The Coffee Trojans finished the first week of region play with a 2-1 mark after splitting a doubleheader with the Lee County Trojans Friday night at Charles Wilson Field in Douglas. Coffee won game one 5-4 in eight innings but couldn’t keep up with Lee in game two, falling 10-3. Lee got to Coffee starter Gavin McElroy early, starting things off with three hits and a walk that led to two runs. A double play and a strikeout ended the rally. Coffee tied things up in the bottom of the inning when Barrett Harrell doubled with one out, scoring Ben…
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When people think of CCA’s Blake Bryant, his pitching is what typically comes to mind first. Friday night, however, it was his bat that did the damage. The Patriots traveled to St. Simons to face the Frederica Academy Knights in a battle between defending state champions (CCA, Class A; Frederica, Class 3A). The two teams were tied 2-2 until the top of the seventh inning when CCA broke the game open with eight runs, including a grand slam by Bryant that effectively ended the game as soon as the ball left his bat. The Knights scored two in the first…
Qualifying for the 2026 election cycle has ended. A few incumbents are running unopposed, a few others have opposition, one incumbent decided not to run, and one race didn’t have anyone qualify at all. Two county commission races are on the ballot – Districts 1 and 3. Neither incumbent in those elections, George McIver (District 1) and AJ Dovers (District 3), have any opposition. The Board of Education elections are a different story. There will be at least one new BOE member and the other two on the ballot will have opposition. District 1 incumbent Leola Johnson did not qualify.…
It was a history-making week for the CCA Patriots. For the first time ever, the Patriots played under the lights in their home stadium. It didn’t hurt that they came away with wins over Trinity Christian (7-0) and Frederica Academy (2-1) in front of a big home crowd (with a few interested scouts in the stands, especially for the Frederica game, that boosted attendance). In Tuesday’s season opener, the Patriots were up 5-0 after two and added a run in the fourth and fifth to cruise to a two-hit shutout over Trinity. Blake Bryant, Landon Williams, and Thomas Gentry each…
It didn’t take long for the Coffee Trojans to pick up their first region win. And they did it Tuesday on the road against a solid Lee County Trojan team that never held a lead against Coffee. The top four hitters were a combined 9-16 and scored six of Coffee’s nine runs. They also drove in three. Coffee defeated Lee 9-4. In the first, Ben Fussell led off with an infield single. Jimmy Timothy followed with a double to score Fussell and a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Lee started things off with a hit by pitch,…
Officers arrested a 27-year-old on robbery charges after he allegedly stole a friend’s cell phone because the friend didn’t buy him a bag of weed, according to a report from the Douglas Police Department. The report says that on February 10, 2026, at around 8:25 p.m., a Douglas police officer responded to a Wynn Avenue address in reference to a robbery. When the officer arrived, the complainant stated that an individual identified as Cameron Terrell Alls, 27, of Douglas, accused the complainant of not buying him some weed after Alls gave him $10 for that purpose. The report says that…
The Coffee Lady Trojans are Final Four bound after defeating the Woodward Academy Lady War Eagles Wednesday night in College Park 73-62. The Lady Trojans were ranked #7 in the state while the Lady War Eagles were ranked #8. Coffee trailed 22-16 at the end of the first quarter. At the half, the Lady Trojans had closed the gap and taken a 29-28 lead. In the third, Coffee found another gear and scored 22 points while holding Woodward to just seven. The Lady Trojans entered the final period up 51-35. The Lady War Eagles outscored the Lady Trojans in the…
Deputies charged a 30-year-old with battery, terroristic threats and acts, and other charges after he allegedly beat a family member and threatened to shoot him with a shotgun. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, deputies received a domestic dispute call on February 20, 2026, at around 8:45 a.m. The incident had taken place on Burl Mill Road. The report says that the complainant reported that Jacob Etherton, 30, had gotten mad at him and chased him with a knife. The two were related. The report also says that Etherton had beaten him and threatened to shoot him with…
The GBI has arrested and charged Willie James Jr., age 58, of Wayne County, Ga., with malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection to the death of Sandra Robinson that occurred almost 16 years ago. On March 17, 2010, the GBI Regional Investigative Office in Douglas was requested by the Douglas Police Department to assist with a death investigation at the Prepaid Superstore on South Madison Avenue in Douglas. Sandra Robinson, age 32 at the time, was working at the phone store when she was stabbed and killed. James was an associate of Robinson and could often be…
A 54-year-old Douglas man remains in jail after a deputy found him passed out in his vehicle with a suspected meth pipe in his hand. According to a report from the sheriff’s office, on February 22, 2026, a deputy was at the Deep South fuel depot on Bowens Mill Road when two individuals approached him and reported that there was a man in a pickup at the Woody Folsom lot who was either passed out or dead. The officer went over and found a man, identified as David Scott Standridge, 54, in the truck slumped over with a suspected meth…