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Wed., February 8, 2012 8:04am
The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame will stay in Macon for at least the next three years under a lease agreement expected to be filed Tuesday in Bibb County. The paperwork was not immediately available, but Ben Sapp, the museum's interim director, said Gov. Nathan Deal has signed off on the agreement.
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Mon., February 6, 2012 7:00am
City employees on the verge of developing diabetes in Columbus, Macon and Athens-Clarke County will soon get help. A study by University of Georgia researchers will help workers manage their weight and reduce their risk of becoming Type II diabetics.
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Mon., February 6, 2012 6:00am
Adoptions at the Macon animal shelter are up 166-percent since 2008. Central Georgia Cares, a non-profit, formed to market the facility is crediting the success to a social media marketing campaign.
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Fri., January 27, 2012 6:45pm
P. Allen Golson recently had been named CEO of Ocala Health System. He had served as CEO of Coliseum Health System in Macon for seven years before taking the Ocala job. He died when a twin-engine Cessna went down south of an Ocala airport
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Mon., January 16, 2012 7:32am
A new emergency radio system is at the top of a wish list for Macon politicians seeking what projects will be funded by the special purpose local option sales tax.
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Fri., January 13, 2012 7:58am
The parent company of Food Lion and other supermarket chains has announced that it will close more than half of its locations in Georgia as part of a company-wide restructuring affecting 1,000 workers in the state. The decision affects 29 stores.
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Fri., December 30, 2011 4:00pm
Atlanta’s annual New Year’s Eve Peach Drop takes its inspiration from the ball drop in New York’s Times Square. Now some smaller Georgia cities are taking their inspiration from Atlanta, and will be dropping symbolic items Saturday night as part of New Year’s Eve countdown celebrations.
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Fri., December 30, 2011 3:00pm
Police in Macon say they will arrest people caught illegally firing weapons into the air. 2010 incident killed an Atlanta child. Bullets travel over 200 miles per hour when falling.
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Wed., December 28, 2011 3:17pm
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame boosters waiting for state to sign lease agreement. Newtown Macon will officially run the facility once the deal is signed by the state. Efforts to save the Music Hall of Fame failed.
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Tue., December 27, 2011 3:00pm
Lawmakers are preparing new legislation on consolidation. Past efforts have failed. Changes in leadership make merging city and county more likely.
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