CAMDEN COUNTY

Varshan Brown was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault against a police officer and other charges following a controversial 2021 drug raid in Camden County.

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How Hurricane Idalia will impact Camden, Charlton, Ware, Brantley, Glynn and Pierce counties

For the cadets to reach these kinds of accolades so quickly is impressive. Watching them in action was even more astounding.

Students in Camden and Brantley counties are the first to head back to class in our area with the bell ringing Wednesday on the new school year.

High school football weekly schedules for the 2023 season. A handful of area teams have yet to finalize their full schedules. Those will be updated as they become available.

The high school football season begins next month. Here are team-by-team schedules for the 2023 season. Some teams have not finalized schedules. They will be updated as they are finalized.

Video obtained by News4JAX shows a corrections officer in the Camden County jail pushing an inmate into a glass door before the inmate loses consciousness.

A Camden County corrections officer has been arrested and accused of aggravated assault against an inmate, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

News4JAX on Thursday obtained records detailing the kidnapping and brutal murder of a man whose body was found in a waterway in an area of St. Marys, Georgia known as “Gilligan’s Island.”

Five people were arrested Friday and accused in connection with the murder of a man in St. Marys, according to police.

The SnapJAX Community Challenge will allow all of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia to show off all of the different ways their hometowns are unique.

Camden and Glynn counties unveiled brand new evacuation maps for the 2023 hurricane season.

Civil rights attorney Harry Daniels, 23-year-old Zyaire Ratliff and Camden County NAACP President Timothy Bessent Sr. will speak at a news conference Wednesday in front of the Camden County Sheriff’s Office.

A 6-month-old baby was taken to the hospital in serious condition after being pepper sprayed during an argument, according to the St. Marys Police Department.

Three Camden County law enforcement officers were indicted Wednesday on charges related to the beating of a 41-year-old inmate inside the county jail that was caught on camera.

Video obtained by News4JAX shows a man fresh out of jail stealing a Camden County Sheriff’s Office patrol SUV, deputies said.

State troopers are asking residents of Glynn and Camden counties to be on the lookout for Frederick Mark Parisi.

A Georgia man led police on a pursuit across five counties from Florida to Georgia after robbing a Palm Coast gas station before being shot by a Camden County gas station clerk, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Scattered showers and storms will develop this afternoon with some isolated strong to severe storms possible.

A Georgia teen had to be revived multiple times after suffering from critical injuries caused by a crash last week in Camden County.

An officer with the Kingsland Police Department was relieved from duty following a crash Wednesday in his department-issued vehicle, according to a news release.

The Camden County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced two arrests in an investigation into the death of a 60-year-old man who reportedly drowned Wednesday in a hotel pool.

Charges against a man beaten at the Camden County jail have been dropped.

The future of Spaceport Camden County is in jeopardy after a ruling by the state’s highest court. The Georgia Supreme Court upheld election results which saw voters overwhelmingly rejected the project.

A deputy of the Camden County Sheriff’s Office has been indicted on charges that stem from a traffic stop that occurred almost a year to date, according to a news release Thursday from the District Attorney’s Office in Brunswick.

A newly-unsealed indictment names 76 people as part of a plan to move large amounts of drugs into Southeast Georgia, and much of the conspiracy operated from inside Georgia state prisons, the U.S. Department of Justice for the Southern District of Georgia announced Wednesday.

A woman was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in the 2019 death of her 5-year-old son, Keith Higgins, the district attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, announced Thursday.

An arrest has been made about a month and a half after a person was killed in a crash last month involving a semitruck and a car in Kingsland, police said.

The Kingsland Police Department on Monday night announced an arrest in the deadly shooting of a Jacksonville woman, identifying the suspect as her son-in-law.

Watch the Camden County Wildcats take on the Raines Vikings in the third round of the Fortegra Basketball Invitational on the campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville’s South Campus on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. The Fortegra Basketball Invitational is brought to you by CSI Companies and High School 9:12.

The fifth annual Fortegra High School 9:12 Basketball Invitational Presented by CSI Companies tipped off Thursday at the South Campus of FSCJ.

The I-TEAM is learning more about the use of force in the Camden County jail.

