Macon News

Last month, officials auctioned off six Macon homes because of long-overdue trash bills.

The Bibb County Commission has agreed on an $83.6 million plan to build a new courthouse in downtown Macon, close to the current courthouse.

A Houston County judge sentenced two men to life in prison this afternoon for an armed robbery and sexual assault in Houston County in 2007.

An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto.

A white teddy bear in a flower basket hangs from a tree along a path where Crystal Morgan's body was found three months ago.

U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Ga., is planning a town hall meeting Saturday in Macon, unless the U.S. House of Representatives stays in session Saturday for a long-awaited vote on health-care reform.

Business comes at a steady beat for the Bibb Music Center in Downtown Macon. "We have traffic here everyday from the courthouse at lunch or either during a break or whatever," said store manager, Larry Letson.

Macon police say an armed man robbed the Family Dollar store at 3407 Napier Ave.

A Bibb County grand jury on Tuesday charged a Macon man with killing a waitress last year and burning her body.

President Barack Obama says small businesses that participate in a proposed government health care plan could save a quarter on their premiums by 2016.

Jim Romar represents Teamsters Law Enforcement League and says they are one of the largest unions in the country.

Halloween isn't just a holiday for candy and costumes, it's also a day for the dogs.

A Macon man is charged with strangling his girlfriend Friday morning, the city's second alleged domestic killing in a week.

Maitland Hudson said it's easy to socialize at the Tyler's Place Macon Dog Park.

Macon City Council President Miriam Paris pleaded guilty in court this morning to failing to restrain a dog.

Three women are facing charges after police raid several Macon massage parlors. Macon Police Department Public Information Officer Sergeant Zachary Self tells FOX 24 News, 60-year old Huong Curry of Macon, was arrested at Country Hills Spa on Pio Nono Avenue and is charged with prostitution.

During one of the toughest economic downturns, several new small businesses have opened in downtown Macon during the past year or so, helping bring jobs and people to the city's center.

A police officer fired a shot at a pit bull in the 500 block of Woolfolk Street Monday, according to Macon police.

Longtime Macon defense attorney Althea Buafo died of cancer Tuesday. Bibb County coroner Leon Jones said Buafo, 48, died at home surrounded by her family, friends, and law partner.

Macon Police say three men robbed the Mrs. Winner's restaurant on Pio Nono Avenue.