Last month, Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare and other government programs.

Ada Jo Wilhelm (Petty), 87, of Jacksonville FL passed Monday August 4, 2025 at her home. Ada Jo was a graduate of Coffee County High School in 1956. She was predeceased by her mother, Robbie Chaney ...

An employee at a local business was arrested and charged with theft by deception after she allegedly refunded items inside the store and kept the cash for herself. According to an incident report from ...

Jeff Davis County High School’s Brooklyn Parlor has made a name for herself on the national and global stage this summer. In the FFA Proficiency in Equine Entrepreneurship, Brooklyn earned a spot in ...

Alma Diaz of Axson recently graduated from Valdosta State University with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geosciences. Her education, however, is far from over. According to a post on VSU’s ...

Coffee Regional Medical Center (CRMC) has donated a fully operational ambulance to Wiregrass Georgia Technical College’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program, further strengthening a long-standing ...

Kaylee Kent, age 19, of Douglas, GA, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2025 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, GA following an extended illness. Ms. Kent was born on July 29, 2006, in Douglas, GA, ...

Douglas police arrested a 30-year-old who allegedly ran from an officer who was questioning him at the North Madison Avenue Park after hours. The incident report from the police department states that ...

46-year-old Benjamin Lee Hodge was cited for DUI while riding a bicycle on July 29, 2025, at approximately 2:15 a.m. According to an incident report from the Douglas Police Department, Hodge was ...

The GBI has arrested and charged Prince “PJ” Thomas, age 18, of Douglas, with Felony Murder, three counts of Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime in ...

Mrs. Doris Helen Anderson Sweat, age 75 of Douglas, Georgia, passed away Thursday afternoon, August 8, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her loving family following an extended period of declining ...

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Office recently celebrated one of its most dedicated employees. Jail officer Lamar Brockington has decided to retire after 36 years of service.