The defending Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association champion SGSC Hawks are off to a winning start this season. The Hawks defeated the Gordon State College Highlanders 3-0 in the season opener, played on the Hawks’ home field on the South Georgia State College campus. The Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal from Roselyn Williams (assist from Rose Bowman) then added two more goals in the second to shut the door on the Highlanders. Allie Hemmings (47:00, assisted by Williams) and Bailey Maroney (57:00, unassisted) scored SGSC’s final two goals. The Highlanders managed just two shots…
Author: Staff Reports
The Cat in the Hat is a children’s book and movie character. Not a violent school threat – no matter what goes around on social media. The latest social media trend is sending threatening, creepy, or otherwise scary looking AI-altered images of the Cat in the Hat along with a message threatening to come after certain schools or, in some cases, individuals. This trend has been seen in various locations around the country. Local, state, and federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, are aware of this trend and monitoring it closely. The Coffee County School System is also…
Officers from the Douglas Police Department responded to a call at Georgian Woods Apartments on McNeil Drive around 2 a.m. on August 22, 2026, and arrested a Douglas man on several charges as a result of an alleged domestic incident. According to a report describing the incident, this was at least the 10th time that officers had responded to a call involving this couple. The report states that the suspect, identified as Khavoizea D’Martius Jamyre Campbell, 31, of Douglas, and a female victim had gotten into an argument at the apartments. The report says that Campbell grabbed the victim by…
A beer run in an allegedly “borrowed” vehicle turned into an accident and several charges, including leaving the scene of an accident, for a 43-year-old Douglas man on August 17, 2026. According to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department officers responded to two different calls around 5:45 p.m. on the above date that turned out to be related. One officer went to a West Jefferson Street address in reference to a stolen vehicle call while another officer went to the intersection of Farrar Lane and McCrary Lane where a Dodge Dakota pickup had hit a tree. The driver…
Earlier this month, a 59-year-old was arrested and jailed after he allegedly illegally turned power on that had been disconnected due to non-payment. On Sunday, August 23, 2026, a deputy responded to a Pine Valley Drive address in reference to a theft of services. When the officer arrived, he spoke with a Satilla REMC employee who said that someone at the location had re-established power to the home after it had been disconnected because of non-payment. The meter box had been damaged and the cost to replace the box was $400, a sheriff’s department incident report states. The deputy spoke…
A 27-year-old was arrested and jailed after he allegedly tried to enter a home at Town & Country Mobile Home Park by shooting the door with a .40-caliber handgun. According to an incident report from the sheriff’s office, on August 16, 2026, at 11:40 p.m., deputies responded to a shots fired call at the mobile home park. Several officers responded and one of the responding deputies spoke to the suspect, Marvin Ramirez, 27, of Douglas. The report says that Ramirez was obviously intoxicated and had a Taurus handgun in his vehicle. Ramirez also had six unfired rounds of .40-caliber ammunition…
Gators are supposed to thrive in the water but that wasn’t the case Friday night at Jardine Stadium. The visiting Ware County Gators couldn’t establish any semblance of consistency or momentum and watched almost helplessly as the Coffee Trojans won 27-7 on a soggy, rain-soaked field. The game was delayed by lightning four times and didn’t end until almost midnight. The Trojans used their tried and true formula – keep the ball on the ground and suffocate the opponent with a physical, punishing defense – to wear the Gators down. It took a while to get going but Coffee, thanks…
The GBI is investigating a bomb threat against an Atkinson County school received on Friday, August 21, 2026. The Atkinson County School Chief of Police requested the GBI to investigate the threat. Preliminary information indicates that Kendall Alfonzo Stevens, age 37, originally from Savannah, made the threat. Stevens is currently incarcerated in Telfair State Prison serving a life without parole sentence. The investigation indicates that Stevens made the threat to disrupt school operations. Stevens is serving a life sentence for killing Corey Vance, 26, of Savannah, on New Year’s Day of 2021. He also shot two other people that day,…
Just after midnight on August 14, 2026, a Douglas police officer stopped a 2010 Cadillac SRX for allegedly making an improper turn on McNeil Drive. The officer ultimately found suspected methamphetamine in the vehicle during the stop and arrested the driver, Morelle Kent Walker, 39, of Douglas, on illegal drug charges. During the stop, Walker gave the officer consent to search the Cadillac. In a book bag in the trunk of the car, the officer found 10 individually wrapped bags of suspected marijuana, according to an incident report. The officer found a bag of suspected MDMA pills in another pocket…
Monday was a tough one in Columbus for the CCA Lady Patriots. The Class 4A St. Anne-Pacelli Vikings defeated the Lady Patriots 8-1 courtesy of a dominating performance in the circle by Lindsay Bagley, who limited the CCA offense to three hits while striking out 14. The Lady Patriots’ lone run came in the fourth inning when Klair Mercer singled to center, scoring Madi Rucker, who was pinch running for Shanley Meeks. Mercer, Allie Veal, and Maci Rucker were the only Lady Patriots to get a hit. Maci Rucker also walked. Meeks and Peighton Harper both pitched for CCA. Meeks…