A 37-year-old with a lengthy criminal record and who had just been released from prison was arrested and jailed earlier this month after deputies responded to his residence for a possible weapons call. An incident report says that on July 30, 2026, a deputy responded to a Church Road address regarding a possible person with a weapon whom neighbors had heard yelling loudly. When the responding officer arrived, he found the subject, identified as Colby Leon Davenport, 37, of Douglas, sitting on the side of the house “yelling and screaming.” The report says that Davenport wouldn’t speak to the officer.…
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A “super high” suspect fled deputies, led them on a chase, and ultimately crashed into a ditch earlier this month, according to a sheriff’s office report. The report says that around 2:20 a.m. on August 2, 2026, a deputy saw a 2007 Toyota Camry with no tag light while patrolling Highway 221 and Fairfield Road. The report states that the officer got behind the Camry and the driver, identified as Ty Michael Gilliard, 19, of Douglas, sped up and ran a stop sign. The officer initiated a traffic stop but Gilliard didn’t stop, the report says. Gilliard attempted to turn…
Friday afternoon, the CCA Lady Patriots defeated the Fullington Academy Lady Trojans 9-3 on a neutral field in Cordele. Monday, the Lady Patriots traveled to Pinehurst for a rematch at Fullington. The outcome was decidedly different. The Lady Trojans handed the Lady Patriots their first loss of the season in walk-off fashion, winning 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh. CCA jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third. Fullington answered with two in the bottom of the inning. The Lady Patriots scored one run each in the fourth and fifth to take a 3-2 lead into the seventh…
Units from the Berrien County Fire Department and Atkinson County Fire Department responded to a tobacco barn fire at Vickers Farms in eastern Berrien County Sunday night, according to the Berrien County Fire Department’s Facebook page. Vickers Farms is one of the few farms in South Georgia still producing tobacco and their operation is significant. Also, according to the BCFD page, two of the owners, Carlos Vickers and Bradley Vickers, are BCFD firefighters while a third owner, Lamar Vickers, is a former firefighter. Carlos Vickers is the East Berrien District fire chief. Other responding units included Nashville and Ray City.…
The two games the CCA Lady Patriots played Saturday in Cordele should have spanned 14 innings. They took nine. The Lady Patriots defeated Westfield 11-3 in five innings Saturday morning. They came back that afternoon and bested Brookwood 14-1 in four innings. Against Westfield, the Lady Patriots scored in every inning but the first. They plated four in the second, three in the third, two in the fourth, and two in the fifth to win via run rule. Two Lady Patriots homered in the game – Arabelle Roberts circled the bases for a legitimate inside-the-park home run in the second…
The CCA Lady Patriots are 2-0 after defeating the Fullington Academy Lady Trojans 9-3 in Cordele on Friday afternoon. Fullington jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first. CCA responded with two in the first and two in the second for a 4-1 lead. Fullington narrowed the advantage to one run with a two-spot in the third. The Lady Patriots padded their lead with a run in the fourth and four in the fifth. Brilynn Waldron led CCA offensively with a 3-4, two RBI day. She also scored a run. Mattie Lewis, Peighton Harper, and Arabelle Roberts had two…
Douglas police officers arrested a 34-year-old a few blocks away from an auto accident from which allegedly fled. According to the incident report, on August 1, 2026, at around 3:30 p.m., an officer responded to a hit and run at the intersection of North Madison Avenue and East Leon Street. The driver of vehicle two was at the scene and had a small cut on his right leg but was otherwise unhurt, the report says. Vehicle one was about 100 yards away on East Leon and had been abandoned. The driver of vehicle two stated that he was traveling north…
Former Trojan and redshirt sophomore defensive back at Charleston Southern is one of six Buccaneers to receive pre-season All-Conference honors. The Bucs have two offensive players (receiver Mekhi Campbell and lineman Ethan Hunt) and four defensive players (Paulk, fellow defensive back Champ Brantley, linebacker Steve Zayachkowsky, and lineman Mylan Bowen) on the list. Last season, Paulk was named Defensive Player of the Year for the OVC-Big South Conference. He finished the season with 33 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception, two forced fumbles, six pass breakups, and two blocked punts in 12 games. Charleston Southern opens its season on…
A 32-year-old undocumented resident of Douglas is in the Coffee County Jail on serious charges for alleged sex crimes against a child. According to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department, Arsenio Aguilar-Aguilar, 32, of Douglas, was arrested on July 18, 2026, after officers responded to a Daughtry Avenue address in reference to a child molestation complaint. The call came in around noon. When officers arrived, the complainant stated that Aguilar-Aguilar had started drinking on July 17 and continued through the night. Around 9 a.m. on July 18, the complainant attempted to enter a bedroom of the house. The…
The Coffee Lady Trojans relied on the long ball Wednesday night against the Wayne County Yellow Jackets in Jesup. In the end, though, it was the Yellow Jackets who turned the tide with a walk-off home run of their own for a 4-3 win. Coffee’s Ella Edge led off the game with a solo home run, her second of the season, on the second pitch of the inning for a 1-0 lead. Wayne County’s Kallie Scott responded with a two-run home run of her own in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 advantage. The Lady Trojans tied…