Macon News

Mercer University, which has been seeking a grant up to $30 million to boost educational success in two Macon neighborhoods, learned Thursday that the federal government won’t offer any of the grants this year.

Five candidates to become the first mayor of the new Macon-Bibb County consolidated government are scheduled to face-off tonight.

Use this list to help you navigate the arts and culture in our area, with a heavy dose of Memorial Day events available to the public this holiday weekend.

Applicants wait to enter a job fair on June 11, 2012 in New York City. Some 400 people arrived early for the event held by National Career Fairs, and up to 1,000 people were expected by the end of the day.

On a Sunday in August of 1918, Bibb County Deputy Franklin Leland Williams, along with his brother who was also a deputy, was sent to a call about a possible gambling ring in downtown Macon.

A probation modification for a Macon man resulted in the loss of his first offender status, which means the felony for which he was originally charged will be a part of his permanent record.

Metro Macon’s unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 8.5 percent in March, the state Department of Labor said Thursday.

Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said Jakarie Reid suffered "a lot of trauma" and died at 1:40 a.m. in the hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

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The failure of Macon to demolish anything close to the oft-cited goal of 100 abandoned houses per year dominated city budget talks Wednesday, as council members went over the Economic & Community Development Department budget.

Smith was offered the position on April 29 but it took several weeks for the contract details to get hammerd out.

Appling Middle School Principal Steve Jones is mourning the deaths of his parents and younger brother in a triple homicide near Augusta, according to a Bibb County school system email.

They are followed by fears of heights, terrorists, the IRS and drivers whose text messages can’t wait until the next stop sign.

Talton started the business at the Macon Indoor Flea Market on Eisenhower Parkway and quickly saw the need to expand to a storefront location.

The center at 3500 Riverside Drive has 70 beds to serve behavioral and psychiatric needs of children and adolescents with a number of inpatient, residential and partial hospitalization programs, according to a news release.

Fifty-eight asphalt streets in Macon will be patched or resurfaced at a cost of nearly $1.5 million, the City Council’s Appropriations Committee decided Monday.

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A 10-month-old child taken from the apartment of the child’s mother without permission early Saturday has been located, police say.