Today is the last day to vote early in the Goergia. Democrat Raphael Warnock is facing challenger Herschel Walker in the runoff for the state’s open Senate seat. There’s already been record-breaking numbers in early voting. More than 1.4 million people have either voted in-person or requested a mail-in ballot.

Early voting is now underway statewide in Georgia ahead of next month’s Senate runoff election between Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

Following an investigation that involved the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced the arrests of three employees they said were involved in the beating of a 41-year-old inmate inside the county jail.

Attorneys are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the beating of a 41-year-old man at the Camden County jail.

Attorneys for a Georgia jail detainee are demanding the firings and arrests of guards recorded by security cameras repeatedly punching the inmate in his cell.

Attorneys on Wednesday released a third video of the beating of their client at the Camden County Detention Center.

There's more outrage surfacing Tuesday from Georgia public officials over the beating of a 41-year-old man at the Camden County Detention Center.

Lawyers representing a 41-year-old man, who they say is seen on video being beaten by deputies at the Camden County Detention Center, are calling for a criminal investigation, according to a news release from an attorney who represents him.

The second night of the state playoffs proved a forgettable one for area teams.

Officials in Southeast Georgia are monitoring the track of Nicole.

A man wanted in connection with the discovery of a body in Woodbine, Georgia, has been captured in Indiana, News4JAX learned Tuesday.

Twenty people were arrested in Camden County on charges of driving under the influence in this past weekend, according to authorities, who said most were either coming from the Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville — or from parties where they were watching the game on TV.

An activist group is canvassing for people to go out and vote early in Camden County as Georgia continues to see record-breaking early voter turnout.

It’s a jarring scene and appears to be a real deadly crash, but in reality, it’s a reenactment used to teach students at Camden County High School about the dangers of driving under the influence.

You've likely heard of Brian Kemp, David Perdue, Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. But there are scores of other names on the ballot for dozens of state and local offices. A look at all the candidates who want your vote on Tuesday.

The Georgia Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in the fight over plans for a Camden County Spaceport.

The Camden County Health Department began offering the flu vaccine on Monday.

St. Marys, Georgia residents experienced heavy flooding with roads submerged by water and water meeting the front door steps of buildings.

Retired Navy submariners and their family members were making their way to a floating dock to get on a river cruise boat for a tour of the St. Marys River on Tuesday when the gangway collapsed, leaving 17 people injured, according to city officials.

Sixteen people were hurt Tuesday when a dock in St. Marys broke free of its mount, police said.

A woman is in jail after police started investigating a drug overdose death, but also discovered evidence of a suspected drug operation in the presence of a small child, according to the Kingsland Police Department.

Guardian 2022 was supported by the following agencies and organizations, Camden County Emergency Management Agency, Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Camden County Sheriff’s Office, Camden County Fire Rescue, Kingsland Police and Fire Departments, St. Marys Police and Fire Departments, and Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.

News4JAX asked retired Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office assistant Chief Rick Parker to look at the video.

The Jacoby Development broke ground Friday morning on the Cumberland Inlet project located in St. Marys, Georgia. The Cumberland Inlet will be a mixed-use development to boost tourism in Camden County.

Eight members of Recruit Class 2022-11 are now members of Camden County Fire Rescue.

Newman was given a warning in January, and according to the department’s Facebook page, she was named deputy of the month just two months later.

The family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire as sheriff's deputies with a drug warrant raided her cousin's home have filed a lawsuit in federal court.

Attorneys for the family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire last year as sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at her cousin's home are calling for the Justice Department to investigate, arguing the deadly raid echoes the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.

A high-speed chase with a baby in the back seat of a sport utility vehicle was captured Sunday on dashboard camera video in Camden County, authorities said.

The high school football season begins on Aug. 19 in Georgia and Aug. 26 in Florida. A glance at schedules for the 2022 high school football season.

The NAACP Camden County Branch is accusing the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and the Kingsland Police Department of racially profiling and unlawfully arresting a young black male during a traffic stop.

Students in Camden and Ware counties headed back to class on Monday.

A Georgia county has filed a lawsuit that seeks to force a company to sell it 4,000 acres on which the county has long planned to build a launch pad for commercial rockets.

The Camden County commissioners are not giving up on the dream of building a spaceport.

A Jacksonville pharmacist and a former pharmacy owner were sentenced after they both pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges related to a federal pill mill investigation, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia said Friday.

