Macon County, GA

WLOS — Two people have now been arrested in connection with the death of the owner of the Dixie Diner in Laurel Park. Paulette Clark's son, Maurice Jones, Jr. and Austin Amos Kennedy Byrnside, who is Jones' nephew and the victim's grandson, are both charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Over the years, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Albany, Marvin Laster has raised millions of dollars and improved many different clubs in Albany, Plains and Macon County. Now Laster’s time is coming to an end but he still has some work to...

MACON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- A 27-year-old man who walked through the streets of Montezuma armed with a shotgun and yelling out threats has been arrested, according to police. Montezuma police officials state that 27-year-old Rakim Melvin, of Montezuma, also committed multiple thefts. Melvin is a suspect in a burglary...

MACON COUNTY, Ga. — Police are warning families to stay away from a pond after reports of a large alligator. The Montezuma Police Department posted on Facebook officers were dispatched to the Washington Street area near Cole Pond in reference to an alligator. Montezuma is in Macon County. [DOWNLOAD:...

MACON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - Law enforcement in Macon County is warning citizens of a large alligator in the area. In a post to the department's Facebook page, Montezuma Police say a large alligator was spotted at Cole Pond in the Washington Street area. They have asked the Department of...

AMERICUS – Retired South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Instructor Frank Gassett of Macon County shared his vast knowledge of the industry as a guest lecturer for the next generation of SGTC Aviation Maintenance Technicians recently. He talked with instructor David Grant’s classes about fuel systems and explained manifold pressure.

MACON COUNTY, Ga. — All Macon County schools are closed Wednesday due to the weather. County Manager Kevin Lewis made the decision Tuesday night. All Macon County government and courthouse offices are closing at noon. Dooly County schools are also closed down.

DOOLY COUNTY, Ga. — Students and staff will not report to school in Dooly County because of the potential for more severe weather on Wednesday, April 6, according to a Facebook post from the school district. The post says all after-school activities are canceled for Dooly students as well.

MACON COUNTY, Ga. — One person is dead after an accident involving an ATV and dirt bike on Spring Street, according to the Montezuma Police Department. According to a Facebook post from Montezuma Police, 47-year-old Eric Levontae Felton of Montezuma was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday afternoon by Macon County Coroner Brenda Oglesby.

MACON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - A Montezuma man is dead after an accident involving a 4-wheeler. In a media release, the Montezuma Police Department says the accident happened on Spring Street in Montezuma just before 5 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses say the 4-wheeler hit a parked vehicle and flipped. The driver...

MACON COUNTY, Ga. — You probably don’t think much about it, you just go to the grocery store and grab a gallon of milk out of the cooler. But state senators are considering a bill called the ‘Raw Dairy Act.’ It would essentially let farmers sell milk right from the cow.

MACON COUNTY, Ga. — Storms swept across parts of Central Georgia Wednesday morning. Macon County Emergency Management Director Roy Yoder spent the morning checking out damage reports near Ideal. "Afterwards, we checked out up on Brooks Road and on Gene Road and we did find some tree damage about...

MACON, Ga. — The Macon County coroner said a woman stole a set of casket trucks from the front porch of a funeral parlor on Monday, according to Macon.com. Fair Haven Funeral Home in southern Bibb County was waiting for a casket delivery and left a set of casket trucks out on its front porch, according to the newspaper.

When Cleveland Whitehead, 74, drives his black Chevy Silverado through the backroads of Macon County in middle Georgia, he remembers the families who worked the land on Flint River Farms back in the day. He looks out over the cotton fields, pecan orchards and dirt tracts that dot the area.