Bibb County News

According to Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones, 29-year-old Candace Rice was found dead by her father at a home on Lafayette Drive.

Here is the bottom line for all of you who own a home in Macon or in Bibb County.

BEAU CABELL/bcabell@macon.comBernice Brooks says she awakened to gunfire Monday morning and then was shocked minutes later when police came to her door and told her that her niece, Nettra Leanna Brooks, had been shot to death inside a home on Columbus Road.

The 2012 Election Season is officially in full swing and it can be confusing as it is important.

Macon leaders sign Juvenile Court agreement photo Josephine Bennett The Bibb County Juvenile Court is teaming up with the school system to keep kids in the classroom.

I just watched a news report where the chief deputy in the Bibb County sheriff’s office was touting an application for a $50,000 federal grant to help fight gang violence in the county.

Of the 23 seniors involved in the organization, 20 of them received their diplomas from Bibb County schools -- the highest rate ever among students in the program, according to the school system’s May 21 newsletter.

Despite a tough economy, growth in Houston County has continued at about the same pace as a decade ago, and Bibb County saw a relatively large population surge when compared to the previous 10 years.

In the qualifying list in Sunday’s edition of The Telegraph, two names were omitted from the Bibb County qualifying list.

For Bibb County schools, what better occasion to suggest we renew efforts in adopting a year-round calendar than the conclusion of the present term? Although there was much tomfoolery allied with the Macon Miracle scheme offered by Superintendent Romain Dallemand, the notorious manuscript reportedly was going to include an indistinct pitch for a ... (more)

An automotive repair shop would be built on Patterson Street in Macon, a block from the intersection of Pio Nono and Roff avenues, if plans are approved.

Two private schools in Bibb County plan to integrate technology in their classrooms in the fall, with Mount de Sales Academy issuing an iPad to each incoming sixth-grader and Stratford Academy launching an initiative that allows students to bring their own electronic devices to class.

Warner Robins sings its superiority every chance it gets. And its got the credentials to back it up.

A group of students from Macon's Alexander II Elementary School presented the Macon-Bibb Animal Control Shelter with a $500 check.

Law enforcement officials, Juvenile Court judges and others signed a memorandum of understanding at the Bibb County Board of Education offices Friday, moving closer to an agreement that aims to send fewer Bibb County students to court who commit non-felony offenses at school.

Graduation will be under way for high school seniors in Bibb County this weekend.

Latch's friend, Angel Hopper, qualified this morning to challenge Hudson for the District 5 seat on the school board.

Select aspiring leaders from Bibb County participated in the Rising Stars leadership development program sponsored by Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement and supported by Middle Georgia RESA.

No Republicans or Democrats qualified to challenge the Tifton Republican in the Eighth Congressional District.

After a 21-year career in the Air Force, Fritz was hired in April 2011 as interim director of Macon Public Works to replace Richard Powell who had been fired.