Central Georgia News

Registered sex offenders: 50 living in Jasper County as of week ending May 20

By Central Georgia News | May 31, 2023

Jasper County is home to 50 sex offenders registered as of the week ending May 20, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

May: 289 registered sex offenders living in Baldwin County

By Central Georgia News | May 31, 2023

There were four more registered sex offenders living in Baldwin County in May compared to the previous month, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

Registered sex offenders: 55 living in Johnson County as of week ending May 20

By Central Georgia News | May 31, 2023

55 of Georgia’s sex offenders live in Johnson County as of the week ending May 20, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

Registered sex offenders: 55 living in Greene County as of week ending May 20

By Central Georgia News | May 30, 2023

There were 55 registered sex offenders living in Greene County as of the week ending May 20, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

Registered sex offenders: 51 living in Hancock County as of week ending May 20

By Central Georgia News | May 30, 2023

The Georgia Sex Offender Registry shows 51 registered sex offenders were living in Hancock County as of the week ending May 20.

Collins’ TRANQ Research Act Unanimously Passes the House of Representatives

By Central Georgia News Report | May 30, 2023

On May 11, Representative Mike Collins’ (R-Ga.) bill, H.R. 1734, the Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, unanimously passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to the Senate. Rep. Collins authored and introduced this legislation in March and was joined by Representative Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.), Science Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who signed on as original co-sponsors. Collins issued this statement following the bill’s passage:

May 20: 97 registered sex offenders living in Emanuel County

By Central Georgia News | May 29, 2023

97 of Georgia’s sex offenders live in Emanuel County as of the week ending May 20, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

May 20: 106 registered sex offenders living in Dodge County

By Central Georgia News | May 29, 2023

Dodge County is home to 106 sex offenders registered as of the week ending May 20, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

June: 10 inmates sentenced in Hancock County could be released from Georgia Department of Corrections

By Central Georgia News | May 28, 2023

The sentences for 10 inmates in Hancock County jails could end during June, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

May 20: 45 registered sex offenders living in Bleckley County

By Central Georgia News | May 28, 2023

The Georgia Sex Offender Registry shows 45 registered sex offenders were living in Bleckley County as of the week ending May 20.

May 20: 289 registered sex offenders living in Baldwin County

By Central Georgia News | May 28, 2023

There were 289 registered sex offenders living in Baldwin County as of the week ending May 20, according to the Georgia Sex Offender Registry.

Collins Votes to Protect Truckers from Biden’s EPA and the Climate Lobby

By Central Georgia News Report | May 28, 2023

On May 23, 2023, the House of Representatives passed S.J. Res. 11, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to disapprove the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) onerous emissions rule on heavy-duty trucks. Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga.), who built and ran a family-owned trucking company for more than 30 years, voted in favor of the resolution and issued this statement after passage: