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On Thursday March 22, 2018, our Coffee Middle School tennis team played their South Georgia Athletic Conference Tournament and emerged victorious. The girls lost in the second round with a hard fought battle against Hahira to take 4th place. The boys were the Conference Champions and this was the third year in a row that they have accomplished this incredible result. This means that those seven boys who are 8th graders have been on a championship team every year they have played with CMS. Congratulations to the entire CMS Tennis team for their hard work, drive, and dedication! Go Trojans!

The Douglas Kiwanis Club Strawberry Sale held on Saturday, March 24, 2018, was quite successful. The club wishes to thank everyone in the community that supported the sale. The proceeds from the sale will go to children’s programs in the community.

The Leadership Coffee Youth Academy in partnership with the Douglas/Coffee County Chamber of Commerce took a leadership trip to the Coffee County Courthouse. Judge Preston was very gracious and took time from his court schedule to welcome the 7th grade Leadership Coffee Youth Academy students to his courtroom and discussed the the different state and superior court systems in our area, as well as his duties and responsibilities as a state court judge. Students were able to sit in and be an audience to courtroom hearings and proceedings, as Katie Paulk-Solicitor conducted court with other defense attorneys. Karla Mendoza who…

Monday, March 19, the Alma Police Department’s Crime Suppression Unit stopped a vehicle on W. 12th St. for a windshield violation. The traffic stop led to the arrest of William Alfred Lee, 43 of Alma, for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine. Monday evening, March 19, APD’s Crime Suppression Unit arrested Blake Carlton Hardy, 25 of Waycross, and Sabrina Johnson, 37 of Alma, for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine. These arrests followed a complaint of persons located at the Sunset Inn trying to sell illegal drugs to others. Also, on Monday evening, March 19, APD…

A convicted methamphetamine dealer is facing more prison time after Douglas-Coffee County drug agents discovered over 24 grams of meth during a search of his residence earlier this week. 50-year-old Kenneth Woodrow Mancil was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute in Coffee County Superior Court in November 2015 and was released from incarceration to serve the remainder of his sentence on parole in April 2017. Agents with the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit executed a search of Mancil’s home at a location off Brittany Lane around 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. Once inside the home, authorities located a compartment…

On Thursday, March 1, 2018, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) Douglas Regional Office received a request by the Douglas Police Department to assist with a missing duty weapon investigation. On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, an officer with the Douglas Police Department reported that he had lost or misplaced his issued AR-15 rifle while on duty. The officer last reported being in possession of the weapon between the dates of February 26, 2018, and February 27, 2018. On March 13, 2018, agents recovered the weapon on Hwy 441 in Douglas, Georgia. This case is active and ongoing and anyone with information regarding the rifle is encouraged to…

Miss. Tommie Vivian Stone, age 87, of Douglas, GA passed away on Friday, March 16, 2018 at Vista Park (Shady Acres Nursing Home). Miss. Stone was born on September 21, 1930, in Douglas, GA to the late Edwin Stone and Minnie Courson Stone. Her survivors include: daughter,Vickie and husband Bill Cannady of Douglas, GA; sisters: Frances and husband Grady Carver of Douglas, GA,and Helen Smith of Pacific Grove, CA; brother, Joel Stone of Dublin, GA; granddaughter, Dacia Cannady; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by: brothers: George Stone and Jimmy Stone; sisters: Vonice Perry and Sue…

Mr. John Thomas “Sonny” Douglas, age 83, of Madison, FL, formerly of Douglas passed away on Friday, March 16, 2018, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, FL. Mr. Douglas was born on July 16, 1934 , in Douglas, GA to the late Elisha Douglas, SR and Betty McGovern Douglas. Survivors include: wife, Alice Katherine Harper Douglas of Madison, FL.; daughter, Cathy and husband Randy Carter of Lake City, FL; sons: David and wife Lynn Douglas, of Baxley, GA, Daniel and wife Donna Douglas of Madison, FL; brother, Elisha Douglas, JR of Jacksonville, FL; four grandsons; three granddaughters; five great-grandsons and three…

Mr. Danny Glynn Solomon, age 68, passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at his residence. He was born on May 12, 1949 in Willacoochee, GA but grew up in Nashville, GA. He was the son of the late Sylvester Gresham Solomon, Sr. and Dora Adams Solomon. He was an active member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, worked as a USDA inspector and was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving during the Vietnam Conflict. He was preceded in death by: sisters: Odell Solomon and Ludell Solomon; brother, William Benajah Solomon; grandson, Matthew Clifton…

Mr. James E. Ratcliff, age 89, of Douglas and former long-time resident of Alexandria, Virginia, transitioned from his earthly life on March 15, 2018 at his home in Douglas, GA. Mr. Ratcliff was born May 28, 1929 and raised in Narrows, Virgina, son to the late Wirt and Nellie Ratcliff. He was a concrete and brick contractor in Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC for several decades and an avid flower gardener. He was a member of Reality Gospel Church, serving as a deacon, teacher and Sunday School Superintendent for many years. With other family members he also sang in…