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Governor Deal signs bill expanding gun-carry rights

Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation expanding where people with licenses can bring their guns.
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  • The shaved-head mugshot is a far cry from the bushy-haired law student who wept for Giddings in June 2011, or the pony-tailed suspect in a suit who made numerous court appearances since then.
    Head shaved, McDaniel now in state prison
  • Neighbors remember double murder 25 years later
    Warner Robins police charge man in 1989 cold case
  • Barrister Hall apartments
    McDaniel's landlord: Tenants were told of murder
  • Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation expanding where people with licenses can bring their guns.
    Governor Deal signs bill expanding gun-carry…
  • Atlanta group wants to take over Macon Gardens complex
    Atlanta company wants to buy Macon Gardens…
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Wanted by Macon Regional Crimestoppers

Wanted by Macon Regional Crimestoppers

Wanted by Macon Regional Crimestoppers

Macon Regional Crimestoppers says these people are wanted on warrants in Middle Georgia....

Macon Regional Crimestoppers says these people are wanted on warrants in Middle Georgia. If you have any information, call Crimestoppers at 478-742-2330 or 1-877-68CRIME.

  • Crime
  • 6 days, 22 hours ago
Giddings-case
Stephen McDaniel enters the courtroom and heads directly to the podium and enters a plea agreement.

McDaniel leaves Bibb jail for Jackson prison

McDaniel leaves Bibb jail for Jackson prison

McDaniel spent 1,025 days in the Bibb County jail.

McDaniel spent 1,025 days in the Bibb County jail.

  • Giddings-case
  • 19 hours, 39 minutes ago
Randall Savage
World
President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before having dinner at Sukiyabashi Jiro sushi restaurant in Tokyo on April 23.

Obama arrives in Japan, backs its island dispute

Obama arrives in Japan, backs its island dispute

The president is in Tokyo for the start of a four-nation trip to Asia.

The president is in Tokyo for the start of a four-nation trip to Asia.

  • World
  • 3 hours, 49 minutes ago
Kirk Spitzer and Kim Hjelmgaard
Macon
Terry Middleton, charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery

Man allegedly breaks in, tries to shoot resident

Man allegedly breaks in, tries to shoot resident

A 22-year-old allegedly broke into a Blackmon Avenue home and shot at the person living...

A 22-year-old allegedly broke into a Blackmon Avenue home and shot at the person living there.

  • Macon
  • 6 hours, 43 minutes ago
Warner-robins
Warner Robins police have no update on gas station shooting

Still no progress on Warner Robins gas station shooting

Still no progress on Warner Robins gas station shooting

Warner Robins police say they don't have any other pictures to release from Murphy USA...

Warner Robins police say they don't have any other pictures to release from Murphy USA gas station shooting.

  • Warner-robins
  • 13 hours, 43 minutes ago
Jennifer L Moulliet
Macon
(AP Photo/Josh Anderson)

Macon-Bibb Crime Files

Macon-Bibb Crime Files

The following items are from incidents reports filed by Macon-Bibb County Sheriff's...

The following items are from incidents reports filed by Macon-Bibb County Sheriff's deputies

  • Macon
  • 21 hours, 29 minutes ago
Crime
Guns

Gun checks miss millions of fugitives

Gun checks miss millions of fugitives

Millions of fugitives can pass undetected through federal background checks and buy guns...

Millions of fugitives can pass undetected through federal background checks and buy guns illegally because police departments across the country routinely fail to put their names into a national database that tracks people on the run from the law.

  • Crime
  • 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
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News
Abuse of special needs kids caught on hidden camera

Teachers caught abusing kids with special needs

Teachers caught abusing kids with special needs

From a heavy handed slap that knocks the special needs student out of his seat, to a...

From a heavy handed slap that knocks the special needs student out of his seat, to a series of hits on the head for another child on the floor. In just four days Ms. "J" says she recorded more abuse than she could bear.

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People
And the World's Most Beautiful Woman is... | DailyDish

'People' names 'Most Beautiful Woman'

'People' names 'Most Beautiful Woman'

And it is ...

