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The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office has obtained an arrest warrant for 37-year-old convicted sex offender Chrystal Lynn Garren for failing to maintain the requirements of her sex offender registration. Garren provided her residential address at a location off U.S. Hwy. 221 N. in August 2017. The sheriff’s office has been conducting regular compliance checks of registered sex offenders in the county and determined recently that Garren had moved from her registered address without providing notification. Garren was convicted in 2003 on a charge of enticing a child for indecent purposes. She also has an outstanding warrant for violating the terms…

Public registration for Coffee County Pre-K Program for 2018-2019 school term will take place March 13 and 14, 2018 at Coffee Middle School Auditorium 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Note school dates below) Registration Packets are available for pickup at all Elementary Schools and The Enrollment Center starting Feb. 1, 2018. March 5-9: Coffee County School System Employees may register THEIR CHILD during Early Registration at the Enrollment Center. (This does not include grandchildren or other relatives of school employees.) March 13: Ambrose, Indian Creek, Nicholls and Satilla Elementary Schools. March 14: Broxton, Eastside, West Green and Westside Elementary Schools Elementary Schools please…

Clinch Memorial Hospital (Clinch Memorial) in Homerville announces that they will partner with Coffee Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Douglas; a partnership aimed at strengthening the delivery and quality of health care for patients in Homerville and Clinch County. Clinch Memorial and CRMC will remain independent organizations, preserving their unique identities; however, through their collaboration they will be able to provide higher quality and increased access to care for patients. This affiliation will give Clinch Memorial Hospital physicians and patients preferred and expedited access to the advanced specialty services and care available at CRMC. A critical access hospital, Clinch Memorial…

Jamie Denise Merritt is South Georgia State College’s 2018 University System of Georgia Academic Recognition Day Award recipient. Merritt, accompanied by her parents Greg and Cookie, was honored by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents during their February board meeting. The annual Academic Recognition Day Award is presented to one student from each of the systems’ 26 colleges and universities who exemplifies outstanding academic achievement and success. “This award reflects the support of my teachers, family and friends,” said the 21-year-old SGSC graduate from Ambrose, who earned her Associate of Science in Chemistry in 2017. “Working two jobs,…

BY Kevin Tatum GEORGIA JUNIOR NATIONAL LIVESTOCK SHOWS As I write this, I have just returned from Perry the last two days where we were getting animals weighed in and ready for show as well as the showmanship classes for the market hogs yesterday. We had some good looking 4-H members exhibiting their animals! The market hog showmanship classes were all held on Thursday, Feb. 22. They started with 12th grade and worked back to 9th grade, then started with 4th grade up to 8th grade. Because there are so many participants in each grade level, they are divided into…

Team members of SkillsUSA at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College have a long history of using the skills taught in the classroom and labs to become top medalists on both state and national level. The team recently used a different kind of skill that has made an important impact in the lives of others — that skill is community service. The members started working back in November 2017 on the Valdosta, Cook, Ben Hill-Irwin and Coffee Campuses of Wiregrass collecting clothing items for the Night to Shine Proms, affiliated with the Tim Tebow Foundation™. The students collected clothing items for the…

There is nothing quite like “being there” to know that you have found the college that matters most. South Georgia State College (SGSC) is hosting two Spring Preview Days to provide prospective students with opportunities to experience what our college has to offer. Preview Day for the Waycross Campus will be Friday, March 2, 2018, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the Educational Building. The campus is located at 2001 South Georgia Parkway in Waycross, Ga. Preview Day for the Douglas Campus will be Friday, April 13, 2018, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Peterson Hall. The campus is located at 100…

Over the past few weeks, 7th grade self-contained has been studying vertebrates and how they are identified. Students have learned the various characteristics to distinguish between the different groups of vertebrates. Thanks to Mr. Robert Preston, the subject of vertebrates was brought to life by allowing the students to view and interact with two snakes and one lizard: a ball python, a rainbow boa, and a savannah monitor. Students answered comprehensive questions identifying the animals as reptiles and classifying them as vertebrates. Here, Mr. Preston displays the rainbow boa with a few of the students and CMS staff.

On Friday, Feb. 16, several citizens and community leaders attended the Douglas Visitor Information Center’s Camellia Garden “Georgia Camellia Trail” listing and bench dedication. The historic camellia garden is one of the gardens listed on Georgia’s Camellia Trail and has 11 camellias for visitors to enjoy during the winter season. The Class of 1988 honored longtime camellia enthusiast Clayton Mathis posthumously with a one of kind bench that was placed in the garden. Attendees enjoyed refreshments and a small camellia showcase inside the Visitor Information Center. Special thanks go to the Douglas Garden Club, the Atlantic Coast Camellia Society,…

By Debbie Purvis My name is Debbie Purvis and I am so happy to be the newest addition to CRH Family Medicine Group. I have been a registered nurse for 22 years, and have recently completed a nurse practitioner program, passed state boards, and am now certified to provide care in the state of Georgia. During my 22 years of nursing, I have worked in many different capacities. My hospital experiences include newborn nursery and NICU, operating room and recovery room, as well as a large postpartum, antepartum, gynecological surgery unit. I have also worked as a school nurse and…