Deputies charged a 30-year-old with battery, terroristic threats and acts, and other charges after he allegedly beat a family member and threatened to shoot him with a shotgun. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, deputies received a domestic dispute call on February 20, 2026, at around 8:45 a.m. The incident had taken place on Burl Mill Road. The report says that the complainant reported that Jacob Etherton, 30, had gotten mad at him and chased him with a knife. The two were related. The report also says that Etherton had beaten him and threatened to shoot him with…
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The GBI has arrested and charged Willie James Jr., age 58, of Wayne County, Ga., with malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection to the death of Sandra Robinson that occurred almost 16 years ago. On March 17, 2010, the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas was requested by the Douglas Police Department to assist with a death investigation at the Prepaid Superstore on South Madison Avenue in Douglas. Sandra Robinson, age 32 at the time, was working at the phone store when she was stabbed and killed. James was an associate of Robinson and could often be…
A 54-year-old Douglas man remains in jail after a deputy found him passed out in his vehicle with a suspected meth pipe in his hand. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on February 22, 2026, a deputy was at the Deep South fuel depot on Bowens Mill Road when two individuals approached him and reported that there was a man in a pickup at the Woody Folsom lot who was either passed out or dead. The officer went over and found a man, identified as David Scott Standridge, 54, in the truck slumped over with a suspected meth…
The Coffee Trojans finished the non-region schedule with a pair of wins near the Georgia coast this weekend, winning games against Savannah Christian (2-0) and Richmond Hill (5-3). The Trojans are now 7-2 on the season with a three-game series against Lee County looming this week. Friday night in Savannah, runs were hard to come by for both teams. Coffee starter Gavin McElroy and the Trojan defense kept Savannah Christian off the board; McElroy threw a 98-pitch complete game three-hitter, striking out 13 and walking just two. In the top of the second, the red-hot Eli Wood led off with…
The CCA men’s and women’s basketball teams did something this year they haven’t done in 30 years – both teams played for state championships. The two teams traveled to Columbus State to face Memorial Day (women) and First Preparatory Christian Academy (Men) on Friday afternoon. The basketball fates weren’t kind to CCA – both squads came home as runners-up. The women fell 51-38 while the men lost 76-49, thanks in large part to a 54-point second half from FPCA. The girls trailed 26-11 at halftime but managed to cut into the lead enough in the third quarter to give themselves…
The Coffee Lady Trojans are headed to an Elite Eight matchup against the Woodward Academy Lady War Eagles after they defeated the Morrow Lady Mustangs 65-53 on Friday night at the Coffee High gym. The game will be played at Woodward Academy. The Lady Trojans led 35-30 at halftime and maintained their lead through the third and fourth quarters. They outscored Morrow in every period. Jasmine Porter led Coffee offensively with 18 points. Aria Paulk scored 15 followed by Carrdreal Pearson (12), Iryonnia Lewis (10), Lexie Bradford (7), Jasmine Moody (2), and Lakener Edwards (1). Going into Friday night’s Sweet…
Thirty years ago, both the CCA Lady Patriots and the CCA Patriots played for their respective state championships. It was the first time that had happened – and it was the last time. Until this year. Friday, both teams will take the court again with state titles on the line. After the Lady Patriots defeated Robert Toombs in double overtime, the Patriots defeated LaGrange 83-56 and advanced to the state finals Friday in Columbus. It was a close game through three periods, with CCA leading LaGrange 48-46 late in the third quarter. The Patriots found their offense in the fourth…
The Coffee High Lady Trojans advanced to the second round of the state basketball playoffs with a 67-39 win over the Sprayberry Lady Jackets Wednesday night at the Coffee High School gym. Coffee handled Sprayberry with relative ease and led the entire game. Jasmine Porter led the Lady Trojans with 20 points. Lexie Bradford scored 16 followed by Aria Paulk with 12 points. Carrdreal Pearson and Iryonnia Lewis scored six apiece. Kolby Smith added three while Jasmine Moody scored two. The Lady Trojans will play Morrow in the second round of the state playoffs on Friday, February 27, 2026, at…
Things didn’t start out well for the CCA Lady Patriots Wednesday at the ABAC gym in Tifton. The Lady Patriots faced the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Lady Crusaders in the Class A state semifinals. At the half, the Lady Patriots trailed 24-10. However, the complexion of the game changed during the third quarter. Those eight minutes were among the best CCA has played all season long. When the final seconds ticked off of the third period, the Lady Patriots had narrowed the gap to three. It was a neck and neck fourth period that saw the game end in a…
Tuesday morning, former Valdosta Wildcat, Georgia Bulldog, and New England Patriot Malcolm Mitchell visited Coffee High School for a reading rally with students from throughout the school system. Mitchell was a standout football player at every level. Though he excelled on the field, he had his own struggles he dealt with, particularly with reading. When Mitchell enrolled at the University of Georgia, he knew is reading proficiency had to improve. What happened next has been well documented and sounds almost made up – a chance encounter at an Athens Barnes & Noble bookstore led Mitchell to the Silverleaf Book Club,…