Being a red letters Christian isn’t an original concept of mine. In fact, it’s not even an original title. Founded by Pastor Tony Campolo and Christian social activist Shane Claiborne, the organization Red Letter Christians states its mission is to “mobilize individuals into a movement of believers who live out Jesus’ counter-cultural teachings.” They go on to state, “The goal of Red Letter Christians is simple: To take Jesus seriously by endeavoring to live out His radical, counter-cultural teachings as set forth in Scripture, and especially embracing the lifestyle prescribed in the Sermon on the Mount. By calling ourselves Red…
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A Coffee County man sentenced to probation two years ago after admitting to having consensual sex with a 14-year-old female at a local motel has absconded, and authorities are asking the public’s help in locating him. DouglasNow.com first reported Keith Samuel Smith’s sentencing in Deceber 2014 when he was given 20 years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of statutory rape. Testimony given at the time revealed Smith and the victim were at a party at the Fountain Inn motel when the two engaged in intercourse. Since Smith did not have any prior convictions and the act was…
A convicted Georgia felon faces drugs and weapon charges following a traffic stop earlier this week in Nicholls. Coffee County sheriff’s officials state the Nicholls Police Department conducted the stop Wednesday on a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro for failure to maintain lane. While the officer was writing out the citation, authorities say, a K-9 deputy and detective from the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit arrived, conducted a free air scan of the outer vehicle, and received a positive odor response to the passenger side door. A subsequent search of the car yielded an undicsclosed quantity of methamphetamine, marijuana, prescription Lorcet tablets,…
Election Day has come and gone, and we all know that we will look to a future where Mr. Donald Trump will be President Donald Trump. I must be honest and say that, like many others, I did not see that coming. Just from watching and reading the news, I knew that many people were not comfortable with Trump or Clinton being commander-in-chief, but I still expected people to vote for Clinton. Why, you might ask? Maybe because I watched too much biased media showing polls that showed her ahead. Maybe because the country feels like it is going…
A Nicholls man faces 10 years to life in prison after being charged with the possession of approximately nine ounces of methamphetamine in an incident earlier this week. Coffee County sheriff’s authorities stated agents with the Douglas – Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) were investigating the delivery of a contraband substance to a hotel located in 1000 block of North Peterson Ave. on Wednesday when they received an additional tip of suspected drug trafficking that was occurring on the south side of the county and within the City of Nicholls. Agents began a surveillance of the expected delivery area and, around…
A 30-year-old man is behind bars at the Coffee County Jail following an investigation which determined the suspect influenced the winnings of the Georgia Lottery by tampering with scratch off tickets. Sheriff’s investigators began looking into a complaint initiated by the manager of the store, who believed the employee was stealing lottery tickets in late September. Following a month-long investigation, which included interviews of the clerk and observations of video, detectives determined the clerk was scratching certain information on the tickets and then using the lottery machine and this information to determine if it was a winning ticket. If the…
A former Fitzgerald physician, Dr. Edd Colbert Jones, III, was taken into custody Tuesday after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute and dispense controlled substances including Oxycodone, Alprazolam and Diazepam, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Dr. Jones was indicted on April 12, 2016 after being arrested a year earlier. In entering his plea, Dr. Jones admitted that he was a licensed physician operating a general practice in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He and co-conspirator Shannon Benedict devised a scheme whereby Ms. Benedict would receive prescriptions in her name and the names of others. The pills received…
City of Douglas Utilities notified residents Tuesday that Ricketson Construction will have a planned water outage on Wednesday, November 2, from approximately 5 to 9 p.m. to lower an 8” water line that is in conflict with the installation of a 36” storm drain pipe that will cross Old Axson Rd. City representatives urge residents to make necessary arrangements to be prepared to be without water during this time period. “We apologize for any inconveniences that this may cause our customers,” officials stated. The map pictured above highlights the location that will be affected by the outage. …
A 51-year-old Alma woman faces multiple felony assault and weapons charges after allegedly threatening her boyfriend with a rifle and temporarily blockading herself inside a residence when officers arrived. Alma police received a call to a residence on E. 7th St. just after midnight Sunday regarding a woman threatening to shoot her boyfriend. As officers from APD and the Bacon County Sheriff’s Office arrived on scene, they discovered Karen Story (51) of Alma had pointed a small caliber rifle at her boyfriend, threatening to shoot him. Story locked herself inside of the residence, authorities said, and refused to allow officers…