The Dodge County News

Before Barack Obama became president, he reveled in the irresponsibility of his powerlessness. He could denounce Bush administration counterterrorism initiatives from a glorious position of civil-libertarian purity and posit the need to strike a perfect balance “between privacy and security.” [Full Story »] 

No one, students or faculty, seems to remember Barack Obama at Columbia University. You would figure someone would recall seeing him there. I have the answer. He was America’s first distance learning student, as innovative as his media hype has claimed, using long distance learning and the Internet before either had been invented. Another Obama first - he studied online - what a guy! [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,

As incompetence, deception, duplicity and dishonesty become the hallmarks of the Obama administration and scandals that pop up literally every day now, it is important not to lose sight of the biggest tragedy that has ever enveloped our nation, the cover up in the murders of our ambassador and three other brave Americans directly linked to a terrorist attack and not by some stupid You Tube video as attributed by the commander in chief, the secretary of state and others in the presidents cabinet just for the sake of winning an election. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,

My family and I needed some “on-the-spot” assistance on May 21, 2013 and quickly learned that Mike Grenade and the Christian Life Center in Eastman (thanks Bonnie and Joy) are the “go to folks” in your community. I applaud their quick response and willingness to help out-of-town visitors. Your small town is represented in a big way by this wonderful group of people. [Full Story »] 

An Eastman man has been arrested and charged with two murders in Dodge County. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Nathaniel Lewis Cummings (age 38), of Eastman, was arrested on Monday, June 17, at approximately 12:30 p.m. at a Church’s Fried Chicken restaurant at 1808 Candler Road in Decatur. Cummings was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. [Full Story »] 

The Eastman Police Department made the following arrests for the week of June 9, 2013 through June 17, 2013. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,

We still have grave concerns about the outlawed confederate flag that still flies on the courthouse square, public property. This matter has been discussed with the Dodge County Board of Commissioners on numerous occasions, but to no avail. The concern we have is that this flag is not our state flag and should therefore not be permitted to fly on public land, land that all tax payers’ help to fund. We don’t have problem with this flag flying on confederate holidays, celebrated in April, but to allow this flag to fly 365 days is an insult; this flag was outlawed by Georgia voters in March of 2004. [Full Story »] 

Two men, Nathaniel Lewis Cummings (age 38), of Eastman and Jeffery Madison (age 20), of Eastman have be named as the persons responsible for the murders of Greg Giddens and Jimmy Gay, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Todd Lowery. [Full Story »] 

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The body of an unidentified black man was found on Cook Road in north Dodge County on Monday, June 10, 2013, between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.

Bleckley County Sheriff Harold Lancaster stated that the unidentified body found in Dodge County may have been the victim of a murder that possibly occurred in Bleckley County. Lancaster stated that a suspect is in custody and another suspect is being sought. [Full Story »]