Author: Robert Preston

Thursday afternoon, Clay Lott, president of the Douglas Rotary Club, presented Vernon Talkington with a check for $10,000 to assist the HOPE Center with the programs and activities Vernon and his wife, Angie, conduct through the HOPE Center. The funds came from money raised through the Joe Day Memorial Golf Tournament which Rotary hosted in April. The Talkingtons came to Douglas 24 years ago while on a sabbatical after 20 years in ministry in Illinois. They passed through Douglas on their way to Panama City. While they were in Douglas, they visited the Oak Park community.…

During the council members’ time for comments at the Nicholls City Council meeting Monday night, council member and mayor pro tem Tracey Darby Jackson admonished unnamed city employees for what she called “disrespect and insubordination” to a packed council meeting room. “The city employees — they’re coming in and they’re gossiping about the mayor and I feel like if this continues, the mayor needs to write them up. This is not a gossip session. You come here to work. You need to work and go home and stop gossiping about people. It’s just out of hand about them…

During the council members’ time for comments at the Nicholls City Council meeting Monday night, council member and mayor pro tem Tracey Darby Jackson admonished unnamed city employees for what she called “disrespect and insubordination” to a packed council meeting room. “The city employees — they’re coming in and they’re gossiping about the mayor and I feel like if this continues, the mayor needs to write them up. This is not a gossip session. You come here to work. You need to work and go home and stop gossiping about people. It’s just out of hand about them…

At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting. Thomas-Clark’s motion did not pass due to a lack of a second. However, board members then voted to table the motion for…

At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting. Thomas-Clark’s motion did not pass due to a lack of a second. However, board members then voted to table the motion for…

At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting. Thomas-Clark’s motion did not pass due to a lack of a second. However, board members then voted to table the motion for…

“The Soldiers in foreign lands; the Sailors on foreign Seas; the Marines in hand to hand; the Airmen in lofty skies; the men and women who stayed to watch our coasting guard our shores, these brave men and women we remember and honor” read the program at Monday’s Memorial Day service at the Coffee County Courthouse. Each Memorial Day at noon, American Legion Post 515 hosts a ceremony to remember the 87 Coffee County servicemen and first responders who have been killed in the line of duty. It’s time to pause, reflect, and honor those who laid down…

“The Soldiers in foreign lands; the Sailors on foreign Seas; the Marines in hand to hand; the Airmen in lofty skies; the men and women who stayed to watch our coasting guard our shores, these brave men and women we remember and honor” read the program at Monday’s Memorial Day service at the Coffee County Courthouse. Each Memorial Day at noon, American Legion Post 515 hosts a ceremony to remember the 87 Coffee County servicemen and first responders who have been killed in the line of duty. It’s time to pause, reflect, and honor those who laid down…

“The Soldiers in foreign lands; the Sailors on foreign Seas; the Marines in hand to hand; the Airmen in lofty skies; the men and women who stayed to watch our coasting guard our shores, these brave men and women we remember and honor” read the program at Monday’s Memorial Day service at the Coffee County Courthouse. Each Memorial Day at noon, American Legion Post 515 hosts a ceremony to remember the 87 Coffee County servicemen and first responders who have been killed in the line of duty. It’s time to pause, reflect, and honor those who laid down…

At Monday’s regular city commission meeting, commissioners agreed to grant a special exception variance with an 80 percent maximum impervious surface coverage to the Foresite Group of Peachtree Corners in order to develop the ALDI grocery store along with three other as-yet unnamed national retailers. The site of the development is the north side of the intersection of Bowens Mill Road and South Gaskin Avenue. The Unified Land Development Code states that the coverage amount won’t exceed 50 percent. Commissioners approved the request “to encourage future development.” Representatives from the Foresite Group were at the commission meeting and…