Dodge County News

Former Telfair County Sheriff Jim Williamson was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison Thursday stemming from allegations that he embezzled fine money, accepted a bribe and purchased personal items with county funds.

Heart of Georgia Metal Crafters, which makes precision sheet metal and machined parts for aircraft manufacturers, plans to expand its Dodge County facility, investing $550,000, company officials said Tuesday.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA, TELFAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA, SOUTHERN WHEELER COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA UNTIL 530 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA, NORTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN EAST ...

State wildlife officers charged seven people with more than 100 poaching violations in Dodge and Laurens counties.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has made an arrest in an arson- homicide that claimed the life of an Eastman man.

Authorities in Dodge County arrested an Eastman man Wednesday in the killing of a man found dead in a house fire late last month.

Tuesday, 13WMAZ surprised three Central Georgia students at the schools with big news.

The Dodge County sheriff's office is ruling a fire from this weekend as a homicide.

A group of concerned citizens in Dodge County filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday in Dodge County Superior Court against the Dodge County school board for violating open meeting laws.

A Cochran man has been charged with causing severe head injuries to his girlfriend's 3-year-old, according to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman.

The storms that blew through Central Georgia Monday have left behind a trail of moderate damage.

A Georgia house committee put the brakes on a bill that would require you to wear a seat belt if you're riding in a pickup truck.

Some Dodge County residents want to recall four of the seven school board members.

F.J. "Josh" Fenn believes the best is yet to come for Bryan County. "I think Bryan County just has tremendous potential," said Fenn, newly named executive director of the Bryan County Industrial Development ...

So far the wintry weather has shut down some Central Georgia schools and delayed some college campuses.

The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for Bleckley County and Dodge County until 4:30 a.m. National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a Severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado ...

The Bryan County Industrial Authority on Thursday voted to offer F. J. a oeJosha Fenn the job of executive director.

The Eastman Police Department has a new leader, a 32-year department veteran who was sworn in as the city's first female chief Monday.

A Dodge County man is expected to be charged with malice murder today in the bludgeoning death of his wife.

Two Dodge County jail inmates escaped early Sunday through an air conditioning duct, but their freedom was short-lived, authorities said.