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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.

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'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.
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GSP still investigating fatal crash

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Georgia State Patrol troopers are continuing to investigate the July accident that killed a Brunswick woman on St. Marys Road. Michelle Volpe, 26, and her dog were pronounced dead at the scene after the July 12 collision.
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Coronavirus marches on

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Camden’s coronavirus metrics have improved in the last week but that doesn’t mean citizens should let their guard down.
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GBI serves search warrant in murder case

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, August 13, 2020
GBI agents searched the home of a Brantley County man last week as they continue investigating a 1985 murder case that has been reopened. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been re-examining the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain and looking at Erik Sparre as a possible suspect.
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Back to school with COVID: It's up to DPH to notify, track cases

Johna Strickland Rush
Thursday, August 6, 2020
By the first day of school on Tuesday, rumor had it that a teacher had already tested positive for COVID-19 and may have exposed other staff who had contact with students. Camden County Schools won't say whether that’s true or not — and neither can the health department.