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Griffis and Glenn sentenced to prison
A doctor convicted of falsifying medical safety examinations for commercial drivers has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen on Wednesday...
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Police make arrests
Eastman Police Department reported the following arrests for November 20, 2018 through November 27, 2018. Edwin Wright, age 58, of McRae was arrested for obstructing law enforcement officers, driving...
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Christmas parade is set for Friday
The Eastman Lions Club is proud to recognize Marilynn Sanders, of Eastman, as the Grand Marshall of the Christmas parade. Marilynn was born in Watertown, South Dakota, and raised in Wichita, Kansas....
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Police, deputies make arrests
Eastman Police Department reported the following arrests for November 21, 2018 through December 11, 2018. Stephanie Louise Allison, age 41, of Eastman, was arrested for burglary- 2nd degree (felony),...
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Officers make arrests
The Eastman Police department reported the following arrest for December 10, 2018 through December 18, 2018. Jesus Cruz, age 24, of Eastman was arrested for battery (family violence), and cruelty to...
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Arrests made by sheriff’s deputies; Dodge County Probate Court hears cases
The Dodge County Sheriff’s department reported the following arrest for December 17, 2018 through December 20, 2018. Jennifer Marie Biron, age 22, of Cochran was arrested for felony probation...
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Read the fine print on negative option sales
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) receives thousands of complaints each year alleging that customers were auto-billed for a product or service that they never wanted or realized they signed-up to...
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Woman dies in head-on collision
An Eastman woman lost her life as the result of a head-on vehicle collision at approximately 9:18 p.m. on Thursday, January 3. Tina English, age 48, of Hawkinsville, was pronounced dead at the scene...
View ArticleMartin Luther King, Jr. parade set for Monday
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade will be held on January 21, 2019. The grand Marshall will be Mrs. Martha B. Sauls, age 85 of Yonkers. She attended schools in Chester and Peabody. After...
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Dublin man dies in one vehicle crash
A Dublin man was killed when the pickup truck that he was driving ran off the roadway and flipped over several times. Robert Lee Johnson, age 57, of a Dublin address, was driving south on Georgia 117...
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Arrests made by police, deputies
The Eastman Police Deartment reported the following arrests for January 21, 2019 through January 29, 2019. Victoria Beard, age 20, of Eastman was arrested for drugs-marijuana sale/deliver/distribute,...
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Problems stop courtroom use
Electrical, ventilation and heating and cooling problems on the second floor of the Dodge County Courthouse has stopped court from being held in the upstairs courtroom until further notice. Dodge...
View ArticleONE SERIOUSLY INJURED
A Dodge County woman was seriously injured and was air lifted by helicopter to Navicent Health in Macon after the pickup truck she was driving hit a tree. As of a last report, she was listed in...
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Commissioners, judges close courthouse
In addition to electrical, ventilation and heating and cooling problems, inspectors found pigeons roosting in the attic of the Dodge County Courthouse. At a called meeting on Wednesday, February 6,...
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Courthouse to remain closed
By Cindy Eckles According to Dodge County Manager Spence Barron, preliminary results are starting to come in from the from Professional Environmental Management Certified Industrial Hygienist Erin...
View ArticleTWO INJURED
Two people from Helena were injured and flown by Air Evac helicopters to Navicent Health in Macon after the 2007 Mercury Mariner they were in ran into an 18 wheeler. According to the Georgia State...
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County will use AT&T building
Dodge County Courthouse offices and the courtroom will be moving into the old AT&T building on Pearl Bates Avenue after renovations to that building are complete. This comes after the Dodge County...
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Tax commissioner moves to courthouse annex
Dodge County Manager Spence Barron announced that beginning Tuesday, March 5, 2019 the Dodge County Tax Commissioner’s Office would be selling vehicle tags out of the annex building across from the...
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Barron gives update on courthouse
By Cindy M. Eckles In a prepared statement, Dodge County Manager Spence Barron told a group of approximately 30 citizens an update on the situation and proposed solutions for the issues involving the...
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Two arrested in triple murder
Two men have been arrested and charged in the deaths of three Chauncey residents. According to law enforcement reports, Ronnie Wayne Hackle, Jr., age 27, Mercedes Maelyn Hackle, age 17 and Bobbie Lynn...
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