Houston County News

About this time 10 years ago, Houston County Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Brown was in Iraq dodging bullets and bombs while trying to cope with temperatures that reached 140 during the day and cooled down to 110 at night.

More than 1800 students graduated this weekend. Students from Warner Robins, Veterans, Perry and Houston County high schools walked across the stage.

Was Justin Klaffka beaten, strangled to death and his body dumped in the Ocmulgee River after a falling out among co-conspirators following a home invasion? Or was the 25-year-old Centerville man killed by a drug dealer or his thugs over a bad debt? Those are questions a jury may have to decide based on a review of the case’s Houston County ... (more)

The suit had claimed that the current at-large voting process "has discriminatory effects on the voting strength of Fayette County's black community" and violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

The club honors the Officer of the Year as chosen by the individual city and county agencies as well as a security squadron on Robins Air Force Base.

A second child may have had contact with a rabid pit bull in Houston County. That's according to Carla Coley with the North Central Health District.

Three of the 40 people are accused of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine -- including accused drug dealer Andrew Martin Holiday, 41, of Kathleen.

The Houston County Commission is reviving a widening project from the 2001 special purpose local option sales tax that it once thought it couldn’t afford.

But when he immigrated to the United States, he soon discovered the obstacles educators face, namely a lack of tools and funding.

The military is helping move a Gulfstream jet once flown by actor John Travolta to its new home at an aviation museum in middle Georgia.

The GBI has released the name of a Warner Robins man shot by a Houston County sheriff’s deputy after ramming patrol cars as deputies were getting out of them.

WGXA is sending big thanks to central Georgians for making this month's 'Drive Away Hunger' food drive a success! People were stopping by all Thursday afternoon at Lowe Toyota in Warner Robins, dropping off canned goods and cash donations hoping to help end hunger in central Georgia.

Angela Simmons says she called her son's school, Russell Elementary in Warner Robins to let them know she would be a little late to pick him up, but little did she know, her special needs son was already on his way home.

Houston County schools are expected to see no furloughs next fiscal year, a sharp contrast to some area school systems.

A Macon man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in carjacking that led to a fatal shooting.

A Macon man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in carjacking that led to a fatal shooting.

Perry Police Cpl. Justin West goes out on patrol in a cruiser equipped with our video cameras mounted on the truck.

The Houston County School System will honor 79 retirees at the annual Retirement Banquet on May 14, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at the Agricenter's McGill Marketplace in Perry.

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., fielded some tough questions Tuesday afternoon, but not from anyone on Capitol Hill.

Mark Byrd, president of Byrd & Co., bought the 400-acre country club from Chris and Beth Murman.