Four and a half million miles ago – that’s over 39 years and 180 trips around the Earth – Buddy Lee began driving for Walmart Private Fleet. Most of that time has been spent operating out of the Douglas transportation office. Lee reached 4.5 million safe driving miles last week. Lee’s Walmart career began on February 3, 1987. He says that reaching this milestone wouldn’t be possible without a strong support system at home and at work – as well as staying focused every time climbs into the cab of his truck. Trucking is a demanding occupation and having a…
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Things didn’t go well for the Coffee Lady Trojans last Thursday. Coffee hosted the Lee County Trojans at Faircloth Field for a doubleheader and Lee came with a pair of wins, 5-0 and 6-4. Lee also won their first matchup on Tuesday, handing Coffee its first region sweep of the season. In game one, Coffee managed just three hits – one each from Kanlee Douglas, Addy Spikes, and Bella Purvis. Douglas threw a complete game, striking out two and walking one. She gave up five runs (three earned) on eight hits. It didn’t go much better for Coffee in game…
The Coffee Trojans won their fifth game in a row and their first region contest Friday night against the Tift County Blue Devils 35-14 at Brodie Field in Tifton. Xavien Littleton scored three rushing touchdowns (four, five, and seven yards). Quarterback Tyler Dowling (three yards) and running back Bobby Reynolds (79 yards) scored the Trojans’ other two touchdowns. Kicker Cristofer Hernandez was perfect on extra points. Tift County scored its points when Christian Frambo ran the opening kick back 95 yards for a touchdown and Jontrez Woodard scored from four yards out. Both of David Olguin’s extra points were good…
The 2026 college football season is underway and several Coffee High alumni are playing on teams at every level from NAIA to the Division I ranks. Here is how they’ve done so far this season. Jaydon Vester, sophomore long snapper, Tennessee State: Played in Tennessee State’s 29-26 win over Florida A&M. Maurice Turner, a senior running back with the Tulane University Green Wave: Led Tulane’s rushing attack with 7 carries for 64 yards (9.1 yards per carry). He also caught 2 passes for 31 yards and a touchdown, his first score for the Green Wave and his second career collegiate…
Douglas police officers arrested two subjects on illegal drug charges during a traffic stop for a potential tag light violation. The incident took place just before midnight on September 16,2026. According to the incident report, a DPD officer stopped the vehicle, a 2005 Ford Focus, which was driven by Gregory Blake Whitaker, 31, of Douglas. There was also a passenger in the vehicle, identified as Courtney Rittenberry-Davis, 41, of Douglas, who was not wearing a seatbelt. She also had an open bottle of liquor in the floorboard at her feet, the report says. The officer asked Rittenberry-Davis to step out…
It was a battle of first and second place teams at Tuesday on the South Georgia State College campus. And the first place team won. The South Georgia State College Hawks were atop the GCAA rankings with a 5-0 record. They welcomed the Gordon State Colle Highlanders, the #2 team in the conference, to Douglas and sent them home to Barnesville with an 8-1 loss. The Hawks scored two first half goals. Allie Hemmings put SGSC on the board first at the 12:00 mark. Her sister, Addie, assisted. Sophia Morillo (assisted by Rose Bowman) scored next at 36:00. SGSC did…
The Coffee Lady Trojans didn’t have the best of days Tuesday in Leesburg against the Lee County Trojans. Lee took advantage of five Coffee errors and came away with a 5-3 win in a battle between the top two teams in the region. Lee jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. Coffee tied the game with two in the third but Lee pulled ahead again with two more runs in the bottom of the third. They added another run in the bottom of the fourth to go up 5-2. Coffee scored its final run of the game in…
Since Friday night, CCA teams have tallied 124 points over four games. The Patriot football team scored a program record 61 on Friday. In three games over two days against the First Preparatory Academy Highlanders – a doubleheader in Douglas on Monday and a single game in Hinesville on Tuesday – the Lady Patriots’ softball team has scored 63 runs. After sweeping the Highlanders Monday (18-0 and 21-1), CCA defeated First Preparatory 24-1 Tuesday afternoon in three innings. The last three games between the two games have taken just eight innings to complete. The Lady Patriots scored 13 runs in…
A 24-year-old was arrested after he allegedly unlocked someone else’s car from inside a local restaurant then went into the vehicle and stole $214. A report from the Douglas Police Department states that on September 3, 2026 just before 9 a.m., an officer responded to a local restaurant regarding an entering an auto that had occurred the night before. When the officer arrived, the complainant said that he had video footage of the suspect, identified as Kenta Maurice Butler, 24, of Broxton, entering an employee’s vehicle without permission. According to the report, video footage showed Butler using the vehicle owner’s…
The CCA Lady Patriots defeated the First Preparatory Christian Academy Highlanders 18-0 and 21-1 in a Monday afternoon doubleheader at Patriot Field in Douglas. CCA is now 16-4 overall and 4-0 in region play. In game one, the Lady Patriots only hit in the first and second innings. They scored 12 in the first and six in the second to end the game via run rule after 2 ½ innings. Brilynn Waldron was 3-3 with three runs and five RBI. Klair Mercer had two hits and drove in four. Emma Gourley scored three times and drove in three. Mattie Lewis…