections

Tribune Georgian Editor
Friday, August 21, 2020
Qualifying for city council elections opened Monday morning and continues through Friday afternoon. Up for election on the November ballot are council posts 1 and 2 in Kingsland, council posts 4, 5 and 6 in St. Marys and the mayor’s seat in St. Marys.
St. Marys resident Sara Reynolds, a critical care nurse who works for Southeast Georgia Health System on the COVID-19 intensive care unit, said the virus has changed the way that caregivers must do their jobs. Because of restrictions on visitation, they are often called upon to be a bridge between their patients and the loved ones from whom they are separated.

St. Marys resident Sara Reynolds, a critical care nurse who works for Southeast Georgia Health System on the COVID-19 intensive care unit, said the virus has changed the way that caregivers must do their jobs. Because of restrictions on visitation, they are often called upon to be a bridge between their patients and the loved ones from whom they are separated.

'Seeing death changes the way you think about life'

Jill Helton
Thursday, August 20, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to burden our local health system and its two campuses in Camden and Glynn, our medical caregivers on the front lines are seeing the human toll of this pandemic — not only on the patients, but on their families, too.  Critical care nurse Sara Reynolds of St.
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'If you put the mask on, you've already got an A'

Jill Helton
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Weeks before Camden County Schools implemented a mandatory mask policy, the chief of staff at the local hospital spoke to local teachers about the importance of universal mask wearing.  "Use your mask and face shield and encourage others to do likewise," said Dr.