Sonny Dixon is the anchor of THE News at 5 & 6 and "Mid-Morning LIVE with Sonny & Jody" on WTOC-TV

WTOC-TV

WTOC-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southeastern Georgia's Coastal Empire and Southern South Carolina's Lowcountry. Licensed to Savannah, Georgia, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 11 from a transmitter along Fort Argyle Road/SR 204 in unincorporated...

, the CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...

, USA. He succeeded Doug Weathers

Doug Weathers

William Douglas Weathers is a television journalist in Savannah, Georgia and the former WTOC-TV anchorman and News Director...

, following Weathers' retirement in 2001.

State representative

Dixon served as a Democratic State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from 1989 to 1997. He represented West Chatham County

Chatham County, Georgia

Chatham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. In the official US Census of 2010, Chatham County had a total population of 265,128 . Chatham is the most populous Georgia county outside the Atlanta metropolitan area...

. 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.

In 2002 the Georgia Legislature voted to rename the intersection

Intersection (road)

An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...

 of State Route 21 and Jimmy DeLoach Parkway

Jimmy DeLoach Parkway

Located a few miles west of Savannah, the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway is a road that links highways 80 and 21 and has an access to I-95. It was named after a politician from the Savannah area of Georgia. -Biography of Jimmy DeLoach:...

 in his honor. The area is now known as the Sonny Dixon Interchange

Sonny Dixon Interchange

The Sonny Dixon Interchange is the junction of the Tom Triplett and the Jimmy DeLoach parkways. It is located in Port Wentworth on the west side of the Greater Savannah Area in the state of Georgia....

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