Kiara Williams has been chosen as one of the six grand prize winners in the Chips Ahoy! Follow Your Art contest. The contest is open to all Boys & Girls Club members age 13 and up in the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The contest began on June 10, 2021 and ended on June 28, 2021. Kiara had been notified that she was one of the grand prize finalists after the contest ended. Tuesday, she found out she was one of the six winners. She will receive a matted and framed print…
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Kiara Williams has been chosen as one of the six grand prize winners in the Chips Ahoy! Follow Your Art contest. The contest is open to all Boys & Girls Club members age 13 and up in the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The contest began on June 10, 2021 and ended on June 28, 2021. Kiara had been notified that she was one of the grand prize finalists after the contest ended. Tuesday, she found out she was one of the six winners. She will receive a matted and framed print…
Citizens Christian Academy has hired Bud Drew as its new head football and strength/conditioning coach. Drew has served in various administrative positions for over 34 years, including 18 years as a head football coach and athletic director. He has also officiated games in both GISA and GHSA for over 15 years in five different sports. Drew holds a specialist degree from Valdosta State University (Educational Administration and Supervision). He and his wife Donna have three sons: Randy, Stuart, and Aaron. All boys in 6th -9th grade who are interested in playing football should make plans to attend the…
A Broxton man was arrested on serious charges, including aggravated assault, in Bacon County after a chase ended in a crash on U.S. 1 North. According to a post on the Bacon County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, Friday night, deputies responded to a domestic dispute on the side of Highway 32 West in Bacon County. Just before the deputies arrived, one subject, Elishia Phillip Chandler, 27, of Broxton, fled the scene. When deputies arrived, they found the other party lying on the side of the road unconscious. Officers administered Narcan to revive the individual before EMS arrived. Other…
Del Parisella, a representative with the Georgia Department of Veterans Services, retired last month after over 45 years of public service. Del served in the U.S Air Force for nearly 25 years, retiring after a career that spanned 24 years, 10 months. From there, he worked almost 12 years with the state then began a career with the Georgia Department of Veterans Services that lasted over nine years. Del believed that there were few callings more important than taking care of veterans. He began as a veterans representative in the McRae field office, eventually transferring to the Douglas office…
The Kansas City Chiefs now have two former Coffee Trojans on the team. According to a story posted earlier tonight on chiefswire.usatoday.com, the Chiefs have signed offensive lineman Wyatt Miller. Kansas City is Miller’s fifth team in two years. He initially signed as an undrafted free agent with the New York Jets after finishing his career at Central Florida in 2019. A 6’5”, 320-pound tackle, he has also spent time with the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, and Seattle Seahawks. He has yet to appear in a regular season NFL game. According to the report, the Chiefs are now…
An escaped inmate from Bacon County was captured Friday night to the “COPS” theme song “Bad Boys.” On Friday, May 21, Jeremy Smith, a Bacon County inmate, escaped during transport, according to a Facebook post on the Bacon County Sheriff’s Department’s page. Around 10 p.m., Smith kicked out a window of the transport vehicle and jumped from the moving vehicle. Though he was restrained, he ran into a wooded area in an attempt to escape. Bacon County officers quickly set up a perimeter and contacted the Ware State Prison K9 team. Within an hour, Smith was back in…
The CCA Lady Patriots are the GAPPS Division I state champions. Juniors Jenna Williams and Sierra Dorminey played each other in the state championship match, which took place in Rome earlier this week. Williams outlasted her teammate and won the individual title with Dorminey taking the runner-up spot. Anslei Reyes and Lainey Griffin won the state doubles championship as well. The Lady Patriots, who won the last GAPPS state tennis championship in 2019 (no school played tennis in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), won the team state title as well. The men’s team advanced to the Final Four but…
Three Trojans came out of day one of the region track meet with individual region championships. Braydon Bailey (3200 meter run, 12:45.90), Cameron Watson (3200 meter run, 9:58.90), and Chris Stafford (triple jump, 43’2”) brought region titles to Coffee High. In addition to their performances, several other athletes qualified for state sectionals: Kate Merritt – 3200 meter run Morgan Adams, Ainsley Myers, Brayden Bailey, Kate Merritt – 4×800 relay Gabby Mann – long jump, triple jump Olan Dickson, Garrett Mancil, Carter Young, Hunter Milhollin 4×800 relay Chris Stafford and Tyriq Edwards – long jump Zyshon Reed – shot…
Earlier this year, 32 of the 33 rookie state troopers who were fired after allegedly cheating on an exam were cleared by the Georgia Police Officer Standards and Training Council. Two of the troopers — Eric Guerrero of Coffee County and Kyle Thompson of Berrien County – were supposed to be stationed at the Douglas post. Nine of the troopers, including Guerrero, are back on the job, according to a Facebook post by the Georgia Department of Public Safety. Investigators stated that the majority of the trainees did not intend to deceive or cheat their instructors. Mike Ayers,…