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Zaxby’s night set

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Friday, August 27. 2010

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Football season is here and the Magnolia Midlands (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) FCA will host a tailgate party at Zaxby’s on Friday, August 27, 2010.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with music, games and prizes.

At 7:00 p.m. fans will enter Memorial Stadium to cheer for the Indians as they take on the Appling County Pirates.

A percentage of the profits from Zaxby’s will go to benefit the ministry of FCA.

This past summer FCA was able to send 22 football players, four coaches and members of the high school leadership team to camps for training and to encourage their spiritual walk. [Full Story »]

Statewide crackdown to target drunk drivers

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Friday, August 27. 2010

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Operation Zero Tolerance is underway now. Every Labor Day Georgia mobilizes thousands of traffic enforcement officers to conduct high visibility sobriety roadchecks and DUI patrols to save lives on roads where you live and drive as part of a national impaired driving crackdown campaign called Over the Limit, Under Arrest.

In 2008, nearly 12,000 people died nationwide in highway crashes involving drivers with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher.

Across the country drunk driving persists as one of America’s deadliest crimes.

The National Crash Clock provides some significant highway safety data to add perspective to our personal safe driving survival guides: [Full Story »]

Football sign ups are being held

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Thursday, August 26. 2010

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The Eastman-Dodge Recreation Department will be holding football registration now through September 4, 2010.

This is for ages six years old to 12 years old.

Registration fee is $35.00.

The season is scheduled to begin on October 2, 2010.

For more information call 478-374-4696.

Man shot, killed during argument

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Thursday, August 26. 2010

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Dodge County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting Sunday afternoon, August 22 around 3:15 p.m. at a residence on the Chester Highway just outside Eastman.

Deputies arrived to find Billy Ray Fountain (age 40) deceased with several gunshot wounds.

A manhunt ensued for the alleged offender who fled on foot from the residence.

Preliminary reports indicate that three (3) men began arguing at the residence when Dean Crenshaw allegedly pulled out a pistol and began firing.

Crenshaw allegedly shot Ray Fountain several times and turned the pistol on Chris Fountain, who fled out the door. Chris Fountain fled to the safety of the Dodge County jail and reported the shooting to sheriff’s officials. [Full Story »]

Agencies collaborate to make drug arrests

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Wednesday, August 25. 2010

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Residents of James Avenue in Eastman were awakened Thursday morning, August 19, by the sound of concussion grenades exploding at a mobile home being operated by an alleged drug trafficking organization.

The Georgia State Patrol SWAT Team was executing a search warrant at the residence, one of approximately six that were being executed simultaneously across the county by federal, state, and local law enforcement in connection to an exhaustive investigation targeting one of the primary sources of the drug problem in Eastman/ Dodge County.

According to Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Agent Jamie Jones, commander of the Oconee Drug Task Force, the mobile home on James Avenue was known allegedly as “Wal-Mart” to the many drug addicts the organization targeted.

Customers could go to the location and obtain their drug of choice on a 24-hour basis.

Law enforcement authorities were also aware of the unauthorized “Wal-Mart” dispensary and joined forces to shut it down.

The investigation was initiated approximately one year ago and involved the Oconee Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, and the Eastman Police Department.
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