Sonny Dixon

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Sonny Dixon (1952-) is the anchor of THE News at 5 & 6 and "Mid-Morning LIVE with Sonny & Jody" on WTOC-TV, the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia. [1] in Savannah, Georgia. He succeeded Doug Weathers, following Weathers' retirement in 2001.

[edit] State Representative

Dixon served as a State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from 1989 to 1997. He represented West Chatham County. While in the House he served on the Appropriations, Rules, Transportation, Reapportionment, Industry, and Interstate Cooperation Committees. He chaired the State Highways Subcommittee on Transportation. [2]

In 2002 the Georgia Legislature voted to rename the intersection of State Route 21 and Jimmy DeLoach Parkway in his honor. The area is now known as the Sonny Dixon Interchange. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ WTOC-TV
  2. ^ Session of 1995-1996 - Representative Sonny Dixon (D-150), Georgia General Assembly, December 23, 1996
  3. ^ House Resolution 1283 - Sonny Dixon Interchange, Georgia General Assembly, April 10, 2002
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