A 33-year-old who was riding a bicycle near a traffic stop was stopped for not having lights on his bike. He was subsequently found to have suspected methamphetamine on his person and, as a result, was arrested and jailed. A report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office states that officers were conducting a traffic stop around 8 p.m. on March 23, 2026 at the intersection of Ramblewood and Cottonwood roads. While officers were talking with the motorcyclist, they saw a man, identified Rickey Liman Lott, 33, of Douglas, riding a bicycle without lights. The report says that one of the…
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On March 25, 2026, at around 1:50 p.m., Douglas police officers responded to an auto accident at the intersection of East Baker Highway and South Gaskin Avenue. When officers arrived, they discovered that one of the drivers had fled the scene of the crash. According to incident reports from the Douglas Police Department, both vehicles were traveling south on South Gaskin Avenue. As they neared the intersection of East Baker Highway, vehicle two, a 2011 Toyota Scion driven by Sheila Denise Townsend, 63, of Douglas, struck a 2014 Dodge Charger driven by Adjianna Rita Monique Drennen. According to the reports,…
Cambree Isaacson went 2-4 with four RBI and a run while Erin Robinson was 2-5 with an RBI and two runs in the South Georgia State College Hawks’ 12-4 win over the Andrew College Tigers Wednesday on the SGSC campus. Robinson also made an appearance in the circle, pitching the final 2 2/3 innings. The Hawks jumped on the Tigers early, building a 10-2 lead in three innings. They added two more in the fourth. Jessica Joiner and Jayde Rhudy also had two hits and scored two runs. Bayli Carver, Joiner (2), Isaacson, and Robinson all doubled as well. Hanna…
Earlier this week while assisting with the Brantley County wildfire, a dog found a couple of Douglas firefighters and took advantage of their generosity. And everyone was perfectly fine with it. Paxton Gilbreth and Stephen Wheeler, firemen with the Douglas Fire Department, were fighting a fire in a portion of the Brantley County wildfire when, out of nowhere, a brown and white bulldog came up to them. The dog was in distress and needed help badly. Gilbreth and Wheeler gave the dog water and moved him away from the flames. The dog, who was obviously used to being around people,…
The Citizens Christian Academy Patriots split two games with different GIAA Class 4A opponents on Monday, defeating the St. Anne-Pacelli Vikings 17-6 then falling to the Calvary Christian Knights 3-2 in extra innings. The first game was typical of how many of the Patriots’ games have gone this year. CCA jumped out to a 4-1 lead after two innings then scored five in the fourth and eight in the sixth. The Vikings scored two in the fifth and three in the sixth but couldn’t get any closer. The game ended via run rule after six innings. Several Patriots recorded two…
The top two seeds in the upcoming Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association tournament are set. Those teams – the Georgia Highlands Chargers and South Georgia State College Hawks – met Tuesday for a doubleheader at Crider Field in Douglas. If you look at these two games as tune-ups for the tournament, you’d have to say that SGSC left fielder Brice Marchman is ready. In the bottom of the seventh in game one with the score tied at seven apiece, Marchman connected with a 1-0 fastball and launched a walk-off home run to left, giving the Hawks a big win over the…
Xavier Devon McFatten, 36, of Douglas, has been in the Coffee County Jail since April 21, 2026, after he was arrested and charged with bestiality and aggravated animal cruelty after he allegedly killed a pit bulldog while attempting to have sex with it. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, officers arrived at an East Gordon Street address on April 21, 2026, at around 12:10 p.m. in reference to a possible animal cruelty incident. When they arrived, the complainant said that McFatten had killed her dog, a pit bull named No Name. McFatten had also barricaded himself inside…
The South Georgia State College Hawks softball team proved to be a gracious host to the Georgia Highlands Chargers last weekend. Maybe a little too gracious. The Chargers swept a three-game series over the Hawks on Friday and Saturday, winning Friday’s doubleheader 5-2 and 10-4. Saturday was closer but the Chargers edged the Hawks 10-9 with a go-ahead run in the ninth inning. In game one on Friday, Georgia Highlands scored two in the second and three in the sixth. SGSC tied the game in the bottom of the second when Lauren Slaughter singled to center, scoring former Coffee Trojan…
Getting ready to go to work be a little hectic sometimes. It’s even crazier if you get stabbed by another person while you’re trying to leave. That’s exactly what happened around 5:40 a.m. on April 16, 2026, at a Sears Street address, according to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department. The report says that on April 16, an officer responded to a stabbing at the aforementioned location. The report states that the victim, a male, was trying to leave for work. A woman, identified as Makisha Lanette Watson, 34, of Douglas, was at the house. The victim told…
The South Georgia State College Hawks clinched the second seed in the upcoming Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association tournament on Saturday with a sweep of the East Georgia Bobcats Saturday afternoon in Swainsboro. The Hawks won game one 14-7 and game two 5-0. SGSC has won five in a row. Jesse Brown continued his hot streak in game one. In Thursday’s 14-4 win over Gordon State, Brown homered twice. He repeated that feat in game one, hitting a grand slam in the third inning to put the Hawks up 4-2. He hit a two-run shot in the sixth to increase the…