In just a few hours, the 2026 Winter Olympics will begin in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. NBC and its sister platforms will broadcast and stream the Games, which are always one of the most-watched events of any year in which they are held. For example, the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris saw one of the largest audiences ever. Around five billion people followed the Olympics, with many viewers tuning in on streaming platforms, primarily Peacock. The streaming audience for the Paris Olympics was up 40 percent from the Tokyo and Beijing Games combined. Digital viewership has expanded the audience,…
Author: Robert Preston
YD Baker, now 28 years old, used to be a football player. The sport was everything to him and he planned to ride it as far as it would take him. He went from Coffee High School to Scranton, Pennsylvania, then to Valdosta. It was a fast, violent ride. And it ended as ferociously as it began. One day, YD found himself looking in the mirror not knowing what he would do or where he would go. That’s where his journey really begins. But before we get there, let’s take a little closer look at his football career. YD graduated…
Douglas Now Live with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include a weekend shooting, a commission vacancy, and a Coffee Countian caught up in an international manhunt. (video appears below ad)
Agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged four teens in connection with a shooting in Coffee County early Sunday morning. Brandon Camacho, age 20, of Coffee County, suffered serious injuries as a result of the shooting. Those arrested are: On Sunday, February 1, 2026, deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported shooting on Highway 158 just inside of Coffee County. Camacho was driving a dark grey GMC Terrain and was traveling from Ware County at around 2:00 a.m. when he was approached by a silver Chevrolet Tahoe with a black brush guard.…
Our weather in South Georgia is unpredictable. I know that. You know that. We all know it. As such, I don’t say much about our weather. We can experience all four seasons in one day. The seasons sometimes change five or six times in a week. It can be a little frustrating at times. But it’s also part of the charm of living in this area. But enough is enough. I like it when the weather cools off. I don’t like it when we get hit with a blast straight from the armpit of Antarctica. And that is what we’ve…
Douglas Now Live with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include Dominic Mimbang’s latest honor, identity theft, another looming federal government shutdown, and this week’s storm of the century (video appears below ad).
Douglas Now Live with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include a major fire in town this afternoon, some city commission news, a sports update, and a few words about our current web site woes.
Douglas Now Live with Robert Preston Jr. Tonight’s topics include an award-winning area band, a house fire, and a protest in Douglas yesterday (video appears below ad).
Douglas Now Live with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include city and county news, wintry weather over the weekend, and Gov. Brian Kemp’s spending plans for his eighth and final General Assembly (video appears below ad)
The Douglas City Commission had two items on its Monday, January 12, 2026, meeting – the swearing in of three commissioners and discussing the alcoholic beverage license for Los Tres Agaves Restaurant LLC. The commission conducted a public hearing regarding the Los Tres Agaves alcohol license request. The restaurant is located at 306 South Peterson Avenue, between Kribs and Kradles and Hardware House. No one at the meeting spoke for or against the request; commissioners approved the license with little discussion. Three commissioners who had been up for re-election last year took their oaths of office – Cindy McNeill (Ward…