If you live on the Broxton-West Green Highway, Mora Road, or Mark Mobley Road, count your blessings. Your roads made the TIA resurfacing list and will be repaved. At the September county commission meeting, commissioners awarded the project Scruggs for $6.4 million. The county gave the professional services agreement for the project to Statewide Surveying for $654,732. Among the items on the agenda were the following: The public hearing for a rezoning request from Tony Davis for three acres at 7626 Highway 221 North from Ag, Agriculture to C, Commercial. No one spoke for or against the request and it…
Author: Robert Preston, Jr.
The Coffee Lady Trojans launched a comeback bid in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday against the Veterans Warhawks in Kathleen. Unfortunately, the rally fizzled after Coffee cut Veterans’ four-run lead in half. The Warhawks jumped out to an early 8-4 lead after scoring in each of the first three innings. Veterans plated three in the first, four in the second, and one in the third. The Lady Trojans responded with four in the second but didn’t add to their run total until the top of the seventh. Coffee was trailing 8-4 with two outs when the Lady…
Things returned to normal for the CCA Lady Patriots on Tuesday afternoon at Patriot Field in Douglas. After a tough loss to GHSA 5A power Wayne County on Monday, CCA welcomed region foe Robert Toombs Academy to Douglas and won 12-0 in four innings. The Lady Patriots scored a run in the first, four in the second, five in the third, and two in the fourth to win the run-rule shortened game. Brilynn Waldron led the way offensively with a 3-4, four-run, two-RBI day. Peighton Harper threw a complete-game two-hit shutout, striking out three and walking one. Lily Waldron was…
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The CCA Lady Patriots won their 13th game of the season – and their first region game – Thursday against the Vidalia Heritage Academy Eagles 14-2 in Douglas. The game ended after four innings via run rule. CCA scored in every inning – one in the first, five in the second, six in the third, and two in the fourth – while the two Lady Patriots in the circle kept the Eagles off balance all day. Leading 12-2 in the bottom of the fourth, Allie Veal led off with a walk. After a strikeout, Arabelle Roberts singled but advanced to…
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Amanda Dee Hiers, 44, of Douglas, was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after she allegedly attempted to steal clothing from a local retailer. A report from the Douglas Police Department states that an officer responded to a call at the store at around 3 p.m. on August 28, 2026. When the officer arrived, the store manager was confronting Hiers for allegedly shoplifting merchandise. The manager stated that Hiers had been in a dressing room for over an hour. She accused Hiers of stealing clothing, which Hiers denied, according to the report. However, the report adds that Hiers appeared to…
The Coffee High School Drone Soccer Team has been invited to compete in the Long Beach USA Drone Soccer International Cup, part of the FAI Drone Soccer International Series, in Long Beach, California, this October. The international competition will bring Coffee High School students from rural South Georgia together with teams representing the United States, Mexico, Croatia, Kazakhstan, and Taipei/Taiwan-China. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) is the world governing body for air sports and international aviation competition. Founded in 1905, FAI oversees international competition and record-setting across numerous aviation and air-sport disciplines. Participation in the FAI Drone Soccer International Series…
Better late than never. That’s the way the CCA Lady Patriots approached their game against the Pinewood Christian Academy Lady Patriots in Bellville on Wednesday afternoon. It may not have been the way their game plan was drawn up but it was certainly effective. CCA fell behind 2-0 after Pinewood scored two in the bottom of the third. CCA peppered the Pinewood for a few hits but didn’t really threaten the scoreboard. Until the top of the sixth. Emma Gourley, who has done just about everything for CCA this season, led off with a single on the first pitch she…
After cruising to a 7-1 win in game one over the Lowndes Vikettes Wednesday afternoon at Faircloth Field, the Coffee Lady Trojans decided to wait until the eighth inning to win game two. Right fielder Kia Wilson only had one hit in the game but it came at the right time – a two-out, bases loaded single in the extra frame to propel Coffee to a 9-8 win. In game one, the Lady Trojans scored in two innings – the fourth and the sixth. Coffee plated five runs in the fourth to take a 5-0 lead. Lowndes scored one in…