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School superintendent gives school update
By Dr. Susan Long Dodge County School Superintendant As we end the first nine weeks of the 2020-21 school year, I want to express our appreciation for your support. These are unusual times, and extra...
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Saturday voting is this weekend
Georgia law requires that polls will be open on Saturday, October 24, 2020 in all 159 counties for Georgians to vote in the November election. In Dodge County, registered voters can go to the Dodge...
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Homecoming parade set for November 20
Applications are now available for the 2020 Dodge County High School (DCHS) Homecoming Parade. The parade will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 20, and will follow the parade’s regular route...
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Coronavirus cases over 660 in Dodge
According to the South Central Health District in Dublin, Dodge County now has 666 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus with 29 death reported. Other counties around Dodge include Bleckley with 519...
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Dodge claims Region 3AA Championship
By Joey Marchant For just the seventh time in 64 seasons, Dodge has won a region championship in football. Coach Ken Cofer becomes just the fourth coach in school history to accomplish the feat. It is...
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Dodge football game rescheduled
The Georgia High School Association (“GHSA”) has rescheduled all 2A and 4A first round state playoff games from Friday to Saturday due to a shortage in available qualified officials. The number of...
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Pageants set for Saturday
The 43rd annual Miss Chieftain pageant will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at the Dodge County Middle School Gymnasium at 7:00 p.m. and the second annual Miss DCHS pageant will be held at 5:00...
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2021 pageant queens chosen
The second annual Miss DCHS and the 43rd annual Miss Chieftain pageants were held on Saturday, December, 5, 2020 in the Dodge County Middle School Gymnasium at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Logan Wynne was...
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Seven indicted in dogfighting
Seven men have been indicted on federal charges involving a dog-fighting operation broken up in 2018 in Dodge County. The indictments in the Southern District of Georgia were secured in a federal...
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Commissioners approve purchase of ambulance
Dodge County Commissioners Jr. Howell, Terry Niblett, Brian Watkins and Dan McCranie unanimously approved the purchase of a new ambulance at their regular meeting on Monday, December 21, 2020. County...
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Man is killed in truck accident
An Ashburn man was killed when the 18 wheeler he was driving ran off the roadway and overturned. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Kevin Lee McKinney, age 38, driving a 2001 International...
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GBI investigating Eastman homicide
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Eastman Field Office was requested by the Eastman Police Department to assist with a shooting that occurred on Lee Avenue. At...
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Dodge schools closed for now
According to Dodge County School Superintendent Dr. Susan Long, after much consideration and consultation with health officials, the Dodge County Board of Education has determined that in the best...
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Schools will open Monday
According to Dodge County School Superintendent Dr. Susan Long, students will return to school on Monday, January 25, 2021. All students in the Dodge County School system will be attending classes...
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Officers make many arrests
Dodge County Sheriff’s deputies made the following arrests the week of January 19, through January 25, 2020 Shelley Jade Allen, age 25, of Chester, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine with...
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Dodge deputies confiscate drugs
Deputies respond to dumpster divers turns into drug arrests On January 24, 2021 deputies responded to a call on Georgia Highway 87 South to the dumpster site where they were told three people were in...
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Dodge County cheer team wins state championship
Congratulations to the Dodge Indians competition cheer team who brought home a state championship in the AA classification. This is the first state championship title for the cheer team in Dodge...
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Deputies, police make arrests
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department made the following arrests the week of February 16 through February 22, 2021. Charlie Baisden, age 40, of Stone Mountain, was a hold from DOC. Michael Davis...
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Murder suspect is caught in Eastman
A 20-year-old Cochran man was arrested Monday evening February 22 at his mother’s house in Eastman and has been charged with murder in the Friday shooting death of a teenager in Warner Robins. The...
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Law enforcement make drug arrests
On March 1, 2021, the Oconee Drug Task Force received information concerning a specific vehicle with suspected narcotics inside the vehicle in Eastman. Agents of the Oconee Drug Task Force stopped the...
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