With the starting of a new school year in Coffee County come many new learning opportunities for students. The Eastside Elementary Pre-K classes recently were treated to a special visit from Satilla Regional Library Director of Children’s Program Miss Julie. Miss Julie brought several new books to share with the children about starting a new school year, as well as two puppet friends who taught them new finger plays and a song about school. She shared one of her favorite books growing up when she started school that was written by early childhood specialist Fred Rogers, the long-time host of…
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Many teachers and their classes are participating in Motivated Mothers’ “Adopt A Trojan” this year. Students at Eastside Elementary were treated to visits from many Trojan football players on Thursday, Aug. 28 to meet their adopted classes. Excitement is in the air as Coffee High football season begins and everyone is ready to cheer the Trojans on to victory. Several of the Trojans shared they were first Eastside Eagles when attending elementary school and what a special school it is. Drew Vickers #86 was caught visiting his adopted class, Mrs. Barbaree’s and Ms. Owens’s Pre-K class at Eastside. The students…
An Irwin County man who confessed to having a sexual encounter with his juvenile step-daughter during an incident that occurred in 2013 in Coffee County was sentenced to a total of 20 years this week. Scarber Joshal Smith of Wray appeared in Coffee County Superior Court on Friday, admitting his guilt as part of a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office. Smith will serve seven years of his 20-year sentence in prison and will be allowed to serve the remainder of his time on probation. Graphic details were given about the incident, which took place last October, during Friday’s…
During halftime of tonight’s football game between the Coffee Trojans and the Savannah Blue Jackets, Coffee High School’s Jessica Gillis Baker was named system-wide Teacher of the Year. A science teacher at CHS, Baker is pictured with Dr. Morris Leis, Coffee County Superintendent of Schools, and Dr. Rowland Cummings, CHS principal.
Diana Jacobs, the former nurse and operator of the Rosewood Manor assisted living facility, will remain behind bars for the time being after her attorney fell ill Thursday during a bond hearing. Jacobs is charged with financial transaction card fraud and concealing a body after the remains of a former resident of Rosewood Manor were discovered buried in a shed outside the business on August 8. During a bond hearing for Jacobs in Coffee County Superior Court on Thursday, her attorney, Jill Starling, became ill and was unable to continue the proceedings. Jacobs was asked by the presiding judge if…
Board members and employees of the Coffee County Child Advocacy Center/Sadie’s House welcomed representatives from law enforcement, city and county government, and others Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house in celebration of the center’s grand opening at its new location at 617 E. Ward Street. The Child Advocacy Center provides various services to children, their families, and the community. Its primary mission is that every child who has alleged some type of abuse has services available to them by professionals who have specialized training and resources within the community to help them and their non-offending caregivers with…
Four Coffee Countians, including two current elected officials and one former city commissioner, are voicing their support for Democratic incumbent John Barrow, officially offering their endorsements for the 12th District Georgia Congressman. Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten, County Commissioner Charles “Scooter Bill” Dean, former City Commissioner Johnnie Lee Roper, and Douglas attorney Jeff Hennesy were each named as endorsers of Barrow in a press release issued by the Congressman’s campaign on Thursday. The press release read, “Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) today rolled out a list of endorsements from all 19 counties in the 12th District. The list of endorsements includes…
Team Nocahoma, a Nashville-based live pitch travel baseball team that includes players from throughout the area, recently made the transition from 9U competition to 10U. The season began on Aug. 1 and Nocahoma didn’t waste any time letting their intentions be known. Nocahoma made the trip to another time zone to play in a tournament in Marianna, Fla. Team Nocahoma went undefeated in this tournament, beating teams form Georgia, Florida, and Alabama along the way. They played well in all facets of the game, allowing just 11 runs throughout the tournament while scoring 36 runs and securing first place in…
Beginning September and October, Transwaste Industries will start using an automated side loader for trash pickup in Douglas. The side loader trucks are safer, quieter, cleaner and more efficient than the rear loader; however, the use of the side loader will require customers to change how their container is placed at the curb. “We are trying to get the information out to our customers to ease them into this transition,” says Terrell Jacobs, City Manager. “Using the side loader will improve efficiency of trash pickup. Container placement is essential to side loading. Once we start pickup with the side loader,…
A large crowd was in attendance Monday in northern Coffee County, as people from throughout the community gathered to officially open the doors of the newly-remodeled Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary School. Funded throught E-SPLOST, the project has been ongoing since 2012, and Monday’s ribbon cutting and open house marked its culmination.