Macon News

Not all good ideas come from within. That's the stance officials in Mayor Robert Reichert's administration are taking in their management of Macon.

Lieutenant Colonel Promotable Jay Macklin has served his county all over Europe and Asia but his roots and his home base remain in Macon.

A 47-year-old Macon man and his family went to a waterfall near Highland Falls, N.C., on Sunday never expecting to see one life saved and another lost during what was supposed to be a beautiful day along the Cullasaja River.

U.S. census estimates released Wednesday indicate that Macon's population slowly continues to shrink while Warner Robins' pool of people grew slightly higher.

A Macon police officer apprehended a 15-year-old male pushing a stolen motorcycle along Pierce Avenue just after midnight Wednesday.

Starting today, a new face will occupy the president's office at Central Georgia Technical College.

A Macon woman says she was attacked while making funeral arrangements for her father Monday afternoon.

Macon's three-month pilot of a full curbside recycling program has ended, but the service will continue to be offered to the two participating neighborhoods for now, officials say.

A Macon man suffered four gunshot wounds Friday night. A Macon police report says two officers were on patrol in the West Napier neighborhood, just before 9 p.m. Friday night, when they heard several gunshots.

The morning after surgery, Oliver Ware sat next to the bed in his room at Coliseum Medical Centers, wearing a patient's gown and drainage bag on his hip.

A Macon police report says two men robbed a woman walking towards her car after leaving Michaels crafts store Wednesday afternoon.

A 47-year-old woman is in critical condition after sustaining third-degree burns on 60 percent of her body in a "possible domestic violence" incident, according to the Macon police.

A gunshot was fired at a house in the 1300 block of Jeffersonville Road about 2:40 a.m. Thursday, according to the Macon police.

Gov. Sonny Perdue says the OneGeorgia Authority board met in Brunswick and approved $16.2 million in grants and loans for projects.

For years, Macon's population has been shrinking. But the size of city government - as measured by its work force, at least - has not.

A second man has been arrested in connection with the August 2008 death of a Macon waitress, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.

The man accused of using rubbing alcohol to burn a 47-year-old woman Friday gave officers a false name, according to Macon police.

The effort to revitalize the College Hill corridor of Macon received a five-million-dollar boost today -- a grant from the Knight Foundation.

A Macon mother got her 10 children safely out of their burning home early this morning.

Turn on the tap and raise a toast: Macon has the best-tasting drinking water in the country.