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Coffee Regional Medical Center has been awarded re-accreditation from Corazon, Inc., for Catheterization Laboratory with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) services. Corazon, Inc. is a national leader in services for the cardiovascular specialty. This re-accreditation is a testament that the program at Coffee Regional has continually met or exceeded the requirements established by the Georgia Department of Community Health (GA-DCH) in accordance with the Certificate of Need (CON) Review Standards for Cardiac Catheterization Services. This recognizes Coffee Regional’s commitment to having quality PCI services available at all times, meaning a team of cardiac catheterization lab staff and…

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed local attorney Jared L. Roberts as Solicitor General of Coffee County. Roberts is the owner and founder of Jared L. Roberts, Attorney at Law, LLC and also serves as a judge for the Broxton Municipal Court. Previously, he worked as an attorney for Durham, Lewis, and Roberts and as an assistant public defender for the Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender’s Office. Roberts also worked as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at South Georgia State College for three years. He is active in his community as a member of Carver Baptist Church…

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed local attorney Jared L. Roberts as Solicitor General of Coffee County. Roberts is the owner and founder of Jared L. Roberts, Attorney at Law, LLC and also serves as a judge for the Broxton Municipal Court. Previously, he worked as an attorney for Durham, Lewis, and Roberts and as an assistant public defender for the Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender’s Office. Roberts also worked as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at South Georgia State College for three years. He is active in his community as a member of Carver Baptist Church…

A year-long investigation into the deceptive theft of cargo trailers came to a close by Coffee County Sheriff’s Office detectives last week. The investigation centered on a group of individuals who had been using stolen credit cards to purchase cargo trailers from Coffee County trailer dealers. Once the purchase was made, the criminals would have a transport driver pick up the trailer and, a few days later, the credit card owner would be advised of the purchase and dispute the charge. This delay would give the criminals ample time to do as they wanted with the trailers. …

A year-long investigation into the deceptive theft of cargo trailers came to a close by Coffee County Sheriff’s Office detectives last week. The investigation centered on a group of individuals who had been using stolen credit cards to purchase cargo trailers from Coffee County trailer dealers. Once the purchase was made, the criminals would have a transport driver pick up the trailer and, a few days later, the credit card owner would be advised of the purchase and dispute the charge. This delay would give the criminals ample time to do as they wanted with the trailers. …

By Spencer Highsmith and Madison Britt On May 10-11, 2023, Coffee County Young Farmers and FFA invited local pre-K and kindergarten classes to participate in the 2023 Ag Literacy Day held at the Coffee Middle School – Billy Walker Livestock Facility. There were over 420 pre-K students the first day and over 650 Kindergarten students the second day. The groups went around to nine different stations to read a book at each and participate in fun, educational activities about a variety of agricultural topics. Topics included peanuts, cotton, goats, sheep, hogs, horses, cattle, plants and pollinators,…

By Spencer Highsmith and Madison Britt On May 10-11, 2023, Coffee County Young Farmers and FFA invited local pre-K and kindergarten classes to participate in the 2023 Ag Literacy Day held at the Coffee Middle School – Billy Walker Livestock Facility. There were over 420 pre-K students the first day and over 650 Kindergarten students the second day. The groups went around to nine different stations to read a book at each and participate in fun, educational activities about a variety of agricultural topics. Topics included peanuts, cotton, goats, sheep, hogs, horses, cattle, plants and pollinators,…

On May 22, the City of Douglas will open Barracks #5 located at Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport from 1PM-4PM to see the renovations to the facility. The building, Barracks #5, is a part of the historic World War II Army-Air Force Flight Training Air Base and was utilized as housing for the cadets that trained at the Air Base before transferring to other bases to advance their flight training. As one of the eleven original buildings, Barracks #5 remained standing through the years. In 2020, seeing the need to preserve and repurpose the building, the City of…

On May 22, the City of Douglas will open Barracks #5 located at Douglas Municipal Gene Chambers Airport from 1PM-4PM to see the renovations to the facility. The building, Barracks #5, is a part of the historic World War II Army-Air Force Flight Training Air Base and was utilized as housing for the cadets that trained at the Air Base before transferring to other bases to advance their flight training. As one of the eleven original buildings, Barracks #5 remained standing through the years. In 2020, seeing the need to preserve and repurpose the building, the City of…

Coffee High School is excited to announce the second annual Summer Teacher Externship participants. This program allows teachers to take part in strategic externship professional development opportunities. Teachers have been paired with local community partners to learn about the skills and competencies needed to succeed in a particular industry or career path. The externship will be a week-long opportunity with hands-on learning experiences that help teachers enrich their classroom pedagogy by using real-world applications of the academic content they teach. Last year, Coffee High had four participants. This year the program has been expanded to eight. …