Macon News

In the midst of the civil rights movement, two Macon police officers fired shots at A.C. Hall, a 17-year-old black youth, killing him.

The Macon City Council's Appropriations Committee signed off on more than $900,000 worth of purchases Monday, and the full council is expected to give final approval during tonight's meeting at City Hall.

A luncheon meeting Friday that's open to the public will feature an Atlanta author and radio host.

A grand jury has indicted two Macon men on charges that they locked a runaway 14-year-old Bibb County girl in a house and forced her to have sex with up to 15 people.

A Macon man faces charges of embezzling more than $33,000 from a Macon youth swim club.

Bibb County commissioners are clear on one thing: They want a sales tax that would collect $183 million over six years.

Two Macon men are charged with selling a runaway girl's sexual services to 10 men, then selling her to another man for $500. A Bibb County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Shuntain Griffin and Marcus Henley on charges of trafficking a person for labor or sexual servitude, according to prosecutor Nancy Scott Malcor.

An early morning house fire in Macon leaves two children dead and one in critical condition.

State records show that a teenager killed by Macon police on Saturday was paroled from Georgia's prison system in September.

Two children died and another is seriously burned after an early morning house fire today off Napier Avenue.

Macon police officers shot and killed a eenager Saturday after he tried to run over the officers with a stolen sport utility vehicle.

A Macon man died early Sunday morning after someone shot him while he was sitting in his car.

The Macon Police Department is investigating a Saturday evening shooting death. Police responded to the scene on Cedar Avenue near Montpelier Avenue.

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert on Thursday signed an executive order cutting 67 city jobs, including 31 layoffs.

Two Macon men were sentenced to federal prison Friday in last December's robbery of a post office.

Janice Marshall announced this afternoon she will retire from her job as president and CEO of the Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

As Army Maj. Jason Wohl stepped through the gymnasium door in his fatigues, his 7-year-old daughter, Stella, rushed over and wrapped her arms around his leg.

A man accused of shoplifting at the Wal-Mart on Harrison Road and attempting to stab an employee was indicted Tuesday by a Bibb County grand jury.

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert plans to lay off 31 city employees and cut 36 more vacant positions as part of a citywide "right-sizing" effort his administration has been studying.

A Waynesboro woman was killed Monday night while walking along Gray Highway in Jones County.