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After 93 years, Civil War drum returns to Sandersville

Civil War drum returned after 93 years
Giddings-case

Head shaved, McDaniel now in state prison

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.
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    After 93 years, Civil War drum returns to…
  • 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
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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
  • 1 week ago
Giddings-case
Barrister Hall apartments

McDaniel's landlord: Tenants were told of murder

McDaniel's landlord: Tenants were told of murder

Boni Bush and her husband, owners of Barristers Hall apartments, said they tell all...

Boni Bush and her husband, owners of Barristers Hall apartments, said they tell all tenants what happened there.

  • Giddings-case
  • 7 hours, 6 minutes ago
Bernie O'Donnell
Junior-journalists
My Teacher is Tops: Rose Cauley

My Teacher is Tops: Rose Cauley

My Teacher is Tops: Rose Cauley

Rose Cauley has been teaching for 17 years at Treutlen County Elementary School, in the...

Rose Cauley has been teaching for 17 years at Treutlen County Elementary School, in the same county where she grew up herself.

  • Junior-journalists
  • 4 hours, 2 minutes ago
Tom George & Malik Bryant
Athlete-of-the-week
Athlete of the Week: Kayla Waters

Athlete of the Week: Kayla Waters

Athlete of the Week: Kayla Waters

Kayla Waters has mastered four sports during her four-year career at Southwest, and...

Kayla Waters has mastered four sports during her four-year career at Southwest, and leading the pack along the way as a promising athlete and senior class vice president.

  • Athlete-of-the-week
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Marvin James
Crime
2-year-old Maliah Harris

Amber Alert for child believed headed for Ala. or Ga.

Amber Alert for child believed headed for Ala. or Ga.

Maliah's 7-month-old sister was found deceased in the family's home in Caledonia on...

Maliah's 7-month-old sister was found deceased in the family's home in Caledonia on Wednesday morning.

  • Crime
  • 4 hours, 15 minutes ago
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
  • 4 hours, 58 minutes ago
Perry
13wmaz-news

Police: Man in 'altered state' causes lockdown at Perry school

Police: Man in 'altered state' causes lockdown at Perry school

Wilson is charged with disrupting a school and a false report of a crime.

Wilson is charged with disrupting a school and a false report of a crime.

  • Perry
  • 5 hours, 54 minutes ago
J. Harnevious, Erica Lockwood
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.

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  • 21 hours, 16 minutes ago
Jennifer L Moulliet
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.

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  • 11 hours, 25 minutes ago
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PHOTOS: Heroic pony saves her foal from barn fire

Heroic pony saves her foal from barn fire

Heroic pony saves her foal from barn fire

If you ever question what a mother will do for her child, think of Bella and Butterscotch.

If you ever question what a mother will do for her child, think of Bella and Butterscotch.

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  • 4 hours, 14 minutes ago
Lauren Zakalik, WFAA
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
  • 1 day, 3 hours ago
Randall Savage
Mlb
Wrigley Field's 100th birthday celebration

For Wrigley, it's party of a century

For Wrigley, it's party of a century

Exactly 100 years after the Chicago Federals pounded the Kansas City Packers in the first...

Exactly 100 years after the Chicago Federals pounded the Kansas City Packers in the first game at the Chicago ballpark, Wrigley got quite the birthday bash on Wednesday afternoon.

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  • 4 hours, 32 minutes ago
Crime
James Holmes

James Holmes' attorneys appeal sanity exam order

James Holmes' attorneys appeal sanity exam order

Attorneys for Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes are asking the state's...

Attorneys for Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes are asking the state's Supreme Court to overturn a judge's order requiring a second sanity evaluation.

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  • 4 hours, 30 minutes ago
Entertainment
Barbie Video Girl Doll is shown at the American International Toy Fair, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, in New York. The doll, which is to retail for $50 beginning in July, has a video camera built-in to her necklace and an LCD video screen in her back. Barbie has a USB port in her back so you can playback the video on a computer or TV. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Sony developing live-action Barbie comedy

Sony developing live-action Barbie comedy

Sony Pictures, Mattel and Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation have partnered to create a...

Sony Pictures, Mattel and Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation have partnered to create a live-action movie focused on the iconic doll.

  • Entertainment
  • 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
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
  • 14 hours, 15 minutes ago
Money
US economy

3 states not preparing for next recession

3 states not preparing for next recession

The economy has been mending since 2009. Stocks are rising. Tax revenue collections are...

The economy has been mending since 2009. Stocks are rising. Tax revenue collections are up. You'd think states would take this opportunity to build their reserves so they're prepared for the next, inevitable, downturn.

  • Money
  • 4 hours, 15 minutes ago
By Matt Krantz
Military
Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning

Judge OKs Chelsea Manning name change request

Judge OKs Chelsea Manning name change request

A judge in Kansas on Wednesday approved a name change for the Army private who made...

A judge in Kansas on Wednesday approved a name change for the Army private who made worldwide news by releasing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

  • Military
  • 4 hours, 40 minutes ago
John Bacon, USA TODAY
News
A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries caught fire in a Wal-Mart parking lot in the Maine city of Waterville.

Extra crispy: French fry truck burns in Maine

Extra crispy: French fry truck burns in Maine

Bring on the ketchup: A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries caught...

Bring on the ketchup: A tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of french fries caught fire in a Wal-Mart parking lot in the Maine city of Waterville.

  • News
  • 4 hours, 36 minutes ago
Warner-robins
Neighbors remember double murder 25 years later

Warner Robins police charge man in 1989 cold case

Warner Robins police charge man in 1989 cold case

Authorities in Warner Robins announced they have solved a cold case from 1989.

Authorities in Warner Robins announced they have solved a cold case from 1989.

  • Warner-robins
  • 10 hours, 36 minutes ago
Jennifer L Moulliet
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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  • 9 hours, 17 minutes ago
Michael Scott Davidson ,...
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 ...

  • People
  • 10 hours, 57 minutes ago
Ann Oldenburg
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
  • 9 hours, 12 minutes ago
Andrew Wolfson, The...
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.

  • Sports
  • 9 hours, 45 minutes ago
By Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY...
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
  • 11 hours, 22 minutes ago
Kirk Spitzer and Kim Hjelmgaard
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.

  • News
  • 9 hours, 48 minutes ago
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
  • 13 hours, 34 minutes ago
WXIA
Politics
President Barack Obama makes a statement on the agreement reached between six world nations and Iran at an evening address in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. Obama said that the deal that has been struck calls on Iran to limit its nuclear activities in return for sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ga. Republican's ad blames 'immoral' debt on Obama

Ga. Republican's ad blames 'immoral' debt on Obama

An Augusta Republican running for Congress cites the Bible in his first campaign...

An Augusta Republican running for Congress cites the Bible in his first campaign commercial as he accuses President Barack Obama of "immoral" spending.

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  • 4 hours, 22 minutes ago
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