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Mr. & Mrs. Josh Jordan of Douglas, Ga. and Rev. & Mrs Jeffrey Butler of Statesboro, Ga. are proud to announce the engagement of their children Karaline Elizabeth Jordan and John David Butler. Karaline is the 2017 Honor Graduate of Abeka Academy of Pensacola Fla. Johnny is the 2013 graduate of Southeast Bullock High School Statesboro, Ga. The Wedding will take place at Westside Holiness Church Douglas, Ga. Saturday January 13th 2018 at 5:00 in the afternoon with a reception immediately following the ceremony. All friends and family are invited to attend. Local invitations will not be sent. The couple…

Eleven and a half years ago, Tara Grinstead, the beauty queen high school teacher from Ocilla, disappeared – seemingly without a trace. Investigators found few clues, leads dried up quickly, every twist and turn in the sordid case led to dead ends. Until this week. Thursday afternoon, inside the Irwin County Courthouse in Ocilla at a special called press conference, J.T. Ricketson, Special Agent in Charge of the Region 13 GBI office, announced to a packed courtroom that investigators had made an arrest in the Grinstead case. Ryan Duke, a 2002 graduate of Irwin County High School and a former…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will be holding a press conference at 3pm today at the Irwin County Courthouse in Ocilla. Officials indicate that there will be an update provided on the case of missing person, Tara Grinstead. Tara Grinstead, an Ocilla teacher, went missing in October of 2005. We will have someone on hand at the press conference to report on what the GBI shares. Stay tuned for updates as we get them.

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We accept article submissions, press releases, community events, church news, letters to the editor, wedding announcements, general inquiries, news tips/suggestions, etc. Please submit your information vis this form: Send News to Us Editorial Staff Publisher/Editor – Robert Preston, Jr.: robert@douglasnow.com Advertising Diana Lindsey – diana@douglasnow.com