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Local serves aboard Navy’s oldest commissioned warship

News Staff
Friday, July 4, 2025
Rick Burke Navy Office of Community Outreach BOSTON – Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Fowler, an alumnus of Camden County High School, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s 249 years of independence while serving aboard USS Constitution, the Navy’s oldest commissioned warship.
“The Day That Shook Georgia,” a documentary about the Thiokol Plant explosion in 1971, recently won a Southeast Emmy. From left are Thiokol Memorial Project’s Beatrice Hall, Emma Lou Gibbs, Angela Myers, executive producer Anne Longstreth, director Patrick Longstreth, and Thiokol Memorial Project’s Hattie Fogle, Melissa Jackson and Henrietta Lee.

“The Day That Shook Georgia,” a documentary about the Thiokol Plant explosion in 1971, recently won a Southeast Emmy. From left are Thiokol Memorial Project’s Beatrice Hall, Emma Lou Gibbs, Angela Myers, executive producer Anne Longstreth, director Patrick Longstreth, and Thiokol Memorial Project’s Hattie Fogle, Melissa Jackson and Henrietta Lee.

Show-stopping winner

Scott J. Bryan
Saturday, June 28, 2025
A short film capturing the impact of a national tragedy in Camden County has won a top honor.
The USS Georgia

The USS Georgia

Report: Sub launches missiles in Iran operation

Scott J. Bryan
Saturday, June 28, 2025
An Ohio-class submarine from Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay might have launched missiles during the U.S.’s bombing of Iran nuclear sites during the weekend. According to published reports by the U.S. Naval Institute News’ website, the U.S.
The Tribune & Georgian won eight awards at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet. From left are Marketing Director Laurie Levine, Assistant/Sports Editor Andy Diffenderfer, Editor and Publisher Scott J. Bryan and Production Director Denese Proctor.

The Tribune & Georgian won eight awards at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet. From left are Marketing Director Laurie Levine, Assistant/Sports Editor Andy Diffenderfer, Editor and Publisher Scott J. Bryan and Production Director Denese Proctor.

Tribune & Georgian wins 8 awards in Georgia Press Association contest

News Staff
Saturday, June 28, 2025
The Tribune & Georgian received eight awards Friday night at the Georgia Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest banquet at the Jekyll Island Club during the association’s 138th annual convention.
Richard Gilley

Richard Gilley

58-year-old sentenced to life in prison

Scott J. Bryan
Saturday, June 28, 2025
A 58-year-old Kingsland man was sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to two sex crimes involving a 14-year-old girl, according to a news release from the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham General Manager Lola Goettie, center, recently received the Community Service Award from the hotel chain. From left are Luminous Hotel Management CEO Neha Jadhav, Wyndham’s Stephanie Shaw, Goettie, Wyndham’s Sean Wiggins, and Luminous Hotel Management COO James Fair.

Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham General Manager Lola Goettie, center, recently received the Community Service Award from the hotel chain. From left are Luminous Hotel Management CEO Neha Jadhav, Wyndham’s Stephanie Shaw, Goettie, Wyndham’s Sean Wiggins, and Luminous Hotel Management COO James Fair.

Kingsland woman earns Community Service Award

News Staff
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Lola Goettie, general manager at Hawthorn Extended Stay and Wingate by Wyndham, recently received the Wyndham Hotel & Resorts’ Community Service Award during the 2025 Wyndham Global Conference in Las Vegas.