The Dodge County News

An Eastman man was injured when the pickup truck he was driving was hit by a train.

According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Seaborn Jackson Attaway, age 20, of Eastman, was driving his 2019 GMC Sierra pickup west on South Railroad Avenue in Chauncey. He turned onto Durham Street and failed to yield for an oncoming train traveling west on the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

Attaway was transported to Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin by Dodge County Emergency Medical Services.

The accident happened at approximately 12:09 p.m. on Thursday, November 28.

The Eastman Police Department announces the following arrests for the period of November 25 through December 3.

Eric Wright, age 41, of Chauncey, was arrested for two counts of shoplifting of less than $500.00 and driving while license suspended or revoked.

Willie Fisher, age 56, of Eastman, was arrested for burglary (forced entry-residence), entering an auto with intent to commit theft and obstructing law enforcement officer.

Briar White, age 24, of Eastman, was arrested for forgery in the first degree (check).

Reco Flowers, age 28, of Eastman, was arrested for theft by taking auto.

Ronnie Agnew, age 38, of Eastman was arrested for open container violation, DUI – drugs less safe (second offense) and failure to maintain lane.

Janet Mann, age 27, of Eastman, was arrested for six counts of theft by taking.

Gregory Blount, age 50, of Cadwell, was arrested for shoplifting more than $500.00.

Nickaus Hudson, age 38, of Dublin, was arrested for shoplifting more than $500.00.

Keldrick Sneed, age 19, of Lizella, was arrested for license – driving while unlicensed or expired/new resident.
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By Chad W. Smith
The Dodge County High School (DCHS) basketball teams opened the 2019-20 season with three games during the Thanksgiving Holiday period. Both the Squaws and Indians have started the new season on a rough note as they both lost their three opening games over the past week. The Squaws and Indians both have youthful and inexperienced teams with lots of underclassmen seeing playing time. They are exciting to watch and see the young talent but have yet to put a win on the board. Improvement is sure to come as the season progresses.
The Squaws are coached by returning head coach CaSandra Hamilton and assistants, Pamela Powers and Nisha Brundige. Coach Hamilton has taken on a new role this year as she is also coaching the Indians with assistants, David Orange and Powers. 
The Squaws lost to AAAAA Wayne County, 27-56, on the road on Saturday, November 23 and then lost two home games on Friday, November 29 to Dooly County, 58-66 and then to Southwest Macon on Saturday, November 30 by a score of 36-68.
Scoring for the Squaws against Wayne was: Kaonta Goolsy, 11 points; Altierra Gooch, five points; Cheyenne Hunt, four points, Sanaa Searles, four points, Kylie Hart, three points.
Scoring for the Squaws against Dooly County was: Kylie Hart, 17 points including three three-pointers; Altierra Gooch, 11 points; Cheyenne Hunt, nine points; Jazmyne Mizell, seven points including two three-pointers; Kaonta Goolsby, six points; Ambria Simmons, four points; Ileasha Mitchell, two points; Sanaa Searles, two points.
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Wayne Anthony Allen, age 50, of Rhine was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (D.U.I.) and failure to exercise due care.

Aubrey Paul Evans, age 33, of Hawkinsville was arrested for probation violation.

William Al-Majeed McClain, age 27, of Jacksonville, Florida was arrested for battery- family violence (1st offense) misdemeanor, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Juan Pablo Ramirez Ramirez, age 28, of Rhine was arrested for driving without a valid licenses and seat belt violation.

Jena Wade Upshaw, age 30, of Warner Robins was arrested for no insurance and driving while licenses were suspended or revoked (misdemeanor).

Paul Clinton Youngblood, age 35, of Eastman was arrested for forgery in the 1st degree, receipt, possession or transfer of firearm by convicted felon or felony, first offender and possession of methamphetamine.

Jesus Cruz, age 51, of Eastman was arrested for battery (family violence) and cruelty to children in the third degree.

Jimmy Paul, age 52, of Eastman was arrested for driving while licenses were suspended or revoked and possession of
methamphetamine with the intent to sale, deliver or distribute.

Tammy Claxton, age 39, of Eastman was arrested for driving while licenses were suspended or revoked and improper exhaust system.

Elisha Williams, age 17, of Eastman was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Santiago Santos, age 42, of Eastman was arrested for pedestrian under the influence (P.U.I.)

Bilal Abu Rub, age 44, of Eastman was arrested for driving without licenses and driving too fast for conditions.

Nikitas3.com (fine site!) was heads-up on the impending 2016 Trump victory way back on January 15, 2011 , maybe the first mention nationally on the Trump possible election.
Mayor Bill DeBlasio tried to put a positive spin on it: The “worst mayor ever” who was polling at zippo (0.00%) said he had “nowhere to go but up.” He went out instead.
“A new poll released last week shows President Trump is more popular in ultra-liberal New York than Big Apple Mayor Bill DeBlasio; topping the far-left leader by more than 5% throughout the state.”
Hannity.com  6-17-19
Donald Trump vs. his Demoleft detractors: He said, “We’ve done nothing wrong and they’ve done nothing.”
Surveys show “rich” millennials including those under age 35 with annual incomes of $100,000 or higher are fleeing New York “the top state that rich millennials are fleeing.” 
“Wealthy young Americans are also fleeing Illinois, Virginia and Massachusetts.”
Liberals hate The Big Five: Tax cuts, term limits, border control, oil drilling, Donald Trump (or fill in Republican name here).
Demoleft Congressman Adam Schiff (Cal.) says America will not survive another four years of Donald Trump. Let’s prove him wrong. TRUMP 2020! 
Bug-eyed Bolshevik Adam Schiff they call him.
Harvard, Yale and UCLA are three schools having two graduation exercises to accommodate black students’ demands. I remember Dennis Prager saying a while back that what if you were half and half – can you attend both ceremonies?
Update on our quick in-and-out foreign adventurism: We still have 13,000 U.S. personnel stationed in Afghanistan. 
Never take advice from Never Trumpers (losers) unless you never want to win again.
“Notice something important about the hoopla regarding President Trump’s withholding of U.S. foreign aid to Ukraine while he was requesting Ukranian officials to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden for possible corruption: Nobody in Washington, D.C., or within the establishment press is questioning the concept of foreign aid itself.”
Jacob G. Hornberger on FFF.org 12-1-19
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Calvert L. Edwards, age 85, died Saturday, September 14, 2019, at his residence.
Mathis Funeral Home of Cochran was in charge of the arrangements.