Macon News

A Georgia man who stabbed two strangers in New York City before being shot by an off-duty policeman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

The third highest point in Bibb County is reaching it's maximum height. Macon's landfill continues to climb closer to capacity.

The race for Bibb County sheriff grows a little more intense each day. Retired sheriff's major Scotty Shepherd, a Republican, is challenging Democratic incumbent Jerry Modena for the position.

Six people were indicted today by a Bibb County grand jury on charges that they stole federal money by lying to obtain a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development housing voucher.

Macon-Bibb County fire officials are investigating two suspicious house fires that broke out this morning in the Payne City area and may be related.

Police have arrested one suspect in the kidnapping and attempted killing of a 26-year-old man.

A Macon man with a track record for innovation is pitching an unusual idea to politicians and officials making plans for a commuter rail line from Atlanta to Griffin and, eventually, Macon.

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal traffic accident that happened at the intersection of Eisenhower Parkway and Holley Road in West Bibb County around 4:35pm Monday.

A Macon police officer fired his gun multiple times after a pitbull charged toward him Friday afternoon, according to a police report released today.

A new program debuted Monday morning on WIBB-AM. The station is changing its format to what they call "Black Talk." Whether you're riding in your car or tuning in from home or the office, you now have another ...

Macon Mall is scheduled to be sold to the highest bidder in November. The foreclosed mall is for sale due to the nonpayment of a $141.2 million loan.

Alice M. Bailey remembers well the night her beloved friend died. To her, Waldo Sheftall was more like a younger sibling.

Is Macon ready for the demon barber of Fleet Street? So far, ticket sales for the smash Broadway musical "Sweeney Todd," which opens for two shows on Sunday at the Grand Opera House, have been brisk.

Three weeks after Macon City Council withheld funding from the Museum of Arts and Sciences when members complained it was not as accessible to minorities as it should be, the council decided Tuesday the mayor ...

The off-ramp from I-75 north to I-16 is now open. Around noon a contractor hauling U.S. mail by 18-wheeler said another driver cut him off as he tried to leave I-16, according to Macon police.

The Kia dealership in Macon is moving for the third time in a little more than two years - this time out of the city.

Downtown Macon has been spruced up with a little bit of Mediterranean style. Architects worked with the owners to create a distinctive looking medical building at 640 Martin Luther King Jr.

Authorities say a jet boat that was spotted zipping across a Michigan river smashed into a dock, killing three people and seriously injuring a fourth.

A fight at Big Boy's Lounge in Bloomfield late Thursday led to two shootings that night - one in the pool hall's parking lot, another outside a home in the 2800 block of Walmar Drive, police said.

City and county officials are touting the success of an anti-violence task force created after a recent wave of shootings.