Eastman News

Celebrate Arbor Day Friday, February 17th with a complimentary dogwood tree. Established in 1872, Arbor Day encourages tree planting and proper care.

Johnny Mathis refused to be defined by the barbaric, segregation laws that ruled his hometown of Eastman, Ga., where he grew up in and around the 1950s.

Captain Tony Winborn with the Dodge County Sheriff's Office says the two inmates who escaped from a work detail in Eastman were found in Florida Monday night.

The 3rd Annual CASA Daddy-Daughter Dance was held, Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Terry L. Coleman Conference Center in Eastman.

Captain Tony Winborn with the Dodge County Sheriff's Office says he doesn't believe the two inmates who escaped from a work detail in Eastman are still in the Dodge County area.

Two inmates, Michael Chapman and Jimmy Gray, from the Bleckley County Probation Detention Center escaped from a work site today.

The Eastman fire department says around 1 a.m. they got a call about a fire at Sugarberry's Steak and Seafood and Flightline Cafe on Main Street in Eastman, Ga.

Just five years after the establishment of Dodge County in 1870, the first school in the town of Chauncey was organized.

Rising out of Nashville's thriving independent music scene, the Farewell Drifters are an alt-folk band known for their 60's era-inspired harmonies and adventurous musical energy.

A drug suspect from Eastman was arrested Monday morning, more than two days after running out of the Dodge County jail.

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-day interview with Macon State College President Jeff Allbritten.