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Perry community mourns the loss of devoted Officer Leyon Roberts
PERRY, Ga. (WGXA) -- Family, friends, and the Perry Police Department are mourning the loss of a veteran officer. In a post on Facebook, PPD announced the passing of Officer Leyon Roberts, saying that he lost his battle with cancer. The post says that he knew the Perry community and...
Saturday morning cleanup turns into investigation when Sheriff Davis and Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful volunteers find stolen car
MACON, Ga. — Members of the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Organization found a lot more than trash when they embarked on their Saturday morning cleanup. A post by the sheriff's office shows Sheriff David Davis and Executive Director Asha Ellen beside a stolen car they found while searching for garbage.
UPDATE: 2 charged in shooting that left man dead in 2023
UPDATE (4/17/24): Two men are now charged in connection with the death of 47-year-old Ishmael Hassan Saleem in 2023. A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says investigators served arrest warrants last month for 37-year-old Shaun Mills and 40-year-old Terrell Ugean Mills. Both men have yet to be extradited...
Fort Valley in; 5 NCAA men’s volleyball bids up for grabs Saturday
Fort Valley State is going to the NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Championship. The Wildcats, who breezed through the SIAC with a 10-0 regular-season record, won that conference’s tournament Friday by sweeping Central State to claim the SIAC’s historical first automatic NCAA bid. Five more automatic bids...
Bibb Sheriff's Office investigating after two injured in Rocky Creek gas station shooting
MACON, Ga. — Two people are in the hospital after a Saturday night shooting in Macon on Rocky Creek Road. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says around 8 p.m., a group of people started fighting at the Chevron gas station at 1106 Rocky Creek Road, and it escalated until shots were fired. According to a sheriff's office news release, a man was shot and a woman suffered an 'abrasion.'
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