The owner of a 4,000-acre industrial site says it has ended a longstanding agreement to sell the property to a Georgia county seeking to build a launch pad for commercial rockets.

Digging deeper into the body camera footage obtained of a high-speed pursuit with a motorcyclist in St. Marys, Georgia, an officer and the motorcyclist’s girlfriend express concern at the scene of the traffic stop before the biker was taken to jail.

News4JAX on Monday obtained the detailed crash report of a six-vehicle crash on I-95 in Camden County that resulted in the deaths of four people.

Investigators said a pursuit through Southeast Georgia that involved multiple law enforcement agencies started when police in St. Marys, Georgia, got a phone call from a man in South Carolina, who said his truck was stolen.

A Virginia man is facing 14 charges following a six-vehicle crash Friday on I-95 in Camden County that resulted in the deaths of four people.

Two people were killed in a Friday afternoon crash crash that closed I-95 in Camden County, according to the Georgia State Patrol. At least 12 others have been hospitalized for injuries, UF Health spokesperson said.

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Camden County, GA is growing and craves new dining options. Jennifer Caywood-Williams is a chef and former contestant on Master Chef who has created a lane focused on bringing upscale dining to homes. She dropped by the River City Live studio to talk on the history of Southern Brunch and the many varieties of Shrimp and Grits. She talked about Camden’s burgeoning food scene and shared her take on the classic southern classic.

Get out and take your best shot of Camden County to show the world through the lens of a camera Georgia's coastal community.

What began as a simple traffic stop over a minor infraction on May 31 turned into a drug bust that led to the arrest of two men.

Opponents of a proposed launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast are asking a court to throw out the project’s government license, saying the Federal Aviation Administration failed to correctly assess the risks of firing rockets over homes and a barrier island popular with tourists.

In Camden County, Georgia, two Republican primaries for the county commission tie into the controversial Spaceport Camden project.

As gasoline prices continue to rise, people who have to fill their vehicles up with diesel are having to take even more money out of their wallets.

The APEX Officer Training Simulator is a virtual reality system being used to train police in various scenarios, where they have to decide whether they’re faced with a situation to use deadly force.

You've likely heard of Brian Kemp, David Perdue, Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. But there are scores of other names on the ballot for dozens of state and local offices. A look at all the candidates who want your vote on Tuesday.

On Friday night, Myjai Sanders’ NFL dream paid off when the Arizona Cardinals picked him in the third round of the draft. Sanders, a 6-foot-5, 255-pound edge rusher who played at Raines and Camden County high schools, was the 100th overall selection.

A Camden County man who fired at deputies who were serving a search warrant before dawn at his home in May 2021 has been indicted on a felony murder charge because a woman was shot and killed during his exchange of gunfire with deputies, prosecutors announced Friday.

Glynn County District Attorney Keith Higgins announced Wednesday that law enforcement officers involved in an incident that resulted in the death of Latoya James during a drug raid last year will not be charged with a crime.

Officials in Camden County are moving ahead with plans to build a launchpad for commercial rockets barely a month after residents voted to halt the project by a margin of nearly 3-to-1.

Officials in a Georgia county say they're moving ahead with plans to build a launch pad for commercial rockets barely a month after residents voted to halt the project by a margin of nearly 3-to-1.

A Kingsland police officer was injured in a traffic stop Wednesday morning in Camden County, according to authorities.

One month after Camden County voters batted down a proposed land sale for a long-planned commercial launchpad, citizens will hear a pitch from private investors who are hoping to breathe new life into the project.

About 1 in 5 people have an STD and half of all new STD cases are in young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the Georgia Department of Public Health said.

A district attorney on Tuesday announced he would not be pursuing a criminal prosecution with regard to a case involving an officer with the Kingsland Police Department who fatally shot a man in August 2020.

A decisive 72-percent of Camden County voters who went to the polls Tuesday told the county commission that it no longer has the power to buy a 4,000-acre patch of land outside Woodbine for the planned Spaceport Camden project.

Voters in Camden County on Tuesday blocked their government from buying up a portion of land to build the nation’s 13th spaceport facility.

Incomplete election returns show opponents seeking to block construction of a launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast are leading a referendum on the project.

Camden County voters on Tuesday headed to the polls to determine the future of a planned spaceport.

Camden county voters will have the final say on whether to build a spaceport in their backyard.