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A tour of historic Oak Grove Cemetery will start off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7. Local historian Kay Westberry will again be leading this popular tour, which is open to the general public.

Kingsland Police Officer Cameron Wilkinson received a certificate of appreciation and standing ovation at a city council meeting on Monday for his bravery and professionalism during a multi-vehicle crash on interstate 95 earlier this month.

Parents of students returning to Camden County schools next week may want to add masks to their list of last-minute school supplies this weekend, as it has been confirmed that public schools throughout the county will be requiring students to wear masks, at least at the beginning of the year, as one of the school system’s safety measures relating to COVID-19.

Interstate 95 and some of its arteries in Camden County were clogged up on Saturday after two fatal accidents with multiple injuries caused detours and hours-long delays for thousands of drivers.

Dawn Eggleston, 61, of Kingsland is accused making false statements in an attempt to defraud the government of $830,354.20 while representing local nonprofit, Our Daily Bread Inc.

In the aftermath of a EF-2 tornado that touched down in Camden last week, local officials are already working on how to respond better next time. It is still early in hurricane season and last week’s storm was an early wake-up call.

Camden County on Tuesday celebrated the opening of the Laurel Island Parkway Trail, a 4-6-mile hard-surface trail that will provide a safe pathway for those using alternate forms of transportation along the roadway.

Spaceport Camden cleared another hurdle last week after the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR) issued its concurrence with the federal consistency certification of the project. Camden County Board of Commissioners, which has been seeking a launch site operator license for a former industrial site at Harrietts Bluff for the past several years, now awaits a Record of Decision from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).