Author: Staff Reports

The GBI has identified the remains of a small girl found near Millwood in Ware County on December 21, 1988, as Kenyatta “KeKe” Odom, of Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. Kenyatta was 5 years old when she was found. The GBI has arrested and charged Evelyn Odom, A.K.A. Zmecca Luciana, age 56, of Albany, GA, and Ulyster Sanders, age 61, of Albany, GA, with felony murder, cruelty to children in the first degree, aggravated battery – family violence, concealing the death of another person, and conspiracy to conceal the death of another person. On December 21, 1988,…

After 35 years, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has made two arrests in the case of Baby Jane Doe, one of the state’s longest unsolved death cases. On December 21, 1988, in Ware County, a road crew found the body of a 3 to 4 year old girl in a TV cabinet that had been thrown away off Duncan Bridge Road, which is near Millwood. No one came forward to claim the little girl’s body. Six years ago, The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children put together a composite image of Baby Jane Doe in the hopes…

Coffee senior Fred Brown has finished the regular season as one of the most prolific running backs in the state. Brown broke both the official and unofficial single season rushing marks at Coffee High this season. His final total of 1,551 yards is seventh in the state and second in 5A. Brown broke the official school rushing record (1,287 yards, set by Louis Smith in 1997) on October 20 against the Jenkins Warriors. That night, Brown carried the ball 19 times for 167 yards. The Coffee High athletic department always recognized Smith, and then Brown as…

The Georgia High School Association has released its region alignments for the next three years. Last week, the GHSA released the new classifications. Several South and Middle Georgia programs will play very different schedules from 2024-2026. Several schools have filed appeals requesting to play in different regions within the same classification. Here are the region alignments before the GHSA makes any decisions regarding those appeals. Schools with an asterisk do not play football. Class 6A Region 1: Camden County, Colquitt County, Effingham County, Lowndes, Richmond Hill, Tift County, Valdosta Region 2: Alexander,…

The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) partnered with JCI Contractors to host construction students from high schools in 33 local counties for the South & Southwest Georgia Skills Challenge. The event was held on Tuesday, Nov. 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Sunbelt AG Expo in Moultrie. This Skills Challenge is one of eight regional events held throughout Georgia that will host over 2,300 students from nearly 100 schools. Competitions held at the South & Southwest Georgia Skills Challenge are: Blueprint Reading, Carpentry, Electrical, Masonry, Plumbing, Team Build and Welding. “As one of the host…

On Wednesday, November 15, Georgia Legal Services will host an in-person assistance workshop at Satilla Regional Library to help individuals in Coffee County explore their healthcare insurance options. The workshop is free and attendees are encouraged to pre-register by calling 866-442-3676 or emailing georgiaenroll@glsp.org. The workshop begins at 10 AM and ends at 2 PM.

An incident has taken place at the Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls and multiple people have been stabbed, according to reports. CoreCivic, Coffee Correctional’s parent company, issued the following release to DouglasNow.com on Monday afternoon: At approximately 10:20 a.m. EDT on November 6, facility staff at the Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls, GA, discovered an inmate who had injuries consistent with an assault. Medical assistance was immediately provided to the inmate. Approximately 20 minutes later, staff were alerted and responded to an altercation involving several inmates in a separate housing unit. Facility staff were able to…

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James Jones, 49, of Atlanta, the suspect whom Coffee County deputies shot multiple times last week as he allegedly ran over another deputy while attempting to buy a cargo trailer fraudulently on November 1, is finally in the Coffee County Jail. Jones has been a hospital recovering from the deputies’ bullets. He has apparently responded well enough enough from his injuries to be taken to jail. He was booked into the facility Sunday around 8 p.m. His alleged accomplice, Dexter Bowen, 53, also of Atlanta, has been in jail since the incident took place Wednesday afternoon. …

Tonight, the Coffee Trojans and the Ware County Gators face off at Memorial Stadium in Waycross. The game has a number of subplots. There is, of course, the rivalry that inspires the teams and their respective fanbases. This year, for the Trojans, an undefeated regular season is at stake. And for both teams, the Region 1-5A championship hangs in the balance. And if the new region realignments the Georgia High School Association has proposed go through, this could be the last meaningful game the two teams play against each other. It has been common…