Author: Staff Reports

According to a story posted on WALB.com, a Coffee County man drowned in the Alapaha River Wednesday afternoon. The story states that Derrick Colson, 40, of Nicholls, fell out of a boat while fishing and drowned. Colson was fishing around the bridge on Highway 319 at the Irwin and Tift county line when the accident happened. Irwin County authorities are investigating the incident. The WALB report states that authorities suspect no foul play.

Thomas University sophomore Sheala Brown earned Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week honors for her tournament-bid clinching win over Warner University on April 24, the league announced Monday. Brown, from Douglas, Ga., struck out 10 and did not allow a runner past second base in the 6-0 victory over the Royals. Brown allowed just three hits in the game. It was her seventh win of the season, and fifth 7.0 inning complete game victory. With the win, Brown lowered her Sun Conference ERA to 1.17. Brown and the Night Hawks next play May 2 at the 2019 Sun Conference Softball Championship Tournament held at PFX Athletics – Legends…

A Coffee County native remains missing in South Carolina under suspicious circumstances, even though authorities have discovered new evidence in the case. Tina Diana Snipes, formerly of Coffee County, was last seen at the Horizon EZ Shop, a convenience store, at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15. The store is located at 2410 Highway 174 in Edisto Island, S.C. According to a story published on www.live5news.com, authorities believe that someone gave Snipes a ride to her home from the convenience store. Officers discovered some of her belongings within walking distance of her house on Aug. 15. Snipes still has family in Coffee…

Kenneth McCrimmon pled guilty today to the 2017 murder of Jennifer McCrimmon. Assistant District Attorney John Rumker prosecuted the case and Judge Andy Spivey presided over the proceedings. Jennifer’s autopsy revealed her cause of death to be multiple blunt force trauma. On Dec. 26, 2017, at 7:48 a.m., Coffee County deputies were dispatched to 1168 Truelove Road in reference to a possible deceased person. Upon arrival at the location, Kenneth McCrimmon told deputies that he had found his wife, Jennifer McCrimmon, lying in the floor not breathing and cold to the touch. Deputies entered the residence and located Jennifer McCrimmon, who…

According to a press release posted by TheTrucker.com, Landstar System Inc., Marshall Mizell of Pearson has been named the Landstar 2018 Rookie of the Year. Mizell is an independent agent with Landstar System, Inc. He received the award at Landstar’s Agent Convention held in Marco Island, Florida, this month. Landstar defines a rookie as an independent agent who is new to the Landstar network but not necessarily new to the transportation industry. Mizell, of MM Transportation LLC, based in Pearson, joined the Landstar network after several years on the open road as an owner-operator. Mizell decided to turn his experience…

In less than two weeks, the trip from Douglas to Waycross is about to take a little longer. According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Transportation, Highway 158 between Douglas and Waycross will close for a year or more beginning Monday, April 29, 2019 for bridge construction. The DOT will oversee construction on the bridges over the Satilla River (Sgt. Jerry Bagley Memorial Bridge), the Satilla River Overflow, and Fullwood Creek as crews tear down and rebuild the bridges. The project length is two miles long located approximately 3.5 miles north of US 82 and just…

Plans have finally been announced for the proposed shopping center at the site of the old high school. The plans include retail shops and restaurants – but no grocery store. At the joint city, county and school board meeting on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, City Manager Charles Davis introduced Perlis Nease Development to local officials for updates concerning the re-development of the old high school grounds. Currently, Perlis Nease Development is in partnership with The Jones Company, based out of Waycross, and have announced their plans for Douglas Square, a 120,000 square-foot shopping destination anchored by Hobby Lobby and…

LifeWay Christian Resources will close its retail stores, all 170 of them, by the end of this year. It will shift its entire business to an online model. According to an announcement made on its Web site, Lifeway stated it will continue to operate LifeWay.com and its Customer Service Center, which can be reached at 1-800-458-2772. LifeWay is the Southern Baptist Convention’s publishing house. The company will continue its partnerships with local churches and offer resources directly to churches through those partnerships. LifeWay will expand its digital offerings, which include Bible studies, streaming of a variety of events, music, and…

Earlier today, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office announced that three individuals had been arrested for allegedly robbing Evans Grocery at gunpoint in January. Later in the day Friday, the Douglas Police Department released a statement reporting that those same three individuals, along with one other, had also been charged in connection with five other armed robberies in the city – three of which took place at the same store, Flash Foods on North Peterson Avenue. Over the past several months there have been six armed robberies at local convenience stores, both in the City of Douglas and in Coffee…

On Friday, March 15, 2019, the GBI obtained arrest warrants for Jonathan Vann and Keyante Greene in the deaths of three individuals reported missing earlier this week. Vann was charged with two counts of malice murder for the deaths of Wayne Hackle, Jr. and Bobbie Lynn Moore in Atkinson County, Georgia. In Berrien County, Georgia, Vann was also charged with one count of malice murder for the death of Mercedes Hackle and for arson in regards to a burned vehicle that Moore was using. Greene was charged with two counts of concealing the death of another person in…