A 31-year-old Douglas man remains in jail on several charges after he was arrested when officers responded to a disorderly person call on South Manilla Avenue. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on March 16, 2026, at 9 p.m., a police officer responded to the call. The complainant said that Darius Qua-Shon Ellerton, 31, who was a relative, had stayed the night at the home due to potential bad weather. The report says that the complainant believed that Ellerton had taken some kind of drug because he was “hallucinating, yelling, and having outbursts.” The complainant had asked…
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Thursday afternoon, firefighters from the Douglas Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 900 block of North McDonald Road. The fire started in the kitchen. The stove caught fire and while the blaze did get into the attic, most of the damage was limited to the kitchen area. The fire department responded quickly and the quick response time is a big reason why the fire didn’t cause more destruction than it did. Within a short time, the fire was under control. The fire department reported no injuries as a result of the incident.
A six-run first inning rocketed the South Georgia State College Hawks to an 8-1 win over the East Georgia State College Bobcats Monday on the Hawks’ home field in Douglas. Former Coffee Trojan Hanna Hutchinson doubled and drove in two. The Hawks scored runs on a passed ball and an error. Bayli Carver scored tagging on a fly out, and Gia Tiant singled and drove in a run. The Hawks added a run in the second and fourth to take an 8-1 lead that would hold for the remainder of the game. Madison Martin, Tiant, and Hutchinson each had two…
Douglas-Coffee County has certainly had its fair share of projects over the last few years – everything from city park renovations, extensive sidewalk projects, new recreation facilities, the courthouse annex, Sims Park, and a host of others. One more project is on the schedule for later this year. It’s a relatively small but important undertaking that fixes a decades-old issue at the Coffee County Courthouse that probably very few people have noticed. This year, it’s going to be fixed. In different places on the Coffee County Courthouse, the word “courthouse” is written differently. On the south side and the north…
A Tuesday afternoon auto accident on Highway 221 between Cherokee Hills and Beaver Kreek resulted in a fatality. Two vehicles – a white pickup truck and a small car – collided head on between 3:30 and 4 p.m. The driver of the car did not survive the accident. The accident blocked traffic for about an hour and motorists traveling north on 221 were detoured to Cross Road while first responders processed the accident scene. The occupants of the white pickup did not suffer any serious injuries. The investigation into the accident is active and ongoing.
A 57-year-old Douglas man who “wanted sex” was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly attacked a woman living in a tent behind Lowe’s who turned him down, according to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department. The report says that around 4 a.m. on March 10, 2026, Craig Barrs, 58, tore open the door of the victim’s tent. The victim was living in a tent in the woods behind Lowe’s. After ripping open the tent door, the report says, Barrs went in and told the victim he wanted sex. She refused and Barrs allegedly began hitting…
A 40-year-old was arrested earlier this month after a deputy found him sleeping on the side of a busy highway. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, just after midnight on March 20, 2026, a deputy responded to the area around the Douglas-Broxton Highway and Currin Road in reference to a man sleeping beside the road. The officer found him sleeping just off the road beside the southbound lane. The report says that the individual, identified as Damion Wright, 40, could not keep his balance and slurred his words. When questioned, Wright said he was trying to get to…
Tuesday night’s 4-1 loss to the Houston County Bears at Charles Wilson Field in Douglas was a tough one for the Coffee Trojans. When you have a team as good as the Bears on the ropes, you’ve got to put them away. If you let them hang around, they’ll make you pay. And the Trojans let them hang around. Houston scored their runs in two innings – the Bears pushed across two runs each in the third and seventh. All of their runs were scored with two outs. Coffee, meanwhile, had opportunities but couldn’t take advantage of the good fortune…
Coffee County sheriff’s deputies discovered suspected illegal drugs in a vehicle they stopped that belonged to an individual with active warrants. The suspect, identified as Herman Christian King, 27, of Nicholls, was arrested and remains in the Coffee County Jail. According to an incident report from the sheriff’s office, the stop took place on March 4, 2026, at around 7:30 p.m. Deputies saw a blue 2010 Ford Ranger that they knew King often drove. They saw the pickup on Clyde Rollins Road near Highway 32 West. When they stopped the vehicle, officers saw that King was in fact the driver.…
Detectives from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office are looking for two individuals wo allegedly went into a local Dollar General and pulled off a coordinated heist of . . . laundry detergent. According to a release from the sheriff’s office, the two people pictured here worked together to distract staff and then steal a basket full of the aforementioned detergent. Detectives are asking the public to help identify the alleged thieves and/or provide information regarding their whereabouts. If you recognize either of these individuals or have any information that could assist in this investigation, please contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s…