After getting off to a relatively slow start (for them) on Monday, the CCA Patriots righted the ship and defeated the Vidalia Heritage Academy Eagles by a combined score of 37-0 over two games this week. The Patriots won 18-0 Tuesday then 19-0 on Thursday. Both games were played in Vidalia and neither went the full seven innings. On Tuesday, freshman Clay Phillips threw a one-hit shutout, striking out nine and walking one. Phillips was also 2-4 with a walk and an RBI. Gray McLean (2-4, two runs, one RBI), Skyler Woods (2-3, four RBI, HR), Jonah Hall (2-3, two…
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A 67-year-old man who was allegedly walking around with his penis exposed was arrested and charged with indecent exposure on April 5, 2026. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, around 8 p.m. on April 5, an officer responded to an indecent exposure call at Pine Street and Brooks Avenue. The complainant stated that the man, identified as Barney Thomas, 67, of Douglas, was walking along Pine Street with his privates hanging out of the bottom of his shorts. When he got close, the report says, he “began playing with it.” The complainant said that he does this…
Three women between the ages of 29 and 39 years old were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct as a result of an alleged fight that occurred Spooner Court on April 4, 2026. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, officers responded to a Spooner Court address at around 11:40 p.m. in reference to a fight. By the time officers arrived, the fight had broken up but a number of people were still in the area. At the scene, officers learned that Jasmine Keara Harmon, 33, of Douglas, and Latoya Harmon, 39, of Lawrenceville, had been fighting Raja’Nae…
Wednesday afternoon, a member of the Coffee County Dive Team recovered the body of a 21-year-old male who drowned in a pond near the east end of the 206 Connector. The call came in shortly after 3:30 p.m. that a male was in trouble in the pond. Emergency personnel responded quickly. When they arrived, they learned that the victim had gone under the water and not re-surfaced. The victim had been in the water with three friends. He stepped into a deep hole and could not get back to shore, according to sources. The investigation into the incident is active…
Baseball is a hard sport. Golf is even harder. To be at top of either sport, even for a moment, is special. To do it on the same day just a few hours apart is almost unheard of. Yet that’s exactly what CCA golfer and designated hitter Jackson Knight did on Monday, April 14, 2026. The Patriots sent the golf team to play in the region golf match at Southern Hills Golf & Country Club in Hawkinsville. There was also a region baseball game later that day against the Vidalia Heritage Academy Eagles in Douglas. Knight had full intentions on…
50-year-old Christy Burkett of Douglas remains in jail on illegal drug charges as a result of a traffic stop conducted in West Green last month. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, an officer stopped Burkett on Mark Mobley Road for failure to maintain lane. When the officer spoke to Burkett, she admitted to having illegal drugs in the vehicle. Other officers arrived and searched the vehicle, as well as Burkett’s camper, which was located on Broxton-West Green Highway. Inside the camper, a drug dog alerted in two rooms. Detectives found digital scales but no drugs, according to the…
The South Georgia State College Hawks came up on the short end of three weekend games against the Andrew College Tigers that featured 75 total runs and 83 hits. The Tigers won two of the three, all of which were played in Cuthbert. Andrew won Thursday’s game 14-6 after jumping out to a 10-2 lead after three innings. The Hawks scored their runs in the second (two) and fourth (four). The Tigers, meanwhile, plated runs in the first, second, third, sixth, and seventh innings. Payton Bryant led the way for SGSC offensively, going 3-4 with a double and two runs…
A sweep. That’s what the Coffee Trojans needed to finish the region schedule with a winning record. And that’s just what they got. The Trojans defeated the Veterans Warhawks Tuesday in Kathleen, which gave both teams a 6-7 region mark. The two were tied at third and fourth, respectively, in the region standings. Whoever took the series would be the third seed while the other program the fourth seed. Things looked bleak for the Trojans in game one. The Warhawks jumped out to an early lead after a three-run second inning. Coffee clawed back with two in the fifth. Then,…
The CCA Patriots ended their Spring Break road trip to Tampa with a 3-0 record against teams from Kentucky and Illinois. After defeating Lexington Catholic on Thursday, the Patriots defeated North Oldham (Kentucky) 5-4 in extra innings then, a few hours later, defeated Loyola Academy (Illinois) 5-4. All games were played at the Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training facility, marking four straight games CCA has played in big-league stadiums in the last week. Against Oldham, the teams were tied 3-3 after five innings. CCA pulled ahead 4-3 in the seventh when Thomas Gentry drove in Jonah Hall with a single.…
A 43-year-old Douglas woman who allegedly stabbed her ex in the ribs behind Georgian Woods Apartments remains in the Coffee County Jail on aggravated assault charges. According to a report from the Douglas Police Department, officers responded to the Circle K on the north side of town at 12:50 a.m. on March 25, 2026, in reference to a stabbing. When they arrived, they spoke with the victim, a male who said his ex, identified as Shandia Renee Thornton, 43, had stabbed him. The victim said he was on his way to a girl’s house. He was walking on the dirt…