Author: Staff Reports

The Citizens Christian Academy Patriots have dropped three of their last four, most recently falling 3-2 to Lanier County Monday afternoon in Lakeland. On Monday, March 18, the Patriots lost to Trinity Christian 13-6. After scoring three in the second and two in the third, CCA held a 5-4 lead. However, Trinity Christian put the game away with nine runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Patriots managed a run in the seventh but that was all they could muster. CCA bounced back on March 19 with an 11-1 win over Westwood in Douglas. The Patriots were leading 1-0…

A house fire claimed the life of a Douglas man Sunday morning. The Coffee County Fire Department received a call of a structure fire on the corner of New Forest Highway and Sunhill Lane. The call came in at 1:18 Sunday morning; within four minutes, units were on the scene battling the blaze. The home, a single wide trailer, suffered extensive damage inside. There was one occupant in the trailer, identified as Gerald Arnold of Douglas. The fire claimed Arnold’s life. According to county fire chief Steve Carver, the cause of the fire remains unknown at this time. He also…

The Coffee Trojans bounced back from last week’s three-game series with the Greenbrier Wolfpack that saw them drop to two out of three and swept the Statesboro Blue Devils this week to improve to 15-3 on the season. In game one, the Trojans had no problems dispatching the Blue Devils. Carter McMillan had a big day for Coffee, hitting his first home run, a two-run shot in the sixth, and picking up the win with five innings of work. He gave up three hits, three runs (two earned), two walks and he struck out four. Michael Strickland also had three…

UPDATE TO THIS REPORT: Several hours after publishing this story, Carrie Anne Johnson, believed to be the primary aggressor in this incident, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Cruelty to children charges may be forthcoming as well. She was booked into the Coffee County Jail and remains incarcerated. At the time of this update, Emilee Jacklyn Adams was undergoing surgery at a trauma center. She remains in very serious condition.A domestic incident/love triangle turned into a triple shooting Wednesday night in Douglas.…

Detectives from the Coffee County Drug Unit served a search warrant at a McDonald Road address on March 4, 2024, and arrested two individuals on a variety of illegal drug charges. When officers arrived, they found four people inside the home. They searched the residence and found quantities of suspected cocaine, marijuana, MDMA tablets, more pills, and a handgun. After the search and interviewing the four suspects, officers charged Kenchisa Tereaki Carter, 48, of Douglas, and Brandon Shakeel Carter-Mitchell, 31, of Douglas. Kenchisa Carter was charged with possession of a Schedule I or Schedule II Controlled Substance with intent to…

The Atlanta Falcons have decided they need to keep defensive lineman and Douglas native Kentavius Street. Street, 6’2”, 290 lbs., was traded to the Falcons from the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. He played five games with Atlanta (after playing eight with Philly) before suffering a season-ending pectoral injury in December. In those five games (all of which he started), he recorded 14 total tackles, one fumble recovery, a pass deflected, and a sack. With the Eagles, he played in eight games and had four total tackles. Street was a fourth round draft pick out of North Carolina State. He moved…

The South Georgia State College Hawks have won six in a row, most recently taking a double-header from the University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie Indians in Allendale, South Carolina, last Thursday. The Hawks won game one 6-5 then took game two 9-3. The Indians had a 5-3 lead going into the top of the seventh in game one when the Hawks’ bats came alive, scoring three runs with two outs to take a one-run lead. Luke Boone led off the inning with a single. The next two Hawks were retired then Ware County’s Trey Jeffers tied the game with a two-run…

Mondays can be difficult when things go well. When they don’t, they’re even worse. It’s safe to say that things didn’t go particularly well at lot 15 of 6659 Georgia Highway 32 West on Monday, March 11, 2024. A deputy with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an assault at the above location around 6:20 p.m. When he arrived, he discovered that none of the individuals at the location spoke English. He called a Douglas police officer to come to the scene to translate. When the police officer arrived, two witnesses stated that there had been…

The CCA Patriots finished a strong baseball week, going 3-0 and outscoring their opponents 21-6 in the process. Monday, the Patriots defeated Grace Christian Academy 12-2 at home in five innings. Case Snipes had two hits and three RBI. Hunter Hayes had two hits and two RBI. Landon Williams and Jonathan Rutland each scored twice. Sam Ables threw a two-hit complete game, striking out five, waling three and giving up two runs (one earned). Tuesday’s game at Robert Toombs was a nail-biter. Tied 3-3 in the tenth inning, Jackson Knight unloaded on a 2-1 pitch for a solo home run…

The Coffee Trojans bounced back from a tough loss against the Greenbrier Wolfpack on Tuesday and managed to split a double-header at Greenbrier on Wednesday. Coffee won game one 6-3 but dropped game two 2-1 in extra innings. The Trojans trailed 1-0 until the top of the third when they scored two to go up 2-1. They added three in the fifth and one in the seventh to take a 6-1 lead. The Wolfpack managed to plate two in the bottom of the seventh but that is as close as they would get. Coffee took the lead in the third…