Entries by Chuck Eckles

BREAKING NEWS!!! CITY OF EASTMAN

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

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In the City of Eastman City Council races, two new candidates and one incumbent have won.
In District 2, incumbent Buddy Pittman defeated challenger Steve Greer 217 to 153.
In District 3, Raymond Mullis defeated incumbent Jack Burnham 123 to 108.
In District 4, Bobby Slye defeated incumbent Faye Jessup 148 to 121.

BREAKING NEWS!!! SPLOST

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

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Only 1302 people voted countywide in the referendum to decide whether or not a one percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax would be extended for the Dodge County School System.
The referendum passed by a vote of 971 to 331.

BREAKING NEWS!!! CHESTER

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

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In the Chester mayor's race, incumbent mayor Charles E. Parker beat challenger Louie G. Mullis 101 to 26.
In the city council races, Susan Coley won her race against Andrew C. Goins 87 to 39 for Post 1.
Elaine Bailey won her race against Billy G. Allen, Jr. 79 to 45 for Post 2.
Glynn Stanley Pittman, Jr. (Post 3) and Vanessa L. Henley (Post 4) ran unopossed.

BREAKING NEWS!!! RHINE

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Tuesday, November 8. 2011

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In the Rhine mayor and city council races, the incumbent mayor has been returned to office, but a whole new council will take over in January.
Mayor Carter Clements beat challenger Sharleen Williams 114 to 68.
In the city council race, the top four vote getters won. They are Eddie A. Cravey with 119, D. Allen Parrish with 102, Joann D. Hamilton with 95 and Jacqueline Clements with 92.
Other candidates were Roy Williams with 86 and Kaye Spires with 83.

BREAKING NEWS!!!

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Tuesday, October 18. 2011

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Karen Cheek has won the Dodge County Commission District 4 runoff special election defeating Sandra Dupree with a vote count of 267 to 222. Cheek will fill the vacancy of former commissioner, the late Archie Dupree. Dupree's term will end December 31, 2012.

BREAKING NEWS!

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Tuesday, September 20. 2011

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There will be a runoff election between Sandra Dupree and Karen Cheek for the District 4 Special Dodge County Commissioner's Election to decide who will fill the remaining term of the late Archie Dupree.
With the votes tallied from Lee, Chauncey and Mitchell precincts, Sandra Dupree lead the way with 194 votes. Karen Cheek came in second with 130 votes.
Tommy Barrentine came in third with 76 votes and Michael Ashley came in fourth with 33 votes.
The runoff election will be held on Tuesday, October 18.
Dupree's term will end on December 31, 2012.

BREAKING NEWS

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Thursday, September 8. 2011

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Prison escapee Phil Mincey was captured in Bleckley County on Wednesday evening, September 7. No other details are available at this time. More details should be in next week's edition.

Qualifying begins for election

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Thursday, August 11. 2011

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Qualifying began Monday, August 8 at 9:00 a.m. for the special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Dodge County District 4 Commissioner Archie Dupree.
As of presstime on Tuesday afternoon, two people, Tommy Barrentine, a retired businessman, and Karen Cheek, a pharmacist, had qualified for the post. Qualifying ends on Wednesday, August 10 at 5:00 p.m. [Full Story »]

Bank robbers sentenced to lengthy prison terms

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Saturday, July 30. 2011

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Noel Arnold (age 35), Jimmy Lee McBride (age 25), and Brittany Riner (age 25), all from Blackshear, were sentenced to lengthy prison terms July 20 in federal district court in Dublin for the armed bank robbery of the Citizens Bank & Trust (CB&T) that occurred in Chauncey on September 2, 2010. That CB&T branch is now closed due to security concerns following the robbery. [Full Story »]