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Wes Wolfe
Kingsland City Council members received a thorough overview of the next fiscal year’s budget this week, but the numbers as they stand now may lead to spending cuts before the council gives its final OK.
The proposed budget shows revenue of $20.6 million, expenditures of $20.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Camden County Sheriff's Office: Columbus man, 41, faces sex crime accusations
Scott J. Bryan
A 41-year-old Columbus man was booked into the Camden County Jail at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, and charged with two felony sex crimes.
Nicholas Adam Burnham is charged with sexual exploitation of children using any visual medium and trafficking of persons for sexual servitude.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Sparklight recently donated $7,500 to Camden County Family Connections to support the Healthy Eating Habits Program at Clubhouse Camden.
Sparklight awards $7,500 to nonprofit
News Staff
To support nutrition education for young adults in Kingsland, Sparklight awarded a $7,500 grant to Camden County Family Connections through its Charitable Giving Fund.
The grant will support the Healthy Eating Habits Program at Clubhouse Camden, the nonprofit’s after-school program.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
College of Coastal Georgia achieves record enrollment
News Staff
The College of Coastal Georgia is celebrating a historic start to the fall semester, with first-day numbers showing more than 3,700 students enrolled and more than 800 new freshmen.
If the figures stay steady, both will set new records for the college.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Camden County High School FFA member Alissa Clark and FFA Advisor Haley Teston recently attended the statewide FFA Floral Design Career Development Event.
FFA members attend workshop
News Staff
Alissa Clark, a member of the Camden County High School FFA Chapter, recently attended the statewide FFA Floral Design Career Development Event training at Camp John Hope.
The workshop was designed to strengthen students’ floral design skills while building confidence in their creative abilities.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Terri Capps, center, was named the Southeast Regional Health System Camden Campus Volunteer of the Year. With Capps is Service Excellence Vice President Stephanie Stark, left, and Camden Campus Volunteer Services President Kathleen Worthing.
Capps named Camden Campus’ top volunteer
News Staff
Southeast Georgia Health System Volunteer Services recently announced Terri Capps as the Camden Campus Volunteer of the Year.
Capps began volunteering with the Camden Campus in November 2023. Her first placement was at the Guest Services Desk.
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Camden County Joint Development Authority (JDA) launches new commerce park
Wes Wolfe
There’s a lot about major development that relies on the, “If you build it, they will come,” theory, and a new Camden County commerce park may well lead to not just more businesses, but more residential neighborhoods in an area of the county still covered in pines.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Camden County unready for data centers
Wes Wolfe
If Camden County leaders want to bring data centers to this corner of Georgia, it’s going to take a lot of money and time before it’s possible.
The county was in the running for a data center project that’s under the code name Project Produce.
Friday, August 22, 2025
St. Marys-Kingsland roundabout grudgingly approved
Wes Wolfe
In 1971, the English prog rock band Yes sang, “I’ll be the roundabout, the words will make you out-and-out, you spent the day your way.” For a number of St.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Jailer body cams, new SUVs on the way for Camden County Sheriff's Office
Wes Wolfe
Surveillance video within the Camden County jail proved to be key evidence in lawsuits and criminal prosecutions in recent years of corrections officers assaulting detainees.
Friday, August 22, 2025