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It’s rare when people can embark on a career that centers on their passion. Author Steve Berry has managed to combine his two passions -- writing and history -- into a successful career as a novelist, landing on the New York Times bestseller list for his books based on the character Cotton Malone. Berry, a graduate of the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, is back in Macon on Friday and Saturday to help raise money for Historic Macon.
Two members of the Bibb County school system’s command staff were in close contact with the campus police department’s chief soon after a girl was allegedly raped at Northeast High School and praised the department’s work in the case.
The chances appear to be rising that a proposal for a new Base Realignment and Closure Commission will not make it through Congress.
The Tennessee Valley Authority said a mild winter so far has reduced electricity sales by 5 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year and will cause the utility to reconsider expenditures for the rest of the year.
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