- Atkinson County Schools announce ban on personal electronic devices at all schools for upcoming school year
- Dr. Peterson returns from mission trip to Ecuador
- Police officer acts on tip at local motel, makes arrest for active warrant on drug-related charges
- DPD officer arrests two suspects at dumpsters behind Goodwill store, was the third arrest in less than two months for one of the individuals
- GBI investigating ‘incident’ that happened at Coffee County Jail on July 7, 2025
Author: Robert Preston
Saturday, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill returned to the sport put his name on the map 11 years ago — track and field. And he picked up where he left off, winning the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships 60 meters in the 25-29 age group. He posted a time of 6.70 seconds, the 213th fastest 60 meters in the world this year, and he did so wearing a Coffee Trojans singlet. Hill finished his senior football season as a relative unknown. Then track season came around and he was an unknown no more. After a stellar…
An Alapaha man reached a curious milestone last weekend — he went to jail on consecutive days for the same charge. Officers from the Douglas Police Department arrested Harry Jonathan Dotson, 48, of Alapaha, on Friday and Saturday for essentially the same violation. , On Friday, March 3, 2023, a Douglas police officer responded to an address on the Willacoochee Highway at the bypass for a suspicious person. An incident report states that the officer found Dotson sitting beside the road drinking an alcoholic beverage. He appeared to be intoxicated, the report states. It also says…
An Alapaha man reached a curious milestone last weekend — he went to jail on consecutive days for the same charge. Officers from the Douglas Police Department arrested Harry Jonathan Dotson, 48, of Alapaha, on Friday and Saturday for essentially the same violation. , On Friday, March 3, 2023, a Douglas police officer responded to an address on the Willacoochee Highway at the bypass for a suspicious person. An incident report states that the officer found Dotson sitting beside the road drinking an alcoholic beverage. He appeared to be intoxicated, the report states. It also says…
An Alapaha man reached a curious milestone last weekend — he went to jail on consecutive days for the same charge. Officers from the Douglas Police Department arrested Harry Jonathan Dotson, 48, of Alapaha, on Friday and Saturday for essentially the same violation. , On Friday, March 3, 2023, a Douglas police officer responded to an address on the Willacoochee Highway at the bypass for a suspicious person. An incident report states that the officer found Dotson sitting beside the road drinking an alcoholic beverage. He appeared to be intoxicated, the report states. It also says…
A case of stolen identity led to a chase, a wreck, and a host of charges against Jamal Jefferson of Douglas. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 2 around 11 p.m., a police officer stopped a vehicle on West Phillips Street and South College Avenue. The officer had run the vehicle’s tag and it came back that the owner had a valid warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm from Rock Island County, Illinois. The warrant also stated that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. The officer stopped the vehicle…
A case of stolen identity led to a chase, a wreck, and a host of charges against Jamal Jefferson of Douglas. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 2 around 11 p.m., a police officer stopped a vehicle on West Phillips Street and South College Avenue. The officer had run the vehicle’s tag and it came back that the owner had a valid warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm from Rock Island County, Illinois. The warrant also stated that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. The officer stopped the vehicle…
A case of stolen identity led to a chase, a wreck, and a host of charges against Jamal Jefferson of Douglas. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 2 around 11 p.m., a police officer stopped a vehicle on West Phillips Street and South College Avenue. The officer had run the vehicle’s tag and it came back that the owner had a valid warrant for aggravated discharge of a firearm from Rock Island County, Illinois. The warrant also stated that the suspect was considered armed and dangerous. The officer stopped the vehicle…
An Ambrose woman is in jail after she allegedly shot her sister’s vehicle four times with her sister inside. She was arrested on March 2 at around 2:40 a.m. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call at 1414 Silver Brook Trail in Ambrose after getting a report of shots fired. The report states that the victim went to the home to check on her sister, Carmen Wright, 43, who had been acting erratically. When the victim arrived, Wright answered the door with a pistol in her…
An Ambrose woman is in jail after she allegedly shot her sister’s vehicle four times with her sister inside. She was arrested on March 2 at around 2:40 a.m. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call at 1414 Silver Brook Trail in Ambrose after getting a report of shots fired. The report states that the victim went to the home to check on her sister, Carmen Wright, 43, who had been acting erratically. When the victim arrived, Wright answered the door with a pistol in her…
An Ambrose woman is in jail after she allegedly shot her sister’s vehicle four times with her sister inside. She was arrested on March 2 at around 2:40 a.m. According to an incident report obtained from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, officers responded to a call at 1414 Silver Brook Trail in Ambrose after getting a report of shots fired. The report states that the victim went to the home to check on her sister, Carmen Wright, 43, who had been acting erratically. When the victim arrived, Wright answered the door with a pistol in her…