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5 hrs ago | The Macon Telegraph

Midstate group partners with Houston schools to put more students to work

As youth career facilitator for the Middle Georgia Work Investment Board, McIntosh watches children as young as 14 learn how to get and keep jobs.

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Related Topix: Warner Robins, GA, Education Etc., Wilkinson County, GA, Peach County, GA, Houston County, GA

9 hrs ago | 13WMAZ.com

Twiggs County Cub Scouts Attend Day Camp

The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cub Scouts, Pack 962, attended Cub Scout Day Camp at the Laurens Baptist Association in Dublin Georgia from June 12th through June 15th.

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Related Topix: Dublin, GA

Wed Jun 12, 2013

13WMAZ.com

Helping to Find a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis

Residents and friends of a local Twiggs County family took part in a fundraiser over the weekend to help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, Health, Fibrosis, Danville, GA, Macon, GA

Thu Jun 06, 2013

Examiner.com

SCEI-1BLOOD Cult Member Arrested for Aggravated Child Molestation

SCEI-1BLOOD cult member and local Macon resident, Andres Rivera-Fuentes has been arrested and charged with aggravated child molestation according to public sources.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

Examiner.com

SCEI-1BLOOD linked to aggravated child molestation case

In Macon news today, a Twiggs County man, Andres Rivera-Fuentes faces allegations of aggravated child molestation after allegedly having oral sex with a minor in his church and for a number of intercepted text messages asking for number ratings on his performance as well as making request's such as having the minor masturbate for him in the shower.

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13WMAZ.com

Twiggs Residents Relieved After Ga. Supreme Court Upholds Land Ruling

Residents in Dry Branch are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling defending around 50 homeowners against a Colorado man suing them for their homes.

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Related Topix: Dry Branch, GA

Mon Jun 03, 2013

The Macon Telegraph

Twiggs man files lawsuit in landfill case

Twiggs County resident Cecil Fountain Jr. said a big landfill company sued him to make him shut up.

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The Macon Telegraph

Animal control, DNR regularly gets calls from law enforcement for wildlife matters

GRANT BLANKENSHIP/THE TELEGRAPH Macon, GA 06/02/13 From left, Matthew Waller, professional reptile trapper Jason Clark and homeowner Joseph Head put a measuring tape on the alligator trapped from underneath the deck of the vacant home adjacent to Head's on Bloomfield Road.

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Related Topix: Macon, GA, Griffin, GA

13WMAZ.com

GA Supreme Court Unanimously Backs Twiggs Landowners

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled to uphold the decision supporting Twiggs County landowners in their land dispute with a Colorado man.

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Related Topix: Dry Branch, GA

Thu May 30, 2013

GPB.org

Guards Fired After Inmate Escaped

Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum has fired two guards who were on duty when an inmate escaped the county jail through a hole he's accused of making in a shower wall.

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MyFoxAtlanta

Group seeks public vote on Falcons stadium deal

State Rep. Tyrone Brooks says he's being targeted by federal investigators because of his efforts to investigate and draw attention to an unsolved lynching.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Government, Douglasville, GA, Marietta, GA

Wed May 29, 2013

The Macon Telegraph

New details released on Twiggs inmate’s escape through shower

An escaped Twiggs County inmate who was recaptured Tuesday faces additional charges of escape, damage to government property and entering auto.

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Related Topix: Wilkinson County, GA

Tue May 28, 2013

WTVC

Central Ga. law officers search for escaped inmate

Law officers in central Georgia were searching for an inmate they say escaped from the Twiggs County law enforcement center by creating a hole in the shower.

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13WMAZ.com

Escaped Prisoner Spotted on Highway 129 in Twiggs

The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office says an escaped prisoner was spotted by residents off Highway 129 near Sgoda Road in Twiggs County around 8 p.m. Monday evening.

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Mon May 27, 2013

The Macon Telegraph

Twiggs County inmate escapes through hole in jail shower

Tony Havis Criswell, 45, was awaiting trial on charges of stalking, terroristic threats, criminal trespass, loitering and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a news release from the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office.

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Fri May 24, 2013

The Macon Telegraph

Political Notebook: Bibb commissioners unhappy with state mandates

With an approximate $19 million projected deficit in the fiscal 2014 budget, commissioners are in the process of holding hearings to see which line items can be taken out.

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Related Topix: Bibb County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Roberta, GA

Thu May 23, 2013

13WMAZ.com

Georgia Graduation Rates Rise Slightly

Twiggs County had the lowest graduation rate of any system in the state, just over 45 percent, while 6 out of 7 Hancock County students graduated -- 86.5 percent.

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Related Topix: Hancock County, GA