The South Georgia State College cross country Hawks wrapped their season with five top-10 finishes and one All-Conference honor over their last two meets. Sophomore Humberto Rivas, a Coffee High graduate, turned in a 29:53 8K effort at the GCAA Region 17 Conference Championships Wednesday afternoon in Milledgeville, good for fifth place overall and a spot on the All-Conference team. Rivas was also the only runner in the top five of either the men’s or women’s races who was not an Oxford Emory runner. The SGSC cross country program fielded a men’s team last year for the first…
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Raquon Tucker, 25, was recently charged with aggravated assault after he reportedly almost ran into a deputy and then fled before running his vehicle into a swamp. According to the report, Tucker told the deputy he ran because he was smoking a joint. A copy of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office report states that on October 18, a deputy was assisting the Georgia State Patrol with a traffic crash on Bowens Mill Road and Moseley Road. As the deputy was helping direct traffic, he stated that he noticed a silver Honda Accord approaching at a high rate of…
The Bacon County Sheriff’s Office recently announced the arrest of two individuals during a traffic stop, one of whom was allegedly found with a little over an ounce of methamphetamine. The release states: “On October 17, a deputy on routine patrol observed a traffic violation and conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on US 1 South. The driver identified as Donald Lee Crase, 48, of Alma was determined to have a suspended driver’s license and had active warrants from another county. “After further investigation, a passenger in the vehicle, identified as Jennifer…
County Elections Office officials reported over 750 early voters turned out to cast their vote, which shows a significant increase compared to the primary election in May. Several key races are on the ballot, including a rematch between Governor Brian Kemp and Stacy Abrams and the seat for House of District 169, with Douglas native Mickeayla Brockington facing current District 155 representative Clay Pirkle. For the second time, Kemp and Abrams are facing off against one another for the second time in the gubernatorial race, with polls indicating that Abrams is trailing slightly behind. In the 2018 election,…
A motion for the charges indicted on De’Myjae Manley, a suspect in an armed robbery and assault that occurred on North Madison Park Avenue, was recently denied in the Superior Court of Coffee County. Manley is one of three suspects charged in the incident, with the other cases also pending. Documents filed in the Superior Court of Coffee County show that Manley and the two other defendants were arrested last year after they allegedly robbed and assaulted another male with a pistol on May 13, 2021, at 1403 North Madison Avenue. Copies of the warrants accuse…
The majority of the defendants whose cases were set for trial recently pled guilty, which resulted in an empty trial week in the Superior Court of Coffee County. The only murder trial on the calendar, the State vs. Savionte Traylor in the 2020 death of 15-year-old Ja’rique Johan Brown, was continued. However, a motion filed by Traylor’s defense counsel claiming that a gun allegedly used in a separate local murder case could show evidence of Traylor’s self-defense claim in Brown’s death. According to the motion, Traylor’s defense filed the document for funds to hire an expert witness to…
The Spence family has released information regarding a homegoing service date for Willie Spence II, who passed away last Tuesday following a car accident in Tennessee. The projected service dates are as follows: The homegoing service will be held on October 28 at 10 a.m. in West Palm Beach, Florida. A memorial service, time as yet to be determined, will take place in Douglas on November 5. Additional details are below. Willie’s passion for singing began long before he appeared on our TV screens during American Idol Season 19. He started showcasing his talent at an early…
With Halloween just around the corner, General Coffee State Park is preparing for their Fright on the Farm event, which will be held the Saturday before Halloween. According to the event organizers, for one night only, their Heritage Farm will be completely transformed into a “town of fright,” warning attendees to be “prepared to be scared” of what they have in store. The event will include a spooky tour of the farm and other Halloween activities. Organizers also encourage those who attend to visit the town’s museum to see Bill the Critter Keeper. …
Last month marked the third anniversary of an unsolved death in Ben Hill County that FBI detectives continue to investigate as they search for the victim’s killer. The woman, Kasara Brown, was found dead in her Fitzgerald home in 2019 and was eight months pregnant when she was killed. The FBI recently released a poster reminding individuals that the investigation is still underway and of a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Brown’s death. Brown, who was 24 at the time, was over eight…
A 49-year-old woman from South Carolina, Samantha Jackson Pincus, has pleaded guilty as a first offender on charges of burglary and arson in connection to a Nicholls residential fire in 2021. Last year, officials with the Insurance and Safety Fire Commission reported that Pincus and two other individuals, Atmath Wright and Joseph Dailey of Metter, were arrested following an investigation into a fire that occurred in Nicholls on February 5, 2021, at 1109 Brunswick Avenue. According to the statement, the fire was set around 8:22 a.m., with the homeowner not at the residence when the arson…