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A Chester woman died after the car she was driving hit a train on Monday, February 25. Dorothy Lee Coley (age 72), of Chester, was driving west on Georgia 257 (Roddy Highway), when she failed to stop at the railroad crossing just before the Cochran Highway. [Full Story »] 

Eastman firemen were called to Soo’s Fashions on Main Street in downtown Eastman on Wednesday, February 20 at 12:34 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from the rear of the building. A fire had started in the void between the ceiling and the roof of the building, making it extremely difficult to get to the origin of the blaze. The fire quickly spread in the building and Eastman Fire Chief Carl Johnson started calling for assistance from other fire departments in the Dodge and surrounding counties. [Full Story »]