High school basketball scores as reported to 13WMAZ on January 29: Dublin 75, Wilkinson Co. 38 (Girls) Wilkinson Co. 79, Dublin 72 (Boys) West Laurens 49, Rutland 34 (Girls) Rutland 77, West Laurens 51 (Boys) Tattnall 46, Stratford 28 (Girls) Stratford 47, Tattnall 38 (Boys) Dodge Co. 61, Jefferson Co. 36 (Girls) Dodge Co. 51, Jefferson Co. 45 (Boys) Mt. de Sales 52, Westfield 48 (Girls)...
High school basketball scores as reported to 13WMAZ: Windsor 83, Citizen Christian 77 (Boys) Bleckley Co. 85, Macon County 56 (Girls) Bleckley Co. 55, Macon Co. 53 OT (Boys) Dublin 91, East Laurens 42 (Girls) Dublin 56, East Laurens 51 (Boys) West Laurens 77, Wheeler Co. 40 (Boys) Baldwin Co. 61, Jones Co. 45 (Girls) Jones Co. 57, Baldwin Co. 55 OT (Boys) Mary Persons 62, Jackson 37 (Girls)...
Mercer University President William Underwood is the only Macon resident represented on Georgia's Power List this year. In the profile, Underwood is creditied with helping increase Mercer's enrollment by more than 20 percent and the implementation of the Center for Collaborative Journalism. The annual list in the most recent edition of Georgia Trend Magazine...
Dublin and Laurens County investigators are looking into whether two gang-related homicides in three days are connected. Dublin Police Chief Wayne Cain told 13WMAZ the first was a Saturday night home-invasion-style robbery and shooting. In the second, he said, a man was found shot to death outside Dudley Tuesday night. The chief identified the first victim as 21-year old Dwight...
Evening activities scheduled at Cochran, Dublin and Eastman campuses will proceed as scheduled.Classes are canceled at Macon and Warner Robins campuses of Middle Georgia State College. The campuses will close at 5:30 p.m.Faculty, staff and students should leave, or not come to, the campuses after 5:30 p.m., according to a news release.
The Student Government Association of Middle Georgia State College’s Dublin Campus is seeking participants from the public for the 17th annual Battle of the Bands competition. Bands will compete beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Market on Madison in Dublin. This event will be part of Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival celebration.All genres of music are welcome: rock, country...
Call the Department of Labor Career Center at (478) 751-6164 and give them the job number of the position that interests you. You can see more jobs available in Central Georgia on 13WMAZ's Job Market Thursday page.Job Title: Installer Location: Dublin, GA Pay: Depends On Experience Education: 12 Years Job Number: GA8073209 Must have six months verifiable...
See which restaurants in your area were inspected and how they rated on their last health inspection with the Georgia Department of Health since January 25.87-Cloverleaf Restaurant81-Huddle House, 1110 Hillcrest Parkway(Note: An address is included to distinguish between additional locations in other areas.)
Three people are accused in connection with the shooting death of an East Dublin man Tuesday night. Capt. Stan Wright of the Laurens County Sheriff's Department says the three were arrested overnight and are now in the county jail. 'He said they expected to face murder charges in the death of Darrin Taylor. They are: Justin Jones, age 17; Damien Payne, aka Damien Williams,...
It was another busy week at the Capitol as I spent the majority of my time meeting with constituents and celebrating and commending the hard work they do throughout the year.It’s always exciting to work with members of the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) which is the only state organization that represents municipal governments in Georgia. On Sunday, I spoke on a legislative panel...
A worker at the Dollar General Store in Wrightsville was arrested Thursday and charged with spanking a customer's child with a belt. Wrightsville Police Chief Paul Sterling said he had never encountered a case like this before. Sterling says he and an investigator went to the Dollar General Store after receiving a call from the child's father that his son had been spanked by a store worker with a...
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Wrightsville Police Chief Paul Sterling said he plans to upgrade charges from simple battery to aggravated assault in the case of a Dollar General store clerk accused of spanking a customer's child with a belt. Sterling said they decided to make this change because of additional video shot at a different angle that shows the clerk, Emilia Bell, spanking the 8-year-old boy with a...
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Wrightsville's police chief says a Dollar General clerk accused of spanking a customer's son now faces a new charge: cruelty to children. Emilia Bell was arrested last Thursday and originally charged only with simple battery. That was upgraded over the weekend to aggravated assault after authorities viewed the alleged spanking from a different camera angle. RELATED | Family of Child Spanked...
DUBLIN, GA - Four students from Dublin High School are making the most of their time in high school with Oconee Fall Line Technical College’s (OFTC) dual enrollment program – earning both high school and college credit at the same time.Shikira Willis is working on a Nurse Aid Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC), preparing Shikira with classroom training and practice as well as the clinical...
The 2013-2014 Kindergarten Registration for Dublin City Schools will be held at Moore Street from February 25 - March 1. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pre-K Registration will be held at Moore Street Mar 12 - 14. 9am - 4pm.Call 478.277.4500 for more information.
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Georgia State Patrol dispatch in Dublin reports there is a multi-car pile-up on I-16 in Laurens County. According to Georgia Navigator, 20 vehicles are involved. All lanes are blocked between mile posts 34 to 37. Traffic is being rerouted in both directions away from Highway 112 to Highway 26. Officials urge motorists to avoid the area. Updates on this story as they become available.