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Did you know…. Georgia scores an A for Small Business Friendliness; Georgia ranks #1 (for five consecutive years) as the best state in the nation for business; Georgia ranks #1 among top ten US states for aerospace manufacturing at ($64B impact); Georgia ranks #2 for fastest growth and #5 for greatest number of women-owned businesses; Georgia ranks #5 for black-owned businesses; Georgia ranks #11 in US as a top exporting state; Georgia has TWO universities in the top 25 public colleges in the United States – Georgia Tech(#16) and University of Georgia (#24) Small businesses are the backbone of…

Once again, the South Georgia State College swim teams are among the best in the country. The teams notched two more national runner-up awards at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) swim meet held in Fort Pierce, Fla., last week. SGSC women’s team earned their third consecutive second place finish in the nation while the men repeated their runner-up spot from 2016. The host school, Indian River, won their 47th consecutive national championship. “We are very proud of both teams’ performances last week,” commented head coach CM Jenkins. “This is not a normal second place finish. Indian River wins…

CRH Pediatric Group, located at 200 Doctors Drive, Suite P celebrated a ribbon cutting and community welcome for new physician, Dr. Renee Williams, who recently joined Dr. Joi Rogers in providing pediatric care. Lisa Hodge, Interim President of Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Board Chairman Donny Bradshaw, Economic Development Authority Chairman Adam Smith and City of Douglas Mayor Pro Tem Kentaiwon Durham along with several other community officials, business and medical professionals, friends and family joined the celebration.

A 37-year-old Coffee County man has been charged with aggravated assault after beating his wife with a small wooden bench, causing multiple injuries. Deputies responded to a residence off Cumorah Cemetery Rd. around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, March 10, in reference to a domestic dispute that had occurred at another location. The victim stated her husband, identified as Matthew Gene Cauley, had awakened her around 2 a.m. and began arguing. The confrontation turned physical when Cauley began beating the victim in the face with a closed fist before grabbing a small wooden bench, which he used to continue beating her on…

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College will be accepting new student applications for Summer Semester on Free Application Day, March 22. Any new student who applies in person on this day will have the application fee waived. Free Application Day will be held on the Ben Hill-Irwin Campus, Coffee Campus, Cook County WDC Campus, Moody AFB Extended Campus, and the Valdosta Campus from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Students have two choices for earning summer college credits at Wiregrass. Regular full term semester classes begin May 14 and Summer Express classes begin May 29. The short eight-week long Summer Express semester will run…

By Kevin Tatum PET THERAPY VISITATION We want to thank our 4-H members, parents, and volunteers who came out to Pet Therapy Visitation at Vista Park (Shady Acres) on Monday, March 5. Participants were: Broxton: Glenn O’Steen; CCA: Tanner Ross; CMS: Kilee Davis, Glenda Grantham, N’Yauna Lampkin, Natalie Newell, and Ty’Nia Sutton; Indian Creek: Madeleine Tuten; Junior 4-H Club: Ashton Ates, Ashlynn Fletcher; Muskan Minhas, Ishika Sadarangani, Sariah Wells, and Christopher Williams; Satilla: Kayden Davis; Senior 4-H Club: Jeremiah Brantley, KenDasha Cobb, Kyya Johnson, TaKyla Robinson, Kentavon Williams, Micheal Woods, and Kimberly Wright; Adults: Liz Batten, Jennifer Diliegros, Alyse Hall,…

The Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce in coordination with Coffee Regional Medical Center held a celebration and ribbon cutting for CRH Oncology Group located at 903 B West Ward St. Community officials, business leaders, medical profession colleagues, several friends and family joined Oncologist, Dr. Eric Anderson and staff, to welcome the group and show their support of the expanding services offered by our local medical professionals. CRH Oncology Group specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and provides medical care to reduce the severity of symptoms, relieve suffering and improve quality of life. For more information, call 912-384-4111

Earlier this week, a convenience store in Douglas sold a Georgia Lottery Jumbo Jumbo Bucks ticket worth $500,000. The ticket was purchased at Baker Express, located at 1436 Baker Highway West. The lucky winner claimed the prize Thursday at the Georgia Lottery’s Tifton District Office. The winner, a female, has requested that her name be witheld from publication. Since its first year, the Georgia Lottery Corp. has returned more than $19.2 billion to the state of Georgia for education. All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia’s Pre-K Program. More than…

Regular compliance checks of local registered sex offenders conducted by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office resulted in two more arrests Thursday. Fontaine Jabar Sears, 39, registered his residency in Coffee County on Jan. 18, 2018 after being released from prison the day prior. At the time, he was registered as “homeless” and informed to keep the sheriff’s office updated regularly as to where he would be staying. The sheriff’s office had not heard from Sears since that time. All registered sex offenders are also required to inform the sheriff’s office of their place of employment. Sheriff’s officials obtained information that Sears…

The leadership of the Douglas-Coffee County Economic Development Authority(EDA) recently launched a nationwide search for a president/chief executive officer to serve as the lead business location marketer for the community. The EDA works in collaboration with the Douglas-Coffee County Chamber of Commerce and in partnership with the City of Douglas and Coffee County governments to serve as the community’s driving force for new businesses, business retention and expansion. Recent changes within the Chamber/EDA organizational structure will allow the new EDA President/CEO to focus their time on growing the economy in the community while the executive vice president of the chamber will…