Perry News

Tues Nov 3, 2009 4:16pm EDT - Jaguar artists pictured with their plaque are : Hayley Crews, Austin Howard, Dorian Rozier, Cameron Childree and Kyle Webb.

While the issue of creating zoning boundaries based on racial demographics heated up the first public discussion of new school zones in Houston County next school year, a number of parents demanded the zones focus more on proximity and community ties than fulfilling demographic requirements.

Houston County Commissioners have approved a mining operation south of Perry, with conditions.

Last week, the Southeast Bulloch High School marching band "The Swarm" and their dancers "The Stingers" participated in their last competition of the year.

Priester's Pecans was closed Thursday, according to a sign at the entrance, but you couldn't tell that from all the cars, trucks and trailers in the parking lot.

Hundreds are expected to rub elbows with candidates for various state offices at tonight's Middle Georgia Regional HobNob, the first major event at the Galleria Conference Center and Banquet Hall at the Galleria Mall.

For the first time in nearly 16 years, Warner Robins will have a new leader. In Tuesday's election, City Councilman Clifford Holmes Jr., along with political newcomers Chuck Shaheen and Chuck Chalk, now aim to build on the successes of Mayor Donald Walker, who died Sept.

When picking a play to perform at the One Act Play competition every year, Perry High School looks for one that will both entertain and engage the judges and audience.

Jacob Grubb of Warner Robins ran a personal best time at the Pearl Stephens course to lead the Demons to their third consecutive Houston County cross country championship Tuesday.

When residents in Perry go to the polls Nov. 3, they'll find some of the work was done before they arrived.

A Perry man has been charged in connection with four auto break-ins in the Kathleen area, police said.

Houston County officials say heated tar from a roof repair started a fire at a chicken processing plant near Perry.

Perdue Farms, a chicken processing plant near Perry along the Ga. 247 Spur, caught fire late Thursday night but the blaze was quickly doused.

A bolt of lightning delivered the most frightful night of one Perry man's life last June.

Public hearings were held Tuesday at City Hall regarding the rezoning and annexation of more than six acres of county land that will be the future site of a Perry fire station.

The semiannual Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival is Saturday and Sunday. This is the festival's 30th year.

Lora Arledge was 12 years old when she first smelled the cotton candy, kicked up some sawdust and heard the carnies barking on the midway.

A Marshallville woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 341 near Norwood Springs Road in Peach County on Wednesday.

The mother of a 17-year-old charged in the alleged gang-related beating of Perry man Sept.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation agreed today to look into an Oct. 7 incident in which the Warner Robins city clerk and another employee are accused of attempting to gain access into the mayor's office, authorities said.