A Douglas man was jailed in Berrien County Wednesday night after authorities say he and another individual led authorities on a high speed chase. A Georgia State Trooper attempted to stop a white Chevy Camaro around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday for driving recklessly. The vehicle eventually stopped on Hwy. 135, and the driver fled on foot. An occupant of the vehicle, Michael Dixon of Douglas, was arrested at the scene for driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license. Authorities stated Dixon incurred the charges because he attempted to control the vehicle after the driver fled. As of Thursday…
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The City of Douglas says property owners are not allowed to modify municipal right-of-ways adjacent to their properties. However, if they wish to have these areas aesthetically maintained, the city is under no obligation to do so. The issue was brought before the city commission Monday night during their regular work session after a local business requested to place a barrier on a right-of-way to deter vehicles from driving on the grass. Owners of Burger King on N. Madison Ave. asked the commission for permission to place several wooden posts on the right-of-way on E. Walker St., which is adjacent…
Law enforcement officials are currently searching a a pond in Ben Hill County for the remains of Tara Grinstead, a former Irwin County High School teacher who mysteriously vanished nearly a decade ago. Little information has been provided at this time, but officials have confirmed they were dispatched to a pond in the area of Satilla Drive near Fitzgerald. They have been in the process of draining the pond since Monday. Grinstead has been missing since Oct. 22, 2005, when she was last seen at a beauty pageant at the Grand Theatre in Fitzgerald. A former Miss Tifton. she reportedly…
DouglasNow.com has obtained a portion of a 911 audio file recorded during a recent incident in which a violent suspect was fatally wounded by an officer with the Douglas Police Department. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, police officer Joseph Brackett shot 45-year-old Tony Purvis after Brackett responded to a call of a shooting at the Purvis residence on North June Avenue. Purvis allegedly shot his wife in the hand, prompting the 911 call to the home. When police arrived, Purvis was still at the home and had two guns in his hands. Purvis allegedly pointed one of his weapons at officers…
According to a report from WALB, the Douglas Police Department has released the name of the individual who was fatally shot by police yesterday along with the officer who pulled the trigger. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, police officer Joseph Brackett fatally wounded 45-year-old Tony Purvis after Brackett responded to a call of a shooting at the Purvis residence on North June Avenue. Purvis allegedly shot his wife in the hand, prompting the 911 call to the home. When police arrived, Purvis was still at the home and had two guns in his hands. Purvis allegedly pointed one of the weapons…
Officials confirmed late Tuesday afternoon that a suspect was fatally wounded at the hands of a Douglas police officer while patrolmen were responding to a report of a a female victim suffering a gunshot wound. Police responded to a residence off N. June Avenue around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a call that a female had been shot in the hand. Officials say when officers arrived, the suspect was still on scene brandishing two firearms. Following a brief confrontation, the suspect was shot once by a Douglas police officer. The alleged offender was transported to Coffee Regional Medical Center for…
By Duke Stewart I appreciate your recent article on the execution of Mr. Warren Hill and your forthrightness to describe it online. With the upcoming Supreme Court debate as to whether the three cocktail cocktail lethal injection constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment, your eyewitness account provides a portrayal of a systematic single drug execution that appeared to occur without much undue suffering to Mr. Hill. And yet I found your description clinical, the matter of fact New York Times journalistic style digressing beyond the bounds of reportage when you opine, who am I to to refute their judgments? Such a…
James Coy Jacobs, the son of Diana and James Jacobs, was arrested this week on charges on financial transaction card fraud and concealing a death in relation to the ongoing investigation surrounding the discovery of a body at an assisted living home in Nicholls last year. Diana, the former operator of the facility, was arrested in August after the remains of a former resident of Rosewood Manor, Alexander Hunter, were discovered buried in a shed outside the business. James Jacobs was arrested a short time later. Diana and her husband remain incarcerated at the Coffee County Jail, each charged with…
Heritage Station Museum announces the “Black History in Coffee County” temporary exhibit is open and will run through Feb. 28. Heritage Station Museum is open Thursday – Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Saturday, January 31, at 1 p.m., a business program will be presented by Oscar Street, Myles Newton and Michael Clark. For more information, call Heritage Station Museum at (912) 389-3461.
John Higgs, CEO of Broadcast South, was welcomed to the board of directors of the Georgia Association of Broadcasters during the board’s meeting last week on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens. The Georgia Associatin of Broadcasters is the trade association that represents the interests of Georgia’s over-the-air radio and televion licensees that reach more than 95 percent of the state’s population each week. Its membership is comprised of over 500 radio and televiosn broadcasters. Higgs is the first person from this area of south Georgia to serve on this board.