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Five hundred and twenty-one students qualified for academic honors during the 2022-23 academic year at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Students receiving Distinguished Honor status are those who have completed 45 or more academic semester hours at ABAC with an overall grade point average of 3.75 or higher. Superior Honor students are those who have completed 45 academic semester hours at ABAC with an overall grade point average of 3.5 to 3.74, and Honor status goes to those who have completed 45 or more academic semester hours at ABAC with an overall grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49. …

Five hundred and twenty-one students qualified for academic honors during the 2022-23 academic year at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Students receiving Distinguished Honor status are those who have completed 45 or more academic semester hours at ABAC with an overall grade point average of 3.75 or higher. Superior Honor students are those who have completed 45 academic semester hours at ABAC with an overall grade point average of 3.5 to 3.74, and Honor status goes to those who have completed 45 or more academic semester hours at ABAC with an overall grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49. …

The City of Douglas has received re-designation as a PlanFirst Community from Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The PlanFirst Program recognizes cities that excel in successfully implementing community planning by creating thriving places to live, work, and play. “Although challenges occur in city planning, having this PlanFirst re-designation provides a competitive advantage, as well as, opportunities to leverage public and private partnerships,” says Mayor Tony Paulk. “It’s about having a vision for tomorrow – we are planning for the next 50 years and this designation opens the doors for better funding.” Douglas received its first PlanFirst…

The City of Douglas has received re-designation as a PlanFirst Community from Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The PlanFirst Program recognizes cities that excel in successfully implementing community planning by creating thriving places to live, work, and play. “Although challenges occur in city planning, having this PlanFirst re-designation provides a competitive advantage, as well as, opportunities to leverage public and private partnerships,” says Mayor Tony Paulk. “It’s about having a vision for tomorrow – we are planning for the next 50 years and this designation opens the doors for better funding.” Douglas received its first PlanFirst…

The City of Douglas has received re-designation as a PlanFirst Community from Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The PlanFirst Program recognizes cities that excel in successfully implementing community planning by creating thriving places to live, work, and play. “Although challenges occur in city planning, having this PlanFirst re-designation provides a competitive advantage, as well as, opportunities to leverage public and private partnerships,” says Mayor Tony Paulk. “It’s about having a vision for tomorrow – we are planning for the next 50 years and this designation opens the doors for better funding.” Douglas received its first PlanFirst…

The Coffee Trojans track and field teams both finished sixth at the Game Changers Apex Invite in Richmond Hill on Friday. The schools were from a variety of classifications. The Trojans set 17 personal records at this meet. Setting personal records for the meet were Josie Lott (2000m steeplechase, 1600 meter run), Andre Brewton (110 and 300 meter hurdles), Nathaniel Tapia (2000 meter steeplechase), Tyrese Woodgett (100 and 200 meter dash), Travis Adams (200 meter dash),Will Bagwell(1600 meter run). Nevin Swanson (800 and1600 meter run), Zean Preston (300 meter hurdles), Ja’Maria Harvey (long jump), Janiya Brown (long jump),…

The Coffee Trojans track and field teams both finished sixth at the Game Changers Apex Invite in Richmond Hill on Friday. The schools were from a variety of classifications. The Trojans set 17 personal records at this meet. Setting personal records for the meet were Josie Lott (2000m steeplechase, 1600 meter run), Andre Brewton (110 and 300 meter hurdles), Nathaniel Tapia (2000 meter steeplechase), Tyrese Woodgett (100 and 200 meter dash), Travis Adams (200 meter dash),Will Bagwell(1600 meter run). Nevin Swanson (800 and1600 meter run), Zean Preston (300 meter hurdles), Ja’Maria Harvey (long jump), Janiya Brown (long jump),…

The GBI has arrested and charged Miguel Contreras, 19, with Aggravated Assault, and Augustine Medrano, 20, with Party to the Crime of Aggravated Assault and Hindering the Apprehension of a Criminal. Both are from Omega, Ga., in Tift County. On Sunday, March 19, 2023, the Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to investigate a shooting that occurred at an event center in the 500 block of Baxley Highway in Hazlehurst. Preliminary information indicates that Contreras, with the assistance of Medrano, shot Juan Morena, 18, of Omega, multiple times at approximately 12:00 a.m. on March 19, 2023.…

The GBI has arrested and charged Miguel Contreras, 19, with Aggravated Assault, and Augustine Medrano, 20, with Party to the Crime of Aggravated Assault and Hindering the Apprehension of a Criminal. Both are from Omega, Ga., in Tift County. On Sunday, March 19, 2023, the Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to investigate a shooting that occurred at an event center in the 500 block of Baxley Highway in Hazlehurst. Preliminary information indicates that Contreras, with the assistance of Medrano, shot Juan Morena, 18, of Omega, multiple times at approximately 12:00 a.m. on March 19, 2023.…

Last week, officers in Jeff Davis County posed as employees on a solar panel site to apprehend a fugitive who had been on the run for nearly four years. He allegedly skipped bond stemming from charges in Americus in 2019. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Region 3 requested assistance in the location and arrest of Jacori Devontae Peters, who was arrested in 2019 and granted bond but later skipped town after not appearing in court. Jeff Davis sheriff’s investigators were able to locate Peters working at the solar panel construction site. Investigators devised a plan to…