The outlook for those in the path of Hurricane Milton hasn’t improved very much. That includes Coffee County. The National Weather Service has updated its forecast for the storm and Coffee County could receive winds in the 30-50 mile per hour range. Wednesday morning, Milton was a Category 4 storm with winds as high as 145 mph. The storm has the west coast of Florida in its sights and will bring catastrophic damage and life-threatening conditions to the state. Milton is expected to make landfall just after midnight Thursday and move across Florida before heading out into the Atlantic Ocean.…
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A 35-year-old Douglas man was jailed last month on aggravated assault charges following an alleged domestic incident that occurred in Touchton Woods. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, on September 15, 2024, around 3:30 a.m., officers received a call of an incident in Touchton Woods. The report states that an individual, identified as Michael Davis, 35, allegedly picked up a woman and slammed her on a concrete surface at the house, resulting in injuries that required medical treatment. The report says that Davis and two female subjects had been drinking and, at some point, Davis became upset.…
The Coffee County School Nutrition Program will provide meals for children under the age of 18 this week and next week. According to a post on the school nutrition Facebook page, on Thursday, October 10, breakfast and lunch meals will be available for breakfast and lunch for Thursday, Friday, and Monday. On Tuesday, October 15, breakfast and lunch meals will be available for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Meals can be picked up at any school kitchen loading area (except for Wiregrass Regional College and Career Academy) from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on those two days, or until the…
Hurricane Milton is going to be a monster. Thankfully, at least for South Georgia, that monster is going to be contained within Florida. Hurricane Milton intensified from a Category 1 storm to a Category 5 within a matter of hours, stunning storm watchers and meteorologists across the country. Milton is expected to make landfall in the Tampa area about 1 a.m. Thursday. Conditions in the path of the storm will begin to deteriorate Wednesday morning and officials are encouraging residents to be in a safe shelter by that time. Hurricane Milton will bring deadly conditions to the communities in its…
The CCA Lady Patriots defeated the First Preparatory Christian Academy Highlanders by a combined score of 32-0 in a double header Monday in Hinesville. In game one, CCA scored six in the first, five in the second, and sixth in the third. Brilynn Waldron, Emy Lowery, Gracie Giddens, Cadence Cravey, Abrah Harris, and Arabelle Roberts each had two hits. Giddens homered, Waldron tripled, and Maci Rucker, Waldron, Roberts, Cravey, and Lowery all doubled. Lowery threw a three-inning no-hitter and was a walk away from a perfect game. She struck out five Highlanders. Game two was more of the same. It…
Officers are investigating an armed robbery that took place in Broxton earlier this evening. An unknown number of assailants entered Broxton Package on Highway 441 just north of town. They escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash and injured a store employee in the process. The employee was transported to Coffee Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. After robbing the store, the assailants jumped into a vehicle and fled north on Highway 441 toward Telfair County. Officers are continuing to gather evidence and work the crime scene. The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with any information regarding this incident…
Weaving on a bicycle is a crime? Apparently so. On September 14, 2024, at around 3:40 p.m., a Douglas police officer observed a female, identified as Claudean Williams, 45, of Douglas, allegedly failing to maintain her lane on a bicycle. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, she was weaving back and forth across the entire road. The officer stopped her at the intersection of Spooner Road and Irma Avenue. During the stop, the report says that Williams admitted that she had some crack. The officer field tested the substance and it was positive for crack cocaine. Williams…
The City of Douglas has released the following Hurricane Helene relief update: UTILITIES FOR CITY OF DOUGLAS• ELECTRIC: Transmission to Douglas has been restored. All COD substations are hot and we are continuously rebuilding and activating circuits. At the time of this broadcast about 25% of the city has been restored. Anticipating two weeks to have majority of customers restored• WATER has been restored to the City of Douglas, Nicholls, Ambrose, and Broxton. We are still under a boil advisory.SANITATION:RESIDENTS: Rolloff Dumpster for household trash will be available at all schools starting Tuesday Morning. Due to…
Chanterika Mobley, a Douglas native, has just published a children’s book titled “The Day I Found an Alien in My House.” Chanterika was born and raised in Douglas. Shortly after graduating from high school, she joined the US Navy, where she served for seven years. After the Navy, Chanterika graduated from the University of Phoenix with a degree in Business and now has a career as a Financial Management Analyst.Although she is a newly published author, her passion for writing is not new at all. Her love for reading was heavily encouraged by her mother at an early age, which…
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, the GBI arrested Brandi Steverson, age 48, of Douglas, GA, with Criminal Attempt to Commit Murder and Conspiracy to Commit Murder. On Thursday, September 5, 2024, the GBI was requested by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office after a concerned citizen reported that Steverson had asked them about hiring a hitman to kill her husband. Agents began an investigation which concluded with Steverson making an initial payment to an undercover GBI agent, with a promise to pay more once her husband was killed. As a result of this, Steverson was arrested and booked into the Coffee…