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Files describe former Bibb county deputies' records

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Mercer's music school gets new pianos

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Barrel racing youth world championships in Perry

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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.

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  • 1 week, 2 days ago
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Houston selects Teacher of the Year

Houston County Teacher of the Year: Kathy Gibbs

Houston County Teacher of the Year: Kathy Gibbs

Perdue Elementary's Kathy Gibbs is Houston County's new Teacher of the Year.

Perdue Elementary's Kathy Gibbs is Houston County's new Teacher of the Year.

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  • 12 hours, 25 minutes ago
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Bibb school staff tries menu at 'mini food show'

Bibb school staff tries menu at 'mini food show'

Bibb school staff tries menu at 'mini food show'

Bibb County Schools held a mini "food show" in Howard High School's cafeteria on Thursday...

Bibb County Schools held a mini "food show" in Howard High School's cafeteria on Thursday afternoon. It's all part of an initiative to put more nutritious options on the schools' lunch menus.

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  • 13 hours, 41 minutes ago
Sitarah A Coote
Macon
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UPDATE: Teen in west Bibb accident dies

UPDATE: Teen in west Bibb accident dies

A 17-year-old girl involved in a car accident just before midnight Wednesday on Zebulon...

A 17-year-old girl involved in a car accident just before midnight Wednesday on Zebulon Road died Thursday.

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  • 13 hours, 20 minutes ago
Perry
Barrel horses racing championship held in Perry

Barrel horses racing championship held in Perry

Barrel horses racing championship held in Perry

Barrel horses racing championship held in Perry

Barrel horses racing championship held in Perry

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  • 12 hours, 36 minutes ago
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Softball Little League tourney gets going on fresh grass

Softball Little League tourney gets going on fresh grass

Softball Little League tourney gets going on fresh grass

Thursday teams from around the Southeast began competing for a shot to play in Portland...

Thursday teams from around the Southeast began competing for a shot to play in Portland in the World Series.

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  • 12 hours, 24 minutes ago
Suzanne Lawler
Macon
Yabu Sushi opens Aug. 12 in the former Kashmir lounge location near the corner of Second and Poplar streets.

Macon restaurateur opening downtown sushi lounge, ballroom

Macon restaurateur opening downtown sushi lounge, ballroom

After closing two of his downtown nightclubs, Cesare Mammarella is opening a sushi lounge...

After closing two of his downtown nightclubs, Cesare Mammarella is opening a sushi lounge and a ballroom.

  • Macon
  • 14 hours, 36 minutes ago
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Joseph Erik Clance is one of four men suspected of robbing a south Bibb County gas station Wednesday.

UPDATE: One arrested in Macon gas station robbery

UPDATE: One arrested in Macon gas station robbery

Four men played video games for more than an hour before robbing a south Bibb County...

Four men played video games for more than an hour before robbing a south Bibb County store.

  • Macon
  • 18 hours, 50 minutes ago
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Job openings in Central Georgia

Job openings in Central Georgia

See what positions are open across the heart of Georgia.

See what positions are open across the heart of Georgia.

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  • 1 day, 13 hours ago
Education
The state Senate voted 34-16 on Tuesday to approve legislation that would, in theory, ban Georgia's state officials from adopting national education standards proposed by the U.S. government or other coalitions.

Georgia releases student growth tool

Georgia releases student growth tool

Georgia released a new student growth tool Thursday. The information focuses on how...

Georgia released a new student growth tool Thursday. The information focuses on how students improved from year to year and in certain subjects compared to their peers.

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  • 18 hours, 56 minutes ago
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Campaign 2014

Runoff election results and coverage

Runoff election results and coverage

13WMAZ has complete Runoff Election night coverage.

13WMAZ has complete Runoff Election night coverage.

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  • 2 days, 11 hours ago
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Unemployment rates up in Metro Macon, Middle Georgia region

Unemployment rates up in Metro Macon, Middle Georgia region

Metro Macon's unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent and the Middle Georgia region's...

Metro Macon's unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent and the Middle Georgia region's increased to 8.3 percent.

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  • 20 hours, 2 minutes ago
R. Loyd Price
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Fort Valley construction update

Ft. Valley Mayor expects road work to be clear by fall

Ft. Valley Mayor expects road work to be clear by fall

Construction on Highway 341 and Camellia Boulevard in Fort Valley may be finished this...

Construction on Highway 341 and Camellia Boulevard in Fort Valley may be finished this fall.

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Entertainment
During the song, Barbara Fodor, Sarah's mother, said a fellow audience member asked if he could put Sarah onstage with McGraw. The singer, she says, moved his guitar to make room for Sarah.

Atlanta area fan rocked by Tim McGraw serenade

Atlanta area fan rocked by Tim McGraw serenade

During Tim McGraw's Atlanta concert earlier this month, the country music superstar...

