Author: Robert Preston

At the Coffee County Commission’s most recent meeting, commissioners approved a rezoning request from Don Wildes Jr. to rezone 5.3 acres at 1875 Sand Hill Church Road from Commercial to Light Industrial. There is a catch, though – the property cannot be used for any type of event, concert, party, or related facility. According to Wildes, the property will be used for manufacturing utility and cargo trailers. However, some neighbors had expressed concern that the property could eventually house some type of event center. At the meeting Don Wildes Sr. said that under no circumstances would the property be…

If that NFL gig doesn’t work out for Tyreek Hill, he might be able to find a job behind a television camera. And he just may have auditioned for that job Sunday afternoon following his second touchdown catch of the day. Hill, who had seven receptions for 117 yards and two touchdowns in Kansas City’s 26-14 win over the Arizona Cardinals, decided to channel his inner Chad Johnson after his second score. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes connected with Hill in the end zone – and in triple coverage at that – for his 31st touchdown pass of the season, a…

It’s not very often that a team loses the turnover battle and holds on to win the game. It’s even rarer for a team in that position to win big. But that’s exactly what happened to the Coffee Trojans Friday night against the #1-seeded Stephenson Jaguars. The Trojans, a #4 seed, turned the ball over four times to Stephenson’s three yet managed to win by four touchdowns, 45-17. Coffee is now 8-3 on the season and will stay close to home next week for the second round of the playoffs; the Trojans will travel to Richmond Hill next Friday night.…

During the vote tally at the Coffee County elections office Tuesday night, one voting card was left in a machine, which means those votes were not transmitted to the Secretary of State’s office that night. The votes were, however, included in the local returns posted at the elections office in Douglas. Officials discovered the oversight Thursday afternoon — about the same time as an attorney with the Stacey Abrams campaign called out Coffee County as one of four Georgia counties with alleged voting irregularities. However, the oversight local officials uncovered and the alleged irregularities mentioned by Abrams’s attorney are…

Republicans made a strong statement in Coffee County Tuesday night, winning all of the races on the ballot in convincing fashion. Turnout for the mid-term election was higher than it was four years ago; 11,639 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 53 percent. The special local option sales tax for education (ESPLOST), the only local decision on the ballot, passed by a large margin, 7,392 to 3,478. In the race for governor, Brian Kemp (R) defeated Stacey Abrams (D) and Ted Metz (L) 8,195 votes to 3,344 and 52, respectively. In the lieutenant governor’s election, Geoff Duncan (R)…

“There are 8,352 prophetic verses in the Bible. Many of these deal with the nation of Israel. We will discuss the entire Middle East as well as America and Israel, and how they are intertwined prophetically. There has been more prophecy fulfilled in the last 70 years than there has been in the previous 2,000,” says Dr. Sherlock Bally, a world-renowned pastor and the Christian Allies Caucus’s liaison between the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) and the pastors of North America. This position has put Dr. Bally in a unique position of being the bridge between the spiritual leaders of both North…

The Coffee Trojans last lost a home game on Nov. 4, 2016, when the Lee County Trojans rolled into town and came away with a 31-20 win. Since then, Coffee has been on an undefeated home winning streak. That ended tonight, once again at the hands of the Lee County Trojans. Lee defeated Coffee 38-7 in a game that was never close. Coffee even faced something its players hadn’t seen in a long, long time – a running clock in the second half. That came about thanks to a 31-0 Lee County lead at halftime. Lee’s Trojans…

The election is less than a week away. Candidates are doubling down and pulling out all the proverbial stops in their quests to find political glory. Last week, a few headliners from the GOP races visited the area one more time to energize their base. Brian Kemp, candidate for governor, and lieutenant governor hopeful Geoff Duncan gathered at Harper Hill Plantation with supporters to discuss key issues and the importance of getting out to vote. The event, titled Pig, Pickin’, and Politickin’, was hosted by State Sen. Tyler Harper. In addition to the candidates, a number of state…

Thursday afternoon, a Coffee County jury found Jasmine Williams guilty on counts of malice murder and felony murder in the fatal shooting of Greg Swinson, 25. The shooting took place in September of 2017. Attorneys selected the jury Monday and testimony began Tuesday. The jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon and reached a verdict Thursday afternoon. Sentencing will take place Friday morning. At 3 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, Swinson was shot in the head in a home on the 300 block of East Walker Street. Swinson initially survived the shooting and was transported to Savannah Memorial Hospital for…

The trial of Jasmine Williams, who was charged with murder in the September 2017 fatal shooting of Greg Swinson, 25, will begin Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 at the Coffee County Courthouse. Attorneys selected the jury today and both sides are set to start tomorrow. At 3 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, Swinson was shot in the head in his home on the 300 block of East Walker Street. Swinson initially survived the shooting and was transported to Savannah Memorial Hospital for further treatment. However, he died a short time later. Williams, his girlfriend at the time, was…