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…
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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…
Thursday afternoon, a Wilcox County jury convicted Bo Dukes on four counts related to the murder of Ocilla schoolteacher Tara Grinstead. The jury deliberated less than an hour before returning a guilty verdict for lying to a GBI investigator (two counts), hindering the apprehension of a criminal, and concealing the death of another person. “This case is like a fire.” With those words attorney John Fox began his closing argument for Bo Dukes in an Abbeville courtroom. Mr. Fox noted how the case had consumed Ms. Grinstead’s family and many others in the community. He also reminded them…
Deacon Marvin B. (Bocephus) McIver of Wray passed suddenly on Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Valdosta. He is the son of the late Rev. John McIver, Sr. and the late Maggie Bell Stewart McIver.He is survived by his wife, Denise McIver; his children Mitchell and MeKayla McIver and grandson Brett McIver. Several sisters and brothers, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends also survive.Funeral Services are planned for 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at Pridgen Baptist Church in Pridgen, Georgia with Rev. L.H. Mobley officiating. Interment will follow in Benjamin Chapel Cemetery in Wray.
Bo Dukes’s trial began today in Wilcox County. He stands charged with two counts of making false statements, hindering the apprehension of a criminal, and concealing the death of another in the death of Tara Grinstead. Ryan Duke, who has been charged with Grinstead’s murder, will go on trial in Ocilla beginning April 1. District Attorney Bradford Rigby is prosecuting Mr. Dukes and his defense is led by John P. Fox of Macon. Chief Superior Court Judge of the Cordele Circuit Robert Chasteen is presiding in the case and court was called to order in Abbeville at 9:24 AM.…
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…
On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, the GBI arrested Jonathan Douglas Vann, 20, of Nashville, in connection to the disappearance of three persons and subsequent death of two of them. The two deceased are not yet positively identified. The third person is still missing. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to assist with the missing persons investigation following the discovery of a vehicle on fire. On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at approximately 5:30 a.m., the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a vehicle on fire in the area off Highway 135 at the Alapaha River…