Author: Staff Reports

With Christmas and holiday celebrations taking place, the City of Douglas and Transwaste this week presented citizens with some trash collection reminders and the upcoming holiday schedule. During the holidays, there is often excess trash in households and businesses. Please remember to place debris in a trash bag prior to placing in the trash receptacle. Failing to properly bag trash prior to placement in the container will cause excess litter/debris on streets and yards. Please make sure the bag is sealed/tied tightly and place in the receptacle. Break down cardboard boxes and place in trash receptacle if no recycling container…

Four Coffee Countians will split a $1 million prize won recently following the purchase of a winning Georgia Lottery ticket sold last week in Douglas. Orville and Janice Carter of Douglas, Keven Johnson of Douglas, and Lorrinda Johnson of Broxton claimed the prize last Friday at the Georgia Lottery Headquarters in Atlanta. The winning instant game ticket was purchased at the Gate Food Store on Bowens Mill Rd. SE. Profits from the Georgia Lottery are utilized to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and state’s Pre-K program. More than 1.7 million students have received HOPE, and…

According to a report published on www.cullmantoday.com, one Coffee County teen was killed in a motorcycle accident near Cullman, Alabama, Sunday. The crash seriously injured another local teen, who was life-flighted from the scene to a nearby hospital. The deceased is Hunter Railey, 16, of Broxton. Rebecca Dyall, 15, also of Broxton, was riding on the 2000 Suzuki motorcycle with Railey at the time of the collision. She survived the accident but sustained life-threatening injuries. Her condition has not been updated as of this morning. The cullmantoday.com report’s information came from eyewitnesses, not an official law enforcement accident report. According…

Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation , along with investigators from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, have arrested a man identified as 22-year-old Allen Dewayne Tucker for the murder of Gabriel Demetrius Douglas, which occurred earlier this month. Tucker was arrested at around 11:30 Wednesday morning and has been charged with one count of murder and five counts of aggravated assault. He is currently being held in the Coffee County Jail. Sheriff Doyle Wooten states the Douglas Police Dept. has also been a vital part of the investigation and thanked them for their assistance. On Saturday, December 5, the…

Officials with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office reported today the arrests of three individuals believed to be involved in a home invasion last week that resulted in one victim being hospitalized with multiple physical injuries. Just prior to midnight on Dec. 12, deputies were dispatched to 76 Spanish Oak Street, Lot 3, in the Oak Park area of Coffee County in reference to an assault. Contact was made with a male victim at the residence, and authorities immediately observed he had been beaten and had several scratches and cuts on his face, as well as a severely swollen jaw. The…

The Citizens Christian Academy LEO Club participated last week in the Wreaths Across America project, honoring deceased American Veterans buried in the Douglas City Cemetery. Club members laid 700 wreaths on these known veterans’ graves. The American Legion Post 515 and Post 18 had the vision to bring this national project to Douglas. CCA’s LEO Club sent a special thanks to club sponsor and parent volunteer Angie O’Steen for being so passionate about this tribute to our veterans.

Lt. Michael Leslie, Commander of the Douglas – Coffee Drug Unit, announced Monday he is resigning his current position effective Friday, Dec. 18. Leslie will be joining the City of Alma Police Department, after recently being hired as the city’s police chief. “I have lived in Alma for almost six years,” Leslie stated. “My wife is an Alma native, as well as an educator in Alma. All of our children attend school in Alma, except for our youngest child and my oldest daughter , who graduated in June of 2015. I am looking forward to becoming a part of the…

Most people know that Dolly Parton is a country music megastar. Those same individuals may not, however, know just how influential Parton has been, not just in country music but throughout all of popular culture. Beginning this week, NBC will begin telling that story, and Douglas’s own Jennifer Nettles will play a key role in the narrative. Thursday night at 9 p.m., NBC will air “Coat of Many Colors,” the first in a series of television movies based on several of Parton’s hit songs. “Coat of Many Colors” focuses on the relationship Parton had with her mother, Avie. Nettles was…

A Douglas man is behind bars today after police say he intentionally ran over a female victim with his car. Police officials reported that officers responded to a report of aggravated assault at a residence on June Ave. late Sunday, Dec. 6, where they found the victim, identified as 24-year-old Ashlee Teel, laying in the yard. Officers also discovered a white Toyota Camry that had run into a ditch at the location. Teel and another witness stated the victim had been in the Camry with a male identified as Taurus Larenzo Young. Teel and Young had been parked at the…

An early morning shooting Saturday at a popular children’s recreational establishment resulted in the death of a local 19-year-old man. Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials stated that at around 1 a.m. Saturday, deputies with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded to Just Jump for Kds, 3045 Highway 441 South, in reference to a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies discovered Gabriel Demetrius Douglas suffering from a gunshot wound. Douglas was transported to Coffee Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Douglas will be taken to the GBI’s Medical Examiner’s Office in Savannah where an autopsy will be conducted. This…