LOCAL NEWS
Milledgeville's police chief acknowledged Friday that some of his
officers posed for photos with Ben Roethlisberger on the night the
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was later accused of sexual assault.
Houston and Macon counties are under a severe-thunderstorm warning until 5:15 p.m.
The left lanes of I-75 southbound will close Monday-Wednesday. The left lanes of I-75 northbound will close Wednesday-Friday. All closures are during the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Here is an early look at our big stories on 13WMAZ Eyewitness News at 5 and 6.
The 23rd annual Forsythia Festival begins this Saturday in Forsyth.
The plant in south Bibb County employed about 200 people when it opened in July 2007; now it has about half that.
Mayor Chuck Shaheen, the city council and department heads are
gathering Friday afternoon at Reynolds Plantation in Greene County.
Bibb County officials plan to use the money for four high schools: Southwest, Northeast, Rutland and the Hutchings Career Center. If they get the grant, their plan could include replacing the principals and much of the staff.
A fire in Baldwin County that consumed 75 percent of a trailer Wednesday was intentionally set, according to Assistant Fire Chief Troy Reynolds.
The local entry in the new Peach State League announced their name Thursday.
The increase is the company's seventh fuel charge hike in as many years.
Warner Robins Police say two people were seriously injured in an accident at the intersection of Watson Boulevard and Olympia Drive.
It's the first year of Challenger Baseball, a division of Little League, and it is designed to give special-needs students with physical and developmental disabilities a chance to step up to the plate.
Bibb County commissioners didn't include an unpaid Memorial Day holiday for employees in their list of cuts.
Francisco Resendez says he was shocked to hear his name in the news in connection with an illegal tire dump found in Warner Robins.
An Eastman man accused of providing a 14-year-old girl's sexual
services instead of making monthly payments on a van has been moved to
a different jail after being injured in a jail fight.
Rothwell says the GBI will not investigate the actual illegal dumping, but the controversy surrounding the decision to end the investigation.
Bibb County Commissioners are meeting right now on possible budget cuts.
Commission Chairman Sam Hart announced the cuts last week as a way to
avoid a property tax increase, after the recent property revaluation.
According to a news release from the sheriff's office, the suspects stole company checks from Georgia Mechanical and then used fake identification to cash them.
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