Author: Robert Preston, Jr.

Another round of No Kings protests took place throughout the United States on Saturday. And Douglas was the scene of one such demonstration. It was the fourth demonstration hosted by local organizer Lawton Hurst and the third No Kings demonstration. The first protest, an immigration enforcement protest, took place in February of last year. Since then, two No Kings protests have taken place – one in June of last year and another in January of this year. On March 28, 2026, across the country, millions of protesters took to the streets to voice their displeasure with President Donald Trump’s policies,…

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Last week, South Georgia State College announced a partnership with the University of Georgia Tifton Campus that will allow students to start at SGSC on an agriculture track and seamlessly transfer to the UGA Tifton Campus and finish their degree. As such, students can graduate from the University of Georgia without ever leaving the area — and obtain a useful and practical degree that will provide significant economic opportunity. The program launches in the fall of 2026. SGSC made the announcement a special program on campus that featured local speakers as well as Dr. Barry Croom, the undergraduate coordinator at…

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The CCA Patriots have won two of their last three games, including an emphatic 9-0 win over the Charlton County Indians last Saturday morning. Later Saturday, the Stratford Academy Eagles handed the Patriots their first defeat of the season, 19-5. Monday, the Patriots returned their winning ways with a 15-0 four-inning win over the Grace Christian Academy Cougars. Saturday, the Patriots hosted the Indians and the Eagles for a day of baseball at Patriot Field. The slate began well enough for CCA. Behind a potent offensive performance that tallied nine runs on 13 hits, four of which went for extra…

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A trio of Hawks had three hits and two SGSC pitchers combined for a two-hit shutout Tuesday in a dominating 22-0, run-rule shortened win over the East Georgia State College Bobcats at Crider Field in Douglas. SGSC set the tone early with a 16-run second inning. Diego Gonzales doubled, scoring two runs; Tanner Langley singled, scoring two runs; Danny Vigille-grant singled, scoring one run; Steven Tavares-Batista singled, scoring one run; Brice Marchman walked, scoring one run; Diego Gonzales singled, scoring one run; Gavin Hamrick doubled, driving in a pair; Payton Bryant drove in one on a sacrifice fly; Vigille-grant singled…

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Ball players share a kindred spirit. It doesn’t matter the sport, the level at which athletes play, or the crowds in front of whom they compete. Sports are important to Douglas and Coffee County. This community celebrates those who take the field of play and give their all, week in and week out. There remains, however, one group of athletes who many times do not get the recognition they deserve. During their season, they slug it out as hard as any other group of players in the county. They aren’t like other athletes. Their abilities may be diminished but their…

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The ride that the Northside-Warner Robins Eagles took to get to Douglas for their game against the Coffee Trojans at Charles Wilson Field Tuesday may have taken longer than the actual game itself. Coffee defeated Northside 15-1 in four and a half innings after a 12-run fourth inning capped by a Hunter Klesko no-doubt grand slam to right. It was the Trojans’ second home run of the inning; Barrett Harrell hit a two-run shot earlier in the frame. Northside jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second. The Eagles’ advantage lasted just an inning; the Trojans jumped out in…

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