A Patterson woman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to producing sexually explicit images of a child. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood and announced by Margaret E. “Meg” Heap, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Brandy Marie Gill, 43, of Patterson, Georgia, was sentenced to 192 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Production of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaging in Sexually Explicit Conduct. Gill was ordered to pay $5,000 to the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance…
Author: Robert Preston, Jr.
The 2027-2027 school year has begun and school buses are back on the roads. Please be patient, allow extra time for your morning drive, and watch for children and buses. If you aren’t familiar with Georgia’s laws about when to stop for school buses, please take a few moments to review the attached graphic and read the summary below: In most cases, all drivers are required to stop when meeting or overtaking a stopped school bus that has its red lights flashing and its stop arm extended when loading or unloading passengers. The only exception to this rule is when…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include a mental health discussion and a lost shoe recovered. (video appears below ads)
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include a murder suspect captured, Hungry Howie’s, and a heat advisory (video appears below ads)
Pablo Zuriel Miranda, the accused killer who walked out of the Atkinson County Jail Sunday morning, has been apprehended after two days on the run. Sunday, Pearson residents woke to an alarming law enforcement presence in the city. Miranda, who had been in the Atkinson County Jail since May of 2024, was helping load food trays at the jail on Sunday morning when he ran away. “I’m sorry. I failed you. We made bad decisions and now the community has to suffer for it. And I’m sorry for that,” said Atkinson County Sheriff David Moore Monday in an interview with…
Keep Douglas Beautiful has received a $1,000 Neighborhood Grant from The Starbucks Foundation, recognizing the work that the organization is doing in Douglas. The grant was a result of a nomination from local Starbucks employee and Keep Douglas Beautiful Board member, Michael Hill, who has seen the organization’s impact firsthand. Through the Neighborhood Grants program, The Starbucks Foundation invites partner – led nominations and considers insights from Starbucks partners to award grants to nonprofits and charities making a meaningful difference in the communities they serve. The grant will be used for KDB activities relating to sustainability and environmental stewardship. “Starbucks…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include an escaped accused murderer in Atkinson County, a red light project in Douglas, and a review of The Odyssey. (video appears below ads)
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include MLB, ALDI, and a few others. (video appears below ads)
Eight days after being taken in the 1st round (31st overall) by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2026 MLB Draft, CCA graduate Blake Bryant has signed his first contract. According to a post made by The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro on X, Bryant signed with the Diamondbacks for $2.75 million, about $370,000 below the slot value for the 31st overall pick. Slot value was $3.12 million. For this year’s draft, that isn’t an anomaly. Most of the top picks have signed below slot with a few signing at slot. For example, #1 overall pick Rock Cholowsky (Chicago White Sox) signed…
“I want to travel the state of Georgia, represent the organization, and show that you can do it all. You don’t have to be one thing or the other. I worked hard in school and I became valedictorian. But I also worked hard at pageants and became Miss Georgia Teen USA. You can do both. For a long time, I didn’t think you could. I think a lot of younger girls don’t necessarily think they can, either. So that would be really important to me,” says Kiran Reddy, reigning Miss Georgia Teen USA and the valedictorian of the Coffee High…