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Six juveniles and two adults were arrested Saturday evening as multiple fights broke out during the Kingsland Spring Carnival, according to Kingsland City Manager Lee Spell.

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8 arrested after Kingsland carnival brawls

Scott J. Bryan

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Six juveniles and two adults were arrested Saturday evening as multiple fights broke out during the Kingsland Spring Carnival, according to Kingsland City Manager Lee Spell. Spell said more than 100 juveniles and some adults were involved in fights “that broke out at various areas at the same time.

An artist rendering provided by Taylor Morrison shows the planned pro shop and aqua driving range that will be featured at the new Esplanade golf course. The golf course is part of a planned 1,300-home community.

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‘On vacation every day’

Scott J. Bryan

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

St. Marys officials and regional developers celebrated a ground-breaking ceremony Monday morning for a 1,300 single-family “resort lifestyle” community that will feature an 18-hole golf course and numerous other amenities. Esplanade at St. Marys, led by Scottsdale, Ariz.

Camden Middle School sixth-grade English/language arts teacher Jenny Ritchotte, left, learns from Georgia Superintendent of Education Richard Woods that she’s been named a top-10 finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year.

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Camden Middle teacher named top-10 finalist

Scott J. Bryan

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

An award-winning Camden County Schools teacher is one of the 10 best teachers in Georgia this year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Red snapper and red grouper caught during a 2019 charter fishing voyage near St. Augustine, Fla.

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Red snapper rule faces renewed opposition

Wes Wolfe

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

In painstaking meeting after meeting, over years upon years, the multi-stakeholder process that is federal fisheries management failed to come up with a plan that could rebuild the South Atlantic red snapper population according to both federal law and accepted science.

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Homestead exemption bill sent back to House

Wes Wolfe

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

It’s well past the March 1 deadline for local governments to make their decisions regarding opting in or out of the new state floating homestead exemption, but legislators continue to work on a bill to modify the process going forward.

Student bird handlers from Georgia Southern University will visit the Woodstork birding festival again this year to present their birds of prey program, featuring live hawks, owls and more. Presented by Camden County Audubon Society on April 11-12 at Crooked River State Park, the festival will feature an array of bird-related activities and programs for all ages.

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Woodstork 2025 set for April 11-12

News Staff

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Bird lovers can enjoy educational and fun activities this spring at Camden County Audubon Society’s annual festival known as Woodstork, planned for April 11-12. Billed as coastal Georgia’s premier birding festival, the event will be based at Shelter No. 2 at Crooked River State Park in St. Marys.

Right whale Legato (Catalog No. 1802) swims with her calf around 22 nautical miles off Jekyll Island in January 2024.

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Another disappointing right whale calving season draws to close

Wes Wolfe

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

With a couple weeks left in the North Atlantic right whale calving season, it appears that this season will conclude with 10 calves, which is significantly fewer than what is needed to pull the species out of its trajectory toward extinction.

Business and community leaders – plus Gov. Brian Kemp – break ground on the new Cumberland Inlet eco-tourism development.

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Cumberland Inlet development deal in peril

Wes Wolfe

Thursday, March 20, 2025

The Camden County Joint Development Authority deal with Jacoby Development for the old Gilman Paper Mill site isn’t dead and buried yet – more like on life support – following Jacoby’s missed $182,000 February bond payment and a subsequent vote by the JDA board Thursday to begin advertising a...

Camden County voters approved the SPLOST IX referendum Tuesday.

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Voters approve SPLOST IX referendum

Scott J. Bryan

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Camden County voters overwhelmingly voted to support SPLOST IX, renewing the special sales tax for another six years. Of the 2,667 people who cast ballots, 1,624 (60.89%) voted in support of SPLOST IX. Only 6.92% of registered voters cast ballots on the referendum.

Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School fifth-graders recently encountered animals, including a live gator, during a visit from the Okefenokee Swamp Park Outreach Program.

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Swamp creatures visit Mamie Lou Gross Elementary

News Staff

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Fifth-grade students at Mamie Lou Gross Elementary recently had an encounter with animals from the Okefenokee Swamp.