LOCAL NEWS

You may do it on purpose, or even without thinking about it, but if you ever heard the cracking your knuckles would give you arthritis you may have nothing to worry about.

New Hope International Church in Warner Robins plans to give away Thanksgiving dinners to at least 2,500 families.

Residents and community activists say they're upset the city removed 2 benches from the sidewalk in front of Dempsey Apartments on Cherry Street.

Peach County Emergency Medical Services has new equipment that could give patients better and faster medical help.

Amy Rogers Jones will serve at least two years in prison. She was accused of killing the child in January 2008, which a GBI investigator called a classic "shaken-baby" death.

Late Thursday night, hundreds of people packed the movie theater to catch the midnight showing of New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight series.

County administrator Steve Layson says the road will close at 7 a.m. Saturday, between Thomaston and Columbus roads, for about two weeks.

Swine flu cases appear to
declining throughout most of the U.S., but the specter of
Thanksgiving gatherings makes it hard to predict what will happen next.

Tom Wilson with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities says the hospital is on diversion.

Houston County parents had another chance Thursday night to speak out about a rezoning plan drawn up because of the opening of Veterans High School.

This week, a task force stirred up controversy over when women should starting getting routine mammograms. Local women react to the advice.

Chuck Shaheen and Chuck Chalk, Warner Robins candidate's for mayor, talked about where and how to build a law enforcement center. They also weighed in on the department's leadership.

In part two of our look back, we see how Macon Mayor Robert Reichert handled race and substandard housing in his first two years in office.

According to BusinessWeek.com, Warner Robins ranks third as one of the best cities in the nation to raise children.

City manager Lee Gilmour says the city council and mayor made the
decision after comparing the city's expenditures and revenues. City
costs are up this year because of an increase in pension contribution,
he said.

The new policy starts Tuesday, Dec. 1 and
will continue through the flu season or until further notice.

A man running with a plastic gun sent two Bibb County schools into lockdown Wednesday afternoon.

A G-DOT spokeswoman says the department is concentrating on projects funded by federal stimulus money because those projects have a February deadline.

With the holidays right around the corner, some people may be looking for activities to do with your kids on the weekends or when they are out of school for vacation.