Macon Telegraph: Breaking News http://www.macon.com/149/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Breaking News 60 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:58:52 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com System off Southeast could become depression http://www.macon.com/149/story/408029.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408029.html Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:51 EDT A storm off the Southeast coast that sent bands of rain into Georgia and South Carolina developed into a tropical depression late Friday night, the National Hurricane Center said. <b>Events calendar:</b> What's happening this weekend http://www.macon.com/149/story/404171.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/404171.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:39 EDT Petty ride passing through area Saturday http://www.macon.com/149/story/408582.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408582.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:41 EDT The 14th annual Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride, which raises money for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and other charities that assist chronically ill children, will pass through Middle Georgia Saturday. Police looking for robbers who hit pair of Macon stores http://www.macon.com/149/story/408438.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408438.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:41 EDT Macon police are seeking the public's help in identifying two young males suspected of robbing two Macon gas stations earlier this week. Wal-Mart security guard stabbed while approaching suspected thieves http://www.macon.com/149/story/408367.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408367.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:32 EDT Bibb County sheriff's deputies are investigating a stabbing earlier today at the Wal-Mart on Harrison Road. UPDATE: Gas that started fire was bought at Macon gas station http://www.macon.com/149/story/408337.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408337.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:26 EDT The gasoline used to start a fire Monday that killed two young boys was purchased at the Enmark gas station on Mercer University Drive, according to court testimony. UPDATE: Church group gives travel agency more time to refund $36,000 http://www.macon.com/149/story/408336.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408336.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:26 EDT A church group trying to recoup $36,000 from a travel agency after a botched booking for a cruise has agreed to give the agency more time to refund the money. People escape east Macon house fire http://www.macon.com/149/story/408239.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408239.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:03 EDT Macon-Bibb County firefighters are responding to a house fire in the 2600 block of Ellsworth Terrace in east Macon. UPDATE: WR police identify 4-year-old who drowned in pond http://www.macon.com/149/story/408238.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408238.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00 EDT The 4-year-old child who drowned in a pond Wednesday night in the 400 block of Osigian Boulevard has been identified as Matthew Payne, son of Deloria and James Payne, according to the Warner Robins Police Department incident report. <b>Events calendar:</b> What's happening this weekend http://www.macon.com/149/story/404170.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/404170.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:38 EDT <b>macon.com MIDDAY UPDATE:</B> FDA declares it's OK to eat tomatoes again; lawsuit over school funding in Ga. heads to court; system off Southeast could become depression http://www.macon.com/149/story/408061.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408061.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:31 EDT It's OK to eat all kinds of tomatoes again, the U.S. government declared Thursday - lifting its salmonella warning on the summer favorites amid signs that the record outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. More Bibb 8th-graders pass statewide math test this summer http://www.macon.com/149/story/408014.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408014.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:55 EDT The number of Bibb County eighth-graders who passed a harder state math exam jumped by more than 20 percentage points after a retest this summer, the school system announced today. Starbucks to close two stores in Macon http://www.macon.com/149/story/408015.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/408015.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:55 EDT Starbucks has announced it plans to close two of its five stores in Macon. Ga. man charged with dogfighting http://www.macon.com/149/story/407766.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407766.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:05 EDT A rural north Georgia man is facing a felony dogfighting charge and authorities say he was operating an influential dogfighting ring. 2 teens arrested in wild four-county chase near Atlanta http://www.macon.com/149/story/407856.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407856.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:04 EDT A wild police chase through four counties ended on Interstate 20 in Atlanta. When it was over, two juveniles, ages 17 and 18, were taken into custody. <b>Update with Liz Fabian</b>: Two in custody with a third sought in arson deaths of 2 boys; WR child drowns in pond; Mark Richt comes to Macon http://www.macon.com/149/story/407945.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407945.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:33 EDT Thursday's top stories on macon.com http://www.macon.com/149/story/407932.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407932.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:47 EDT Mississippi remains most obese state, CDC reports http://www.macon.com/149/story/407082.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407082.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:50 EDT The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. UPDATE: Police say suspects used gasoline to start blaze that killed two children http://www.macon.com/149/story/407569.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407569.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:55 EDT Investigators have recovered physical evidence in the Monday arson that killed two young boys at 417 Moseley Ave. Warner Robins travel agency leaves youth group high and dry, parents say http://www.macon.com/149/story/407516.html http://www.macon.com/149/story/407516.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:55 EDT A church group in Warner Robins planned to leave this weekend to take graduating high school seniors on a cruise, but they said they found out that $36,000 they paid a travel agent for the tickets never made it to the cruise line.