And it is ...

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Ann Oldenburg
World
A man stands in front of a billboard in support of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as Chinese relatives of passengers on the missing plane have a meeting at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing on April 23.

Australia examining material for MH370 links

Australia examining material for MH370 links

Unidentified material has washed ashore in western Australia.

Unidentified material has washed ashore in western Australia.

  • World
  • 7 hours, 4 minutes ago
Kim Hjelmgaard
News
Earnie Polk, 43, said he and Joey Polk hooked an 11-foot, 805-pound shortfin mako shark off a Gulf Coast beach at about 10:30 p.m., and it took about an hour to bring the beast to shore.

Mako shark caught in Gulf waters could break record

Mako shark caught in Gulf waters could break record

A Milton man and land-based shark fisherman said he believes he and his cousin may have...

A Milton man and land-based shark fisherman said he believes he and his cousin may have reeled in their latest world record catch Tuesday night.

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  • 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
Michael Scott Davidson ,...
News
Thousands of pieces of mail were discovered in a storage unit and home last year in the western Kentucky city of Dawson Springs.

Mailman failed to deliver thousands of letters

Mailman failed to deliver thousands of letters

On the popular sitcom "Seinfeld," fictitious letter carrier Newman hid bags of mail in...

On the popular sitcom "Seinfeld," fictitious letter carrier Newman hid bags of mail in Jerry's basement storage locker rather than deliver it.

  • News
  • 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Andrew Wolfson, The...
Macon
Methodist Home for Children hosts celebration day

Methodist Home for Children Celebration Day Saturday

Methodist Home for Children Celebration Day Saturday

The Methodist Home for Children in Macon, 304 Pierce Ave. is having is Celebration Day...

The Methodist Home for Children in Macon, 304 Pierce Ave. is having is Celebration Day event from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday.

  • Macon
  • 19 hours, 23 minutes ago
Lorra Lynch Jones
Nation
A new dangerous drug sent three teenage girls to hospitals last weekend. The drug is like LSD and goes by nicknames like 25i, Nbomb and Smiles.

Teens overdosing on new LSD-like drug

Teens overdosing on new LSD-like drug

A new dangerous drug sent three teenage girls to hospitals last weekend. The drug is like...

A new dangerous drug sent three teenage girls to hospitals last weekend. The drug is like LSD and goes by nicknames like 25i, Nbomb and Smiles.

  • Nation
  • 16 hours, 1 minute ago
VPC
Features
Asteroid

Group: Deadly asteroids more frequent than thought

Group: Deadly asteroids more frequent than thought

Space rocks big enough to destroy a city hit the Earth much more often than thought,...

Space rocks big enough to destroy a city hit the Earth much more often than thought, according to an estimate by a private group devoted to preventing disaster from such orbital killers.

  • Features
  • 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
Traci Watson, Special for USA...
Crime
Child pornography

Supreme Court rules that child pornographers should pay

Supreme Court rules that child pornographers should pay

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people who peddle in child pornography must help...

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that people who peddle in child pornography must help pay for their victims' pain and suffering – within reason.

  • Crime
  • 2 hours ago
Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
Nation
Desperate for water, the town of Wichita Falls, Texas is turning to technology to try and make it rain.

Town tries to make it rain…without mother nature

Town tries to make it rain…without mother nature

Desperate for water, the town of Wichita Falls, Texas is turning to technology to try and...

Desperate for water, the town of Wichita Falls, Texas is turning to technology to try and make it rain.

  • Nation
  • 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
VPC
Georgia
Vidalia onion grower R. T. Stanley, left, and National Onion Labs President David Burrell inspect Stanley's latest crop of jumbo onions Wednesday April 27, 2005, at his processing plant in Vidalia, Ga. For a price of $60 to $100 an acre, National Onion Labs says it can determine with 95-percent accuracy the sweetness of a farmer's entire crop using lab tests. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

Onion enthusiasts uneasy as Vidalia crop ships

Onion enthusiasts uneasy as Vidalia crop ships

Georgia's signature onion tries to recover after a substandard year last year.

