http://www.macon.com/local/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2009 Macon Telegraph Local & State 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:48:47 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/local/story/908848.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/908848.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:18 EST For the most part, the locations where 134 people have died on Macon and Bibb County roads since 2005 are as scattered as the pellets of a shotgun blast. http://www.macon.com/local/story/908818.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/908818.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:05 EST Photosynthesis. It’s how plants get energy from sunlight. It’s also one of the first really impressive science words we learn in elementary school. http://www.macon.com/local/story/908628.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/908628.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:30 EST FORSTYH — http://www.macon.com/local/story/908216.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/908216.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:22 EST The Atlanta Humane Society has added $5,000 to the reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot and killed a Griffin Police Department German shepherd. http://www.macon.com/local/story/908476.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/908476.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:12 EST A company spokesman says a Delta plane headed to Philadelphia had to return to the gate just before takeoff from Atlanta because of an engine fire. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907766.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907766.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:54 EST Sprewell Bluff, the only remaining state park that was owned by a private company, is being donated to the state by Georgia Power. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907769.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907769.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54 EST Gov. Sonny Perdue recently dredged soil from Lake Jackson without a permit, dumping it into the lake and angering some neighbors and environmental advocates. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907747.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907747.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54 EST While the mother of the 15-year-old girl charged with bringing a gun to Howard High School says it was out of self-defense, school officials said Friday it was more about a relationship gone sour. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907767.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907767.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:05 EST In Georgia, a person only needs to be 21, have a high school diploma and a year of child care experience to open or run a child care center. The requirements for lead teachers also are not stringent, officials say. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907770.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907770.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54 EST Bibb County commissioners want to say “good riddance” to the roadside signs that litter the county and piles of junk that clutter yards. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907780.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907780.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54 EST It looks like Macon Mayor Robert Reichert is close to proposing a pay scale for city employees — something that’s been a top priority for years but has always been too expensive to put in place. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907353.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907353.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30 EST http://www.macon.com/local/story/907811.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907811.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:05 EST A 23-year-old Milledeville man has been sentenced to serve 17 years in prison and another 23 on probation in connection with a robbery and attempted armed robbery at a Milledgeville convenience store. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907813.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907813.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:07 EST U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, who had planned to hold a town hall meeting today in Macon, has rescheduled it for Thursday so he can be in Washington, D.C., for votes on health-care reform, his office said. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907779.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907779.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:51 EST Macon-Bibb County firefighters answered a call Friday to the old Lakeside Park, where a trash fire spread and ignited dried, rotted wood on a building there. “It was an old, vacant, rundown building that was falling down,” District Fire Chief James Wallace said. “They were cleaning up around it and (the fire) kind of got away from them. It was a lot of bushes, and I guess it got to going a little bit faster than they thought.” Lakeside was a popular recreation area into the 1960s that included a 40-acre lake. Left, smoke from a building wafts through the tall pines http://www.macon.com/local/story/907810.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907810.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03 EST Cordele police officers arrested a man who allegedly entered a residence with a shotgun and demanded money, according to a news release. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907808.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907808.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59 EST Shots were fired at a moving car on Pierce Avenue at about 2 a.m. Friday, according to Macon police. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907809.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907809.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:05 EST First Presbyterian Day School’s band will participate in today’s Georgia Tech football halftime performance as part of Band Day festivities, according to the private school. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907807.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907807.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:57 EST Results in the special election to replace Bobby Parham in the Milledgeville area’s state House District 141 won’t be certified until next week. But local businessman Darrell Black has enough of a lead over the race’s third-place finisher to be in a runoff with top vote-getter Rusty Kidd. http://www.macon.com/local/story/907788.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/907788.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49 EST A story in Friday’s Telegraph needs clarification. Valerie Meyers, who recently announced her intention to challenge Rep. Jim Marshall for his seat in Congress, is a civilian employee for a company that does business with Robins Air Force Base.