Authorities charge Melinda McSwain wit…
January 15, 2019 by Robert Preston
Melinda McSwain, 46, of Broxton, has been indicted on murder charges in the 1991 disappearance of Sabrina Long in Macon, according to a story published last week in The Macon Telegraph. Officers from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested McSwain in October on charges related to Long’s disappearance, a case...
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County commission names Jimmy Kitchens…
January 11, 2019 by Robert Preston
At the first county commission meeting of 2019, commissioners named Jimmy Kitchens as commission chair and Johnny Wayne Jowers as vice chair. “I’d like to thank Mr. Dovers for the work he’s done for the past year. He’s a young guy and he took over and he’s done real well...
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George Darryl Harper sentenced to four…
January 8, 2019 by Robert Preston
George Darryl Harper, 62, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison on charges of trafficking and manufacturing marijuana. He was sentenced last week in federal court. Harper was arrested in February 2016 after officers discovered over 300 pounds of marijuana at a residence near his farm. He was released...
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U.S. Marshals apprehend Bo Dukes in Ir…
January 6, 2019 by Robert Preston
When people find themselves in trouble, they often head to familiar surroundings. That’s what Bo Dukes did after being accused of sexual assault last week. And the U.S. Marshals were waiting for him. Authorities, including the Marshals, were looking for Dukes, accused of helping conceal the 2005 death of Ocilla school...
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The story of 2018: Violent protests in…
January 2, 2019 by Robert Preston
What was the biggest story of 2018 in Douglas and Coffee County? It wasn’t the domestic violence/threesome case that led to the shooting of a Douglas man after a senior police officer allowed an offender with a sawed off shotgun leave the premises with the illegal weapon (thought that story...
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Officers make drug arrests at old Foun…
January 1, 2019 by Submitted
Coffee County drug agents arrested multiple people last Thursday during an investigation at a Douglas motel, along with another individual following a search at a residence near Pridgen. Around 8:30 p.m., Dec. 27, executed a search warrant at the Comfortel Suites, also known locally as the Fountain Inn. While executing the...
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