During Tim McGraw's Atlanta concert earlier this month, the country music superstar serenaded Sarah onstage.

  • Entertainment
  • 19 hours, 13 minutes ago
Blayne Alexander, WXIA
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Central Ga. snake sightings

Central Ga. snake sightings

King snake

King snake

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  • 18 hours, 28 minutes ago
World
Plane goes down over Mali, 116 feared dead

Wreckage of Air Algerie plane found in Mali

Wreckage of Air Algerie plane found in Mali

The airline says the plane crashed near border with Burkina Faso with 116 aboard.

The airline says the plane crashed near border with Burkina Faso with 116 aboard.

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  • 5 hours, 53 minutes ago
Doug Stanglin
Crime
The only woman on the Top 10 Most Wanted list is now in custody. After more than two years on the run, the Atlanta Police Department's fugitive squad and the FBI arrested Kimberly Ward Tuesday.

Fugitive found working in poultry plant

Fugitive found working in poultry plant

The only woman on the Top 10 Most Wanted list is now in custody. After more than two...

The only woman on the Top 10 Most Wanted list is now in custody. After more than two years on the run, the Atlanta Police Department's fugitive squad and the FBI arrested Ward Tuesday.

  • Crime
  • 19 hours, 15 minutes ago
Julie Wolfe, WXIA
Business
United Airlines jets are parked on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, July 22, 2014.

United resumes flights to Israel after FAA ban lifted

United resumes flights to Israel after FAA ban lifted

U.S. airlines can resume flights to Tel Aviv, Israel.

U.S. airlines can resume flights to Tel Aviv, Israel.

  • Business
  • 19 hours, 51 minutes ago
Bart Jansen
Military
Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Documents detail VA mistreatment of vets

Documents detail VA mistreatment of vets

In 2003, a veteran who had served in the Vietnam War entered a Veterans Affairs live-in...

In 2003, a veteran who had served in the Vietnam War entered a Veterans Affairs live-in treatment facility after trying several times to kill himself — including by stabbing himself in the stomach.

  • Military
  • 19 hours ago
Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY
Macon
Downtown street to close for 3 months

Downtown street to close Saturday for 3 months

Downtown street to close Saturday for 3 months

A block in downtown Macon will be closed for a few months while they upgrade the street.

A block in downtown Macon will be closed for a few months while they upgrade the street.

  • Macon
  • 1 day, 12 hours ago
Paula Rotondo
News
President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama sends assessment team to border

Obama sends assessment team to border

The Obama administration has dispatched an assessment team to the Texas border to look at...

The Obama administration has dispatched an assessment team to the Texas border to look at whether a deployment of National Guard troops would help stem the illegal influx of migrants from Central America.

  • News
  • 19 hours, 9 minutes ago
David Jackson, USA TODAY
Military
Veterans Administration

Congress discusses compromise for veterans bill

Congress discusses compromise for veterans bill

Veterans Affairs Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson acknowledged Thursday morning that VA has...

Veterans Affairs Acting Secretary Sloan Gibson acknowledged Thursday morning that VA has been operating according to a budget number, rather than to the needs of the veterans.

  • Military
  • 19 hours, 6 minutes ago
Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY
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From riches to allegedly peeing on candy

From riches to allegedly peeing on candy

A wealthy New York City real estate heir who was acquitted in the murder of a Galveston...

A wealthy New York City real estate heir who was acquitted in the murder of a Galveston man, faces criminal mischief charges after workers said he relieved himself on a candy rack at a CVS store.

  • Weird
  • 18 hours, 36 minutes ago
Doug Miller, KHOU-TV, Houston
Macon
Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn at the Rookery talking with small business owners

Michelle Nunn makes campaign stop in Macon

Michelle Nunn makes campaign stop in Macon

Democratic hopeful Michelle Nunn brings her campaign for U.S. Senate to Macon.

Democratic hopeful Michelle Nunn brings her campaign for U.S. Senate to Macon.

  • Macon
  • 1 day, 12 hours ago
Tom George & Randall Savage
Politics
Voters cast their ballots in a school gym in New York's Harlem neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Poll: GOP more excited than Democrats about voting

Poll: GOP more excited than Democrats about voting

Republicans are more jazzed than Democrats about voting in the 2014 midterm elections,...

Republicans are more jazzed than Democrats about voting in the 2014 midterm elections, but the enthusiasm gap between the parties isn't as wide as it was at this point before the 2006 and 2010 "waves" that led to power changing hands.

  • Politics
  • 15 hours, 19 minutes ago
By: Catalina Camia
World
Israeli fire hits U.N. school in Gaza

15 dead after blast hits U.N. school in Gaza

15 dead after blast hits U.N. school in Gaza

Hundreds of people were seeking shelter at a U.N. school when the compound was hit.

Hundreds of people were seeking shelter at a U.N. school when the compound was hit.

  • World
  • 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
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