Georgia's signature onion tries to recover after a substandard year last year.

  • Georgia
  • 6 hours, 2 minutes ago
WXIA
Sports
Herschel Walker through the years

Herschel Walker talks Trump, MMA, playing football at 52

Herschel Walker talks Trump, MMA, playing football at 52

It is hardly a shocker that Herschel Walker embraces the idea of Donald Trump buying into...

It is hardly a shocker that Herschel Walker embraces the idea of Donald Trump buying into the NFL ownership circles with a stake in the Buffalo Bills.

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  • 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
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Byron sixth-grader hit by car

Byron sixth-grader hit by car

The child was taken to the pediatric intensive car unit at the Medical Center of Central...

The child was taken to the pediatric intensive car unit at the Medical Center of Central Georgia.

  • Peach-crawford
  • 22 hours, 6 minutes ago
Local
Ga. law does not require violent crime disclosure on properties

Deaths in homes can stay secret to buyers

Deaths in homes can stay secret to buyers

House deaths can stay secret to buyers

House deaths can stay secret to buyers

  • Local
  • 18 hours, 31 minutes ago
Tom George
Macon
(AP Photo/Josh Anderson)

Homeowner's friends catch burglary in the act

Homeowner's friends catch burglary in the act

Witnesses see burglary in place and call Bibb Sheriffs.

Witnesses see burglary in place and call Bibb Sheriffs.

  • Macon
  • 15 hours, 6 minutes ago
Jacques Rozier
Washington
The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.

IRS workers who didn't pay taxes got bonuses

IRS workers who didn't pay taxes got bonuses

The IRS paid more than $1 million in bonuses to workers with tax compliance issues.

The IRS paid more than $1 million in bonuses to workers with tax compliance issues.

  • Washington
  • 19 hours, 34 minutes ago
Gregory Korte
Military
US Navy

Navy veteran, 92, finally gets military medals

Navy veteran, 92, finally gets military medals

A 92-year-old military veteran has gotten long-overdue medals he earned for serving in...

A 92-year-old military veteran has gotten long-overdue medals he earned for serving in the Navy during World War II.

  • Military
  • 20 hours, 42 minutes ago
Nation
President Obama took an aerial tour of Oso, Washington one month after a mudslide claimed the lives of at least 41 people. He met privately with grieving families, as well as with first responders and rescue teams.

Obama visits mudslide victims, sees damage firsthand

Obama visits mudslide victims, sees damage firsthand

President Obama took an aerial tour of Oso, Washington one month after a mudslide claimed...

President Obama took an aerial tour of Oso, Washington one month after a mudslide claimed the lives of at least 41 people. He met privately with grieving families, as well as with first responders and rescue teams.

  • Nation
  • 5 hours, 42 minutes ago
VPC
News
A boy watches the ceiling during lunch at the French brasserie Chartier, on July 25, 2013 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

Should children be banned from restaurants?

Should children be banned from restaurants?

Have you ever been to a restaurant and there's a child that's misbehaving? Maybe you're a...

Have you ever been to a restaurant and there's a child that's misbehaving? Maybe you're a parent who has had a difficult time controlling your children during dinner.

  • News
  • 20 hours, 9 minutes ago
Allison L Kropff, WTSP
Nation
A young boy is lucky to be alive after he was kidnapped from his own driveway. He says singing the kidnapper released him after he sang one of his favorite gospel songs. When the artist behind the song heard the story, he wanted to meet the boy.

Boy sings gospel music until kidnapper releases him

Boy sings gospel music until kidnapper releases him

A young boy is lucky to be alive after he was kidnapped from his own driveway. He says...

A young boy is lucky to be alive after he was kidnapped from his own driveway. He says singing the kidnapper released him after he sang one of his favorite gospel songs. When the artist behind the song heard the story, he wanted to meet the boy.

  • Nation
  • 3 hours, 52 minutes ago
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