The college football transfer portal is wide open right now and the first former Trojan has used the portal to his advantage. Jyarius Carter, a 6’1”, 220-pound freshman linebacker at West Georgia in 2025, is now a Mercer Bear. Carter had a solid season with West Georgia as a true freshman, playing primarily in a backup role. In five games, he tallied 21 total tackles, two tackles for loss, an interception, and a forced fumble. He also led all freshmen with 21 tackles. After the 2025 season, Mercer hired West Georgia head coach Joel Taylor. Coach Taylor served as Mercer’s…
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A 42-year-old Douglas man was arrested and jailed after he allegedly walked on to a neighbor’s property and started a fight with two individuals. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on December 25, 2025, at around 6:30 p.m., John Morgan McClurg, 42, of Douglas, was seen walking out of an abandoned home on Vine Road. The complainant stated that no one is supposed to be on the property and he recognized McClurg from allegedly having been involved in illegal activity in the area. The report says that the complainant told McClurg through the window of his vehicle to…
Christmas didn’t get off to a very good start for a 49-year-old Douglas man. Jason Corey Spivey was arrested shortly after midnight on December 25, 2025, and jailed after he allegedly stole items from an individual with whom he was staying and sold them to someone else. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, at 12:46 a.m. on December 25, a deputy responded to a disorderly person call. The complainant stated that Spivey was at his home acting irate and refusing to leave. The officer learned that the complainant had allowed Spivey to stay at his home for a…
At around 10:15 p.m. on December 27, 2025, a deputy responded to an Elize Anderson Road address in reference to a phone hacking call. When the officer arrived, the subject, identified as Edgar Cervantes-Garcia, 37, of Douglas, stated that someone was watching his phone and his activity. Cervantes-Garcia had videos but according to the incident report, the videos showed nothing and “provided no context or relevance to the accusations that were being made.” The report says that Cervantes-Garcia was not making any sense. Officers noted that in the last month, Cervantes-Garcia had called 911 10 times and made various statements,…
New Year’s Eve got off to an inauspicious start for a few folks traveling on the east perimeter. Shortly before 9 p.m., officers, a trooper, firefighters, and EMS responded to a serious two vehicle crash at the intersection of Perimeter Road and Highway 158 East. Involved were a silver Audi A6 and a white Jeep Grand Cherokee. The two vehicles collided almost head-on at the intersection. The Audi suffered significant damage and came to a rest under the red light facing east. The Grand Cherokee left the roadway and rolled down the ditch, rolling on its side into the fence…
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest following the theft of a red Honda four-wheeler from the Greenfield Circle area. The theft was reported on Monday, December 29, 2025, after a construction company discovered the four-wheeler — previously secured with a chain and lock — missing from a job site. The sheriff’s office issued a BOLO and received multiple tips from the public. Following an investigation, detectives recovered the stolen four-wheeler early Tuesday morning, December 30, 2025, from a wooded area on Locust Lane in Nicholls. The investigation led to the arrest of James Hilliard, who was charged…
James Edward Johnson, 43, of Douglas, remains in jail after he alleged attempted to pay for items at a local Dollar General with a fake $20 bill. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. on December 15, 2025. A deputy responded to the Dollar General on Highway 221 North in reference to a subject trying to pay for several items with a counterfeit $20 bill. The cashier told the individual, identified as Johnson, that the money was fake and he immediately left the store. The cashier had the tag number of the vehicle in which Johnson left. The officer went to…
A December 4, 2025, domestic incident went badly for all parties involved when both the victim and the alleged aggressor ended up getting arrested – albeit nearly two weeks apart. An incident report states that on December 4, 2025, at approximately 10:30 p.m., deputies answered a call in reference to a welfare check at a mobile home park on Highway 32 East. When officers arrived, they found the victim, Summer Storm Presley, 35, of Douglas, hiding in the woods. She said she had been hiding from her boyfriend, Calvin Dale Duke, 37, of Douglas, because she was afraid of him,…
The City of Douglas and GFL Environmental will offer free residential Junk Drop-Off Days to help residents of the City of Douglas rid properties of excess trash and large items. Normally, the dates are on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays (excluding holiday weekends) each month at Shirley Avenue (corner of Shirley Avenue and College Park Drive) from 8:30am-11:45am. Citizens must be in the drop-off line prior to 11:30am. The drop-off dates for 2026 are as follows: January 3, February 7 & 21, March 7 & 21, April 18, May 2 & 16, June 6, July 18, August 1 & 15,…
A Fort Myers, Fla., man was arrested on public drunkenness charges after he was found in the woods around 3:30 a.m. on December 21, 2025. A report from the sheriff’s office says that an officer responded to an Old Axson Road address in reference to a suspicious person. When the officer arrived, he could hear someone yelling, “I don’t know where I am.” The report says that the individual, identified as Antoine Dwight Coley, 42, of Fort Myers, Fla., in a wooded area. In the report, Coley stated that he had been drinking all night and had been at an…