Centerville News

Seven middle Georgia suspects are behind bars following a Warner Robins drug sweep.

U.S. District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal denied bail Nov. 25 for Hussein Ali Asfour, a man accused of taking part in a plot to purchase and export missiles and military rifles to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon and Syria.

The city of Centerville will contribute more than $7,000 toward funding an environmental assessment necessary to start the Georgia-Robins Aerospace Maintenance Partnership, the City Council decided Tuesday night.

Houston County Magistrate Court fines may increase Jan. 1. The fines for misdemeanor ordinance violations and bad check cases are being looked at as a way to increase revenue for the county in tough economic times while also bringing the fines in line with what neighboring cities charge, said Houston County Commissioner Gail Robinson.

Banks: CB&T Bank of Middle Georgia and State Bank & Trust will close at 2 p.m. today.

A mother and her live-in-boyfriend are charged with aggravated assault after multiple bruises were found from head to toe on her 3-month-old boy, police said.

A Centerville man has been charged with felony murder in the shaking death of his 6-week-old daughter, police said.

The FBI says a Centerville man is charged with buying and shipping about 7,000 stolen cell phones in connection with an international ring trafficking weapons and stolen goods.

Federal investigators in Philadelphia have arrested a man with residences in Lebanon and Slovakia who they say wanted to obtain weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, to ship to Syria.

A Byron man and woman are accused of snatching a 63-year-old woman's wallet earlier this week outside a Centerville gas station.

Warner Robins city leaders met Tuesday night to discuss the future of Commercial Circle, an area off Watson Boulevard and Davis Drive that they plan to revitalize.

A suspected shoplifter remained hospitalized Saturday, a day after he was shot by a law enforcement officer in Centerville.

A shoplifting suspect shot a Houston County sheriff's deputy in the finger Friday afternoon and was later shot himself, Sheriff Cullen Talton says.

It's election day across Middle Georgia. In Warner Robins, ballots will be cast to elect a new mayor and three new city council members.

A 90-day effort to curb drunken drivers, speeders and motorists not wearing seat belts began Friday in Houston County.

Central Georgia voters today will elect mayors, city council members, a state representative and decide on sales-tax questions.

Officials already are approving expansions to the city's new animal shelter - a week before its official grand opening - after housing requirements stated in an agreement between the city and other officials were not met.

While hundreds talked issues and sought out information from political candidates at the second annual Middle Georgia HobNob at the Galleria Conference Center and Banquet Hall, it was who wasn't there that made the biggest impact.

Hundreds are expected to rub elbows with candidates for various state offices at tonight's Middle Georgia Regional HobNob, the first major event at the Galleria Conference Center and Banquet Hall at the Galleria Mall.

For the first time in nearly 16 years, Warner Robins will have a new leader. In Tuesday's election, City Councilman Clifford Holmes Jr., along with political newcomers Chuck Shaheen and Chuck Chalk, now aim to build on the successes of Mayor Donald Walker, who died Sept.