http://www.macon.com/198/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2008 Macon Telegraph Local & State 60 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:07:00 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/198/story/411607.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411607.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT Thunderstorms that popped up Monday night across Middle Georgia packed some punch, downing trees and power lines in more than a half-dozen counties and damaging several homes and a church in southern Dodge County. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411614.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411614.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT Macon Mayor Robert Reichert on Tuesday said city officials are waiting to hear back from U.S. Attorney Max Wood's office in response to a letter the city sent outlining its assessment of what happened with a $1 million grant the federal government said was misspent. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411604.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411604.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT President Bush swept into Georgia on Tuesday for what's become something of an election year ritual: trying to knock U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall out of office. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411603.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411603.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411629.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411629.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT Unincorporated Bibb County residents who want the county to haul away debris from the Mother's Day storm have until Monday to get their rubble to the curb. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411619.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411619.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT The Anti-Gang and Project Safe Neighborhood Coalition, a partnership of 15 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, announced Tuesday results of "Operation Independence." http://www.macon.com/198/story/411623.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411623.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT Bibb County sheriff's deputies are investigating an attempted armed robbery Tuesday on Westwood Circle in south Macon. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411613.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411613.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says he might pursue new gun restrictions in response to a recently enacted Georgia law that could allow people to carry concealed firearms in parts of the Atlanta airport. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411605.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411605.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:58 EDT A 14-year-old boy was indicted on a murder charge Tuesday by a Bibb County grand jury. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411588.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411588.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:43 EDT The state is making a last attempt to have a judge dismiss a long-running lawsuit filed by 50 mostly rural school districts about education funding. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411624.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411624.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:28 EDT Macon police have arrested three people authorities said were involved in a burglary early Monday in the Village Green neighborhood. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411622.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411622.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT A former police officer faces a charge of sexual exploitation of children in Greene County. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411621.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411621.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT A woman diagnosed with HIV has been sentenced to three years in prison for spitting in another woman's face and proclaiming "I hope you get AIDS." http://www.macon.com/198/story/411617.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411617.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT Authorities continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old preschool teacher in Gwinnett County. http://www.macon.com/198/story/411606.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/411606.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00 EDT A judge has unsealed some records in Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson's divorce after an ethics watchdog sued to open them to the public. http://www.macon.com/198/story/410701.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/410701.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:34 EDT Macon police have arrested a dozen people in a second phase of an ongoing investigation into Macon's massage parlors. http://www.macon.com/198/story/410721.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/410721.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:54 EDT An abandoned two-story brick building on the corner of Hawthorne Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard burned Monday night after a thunderstorm swept through downtown Macon. http://www.macon.com/198/story/410692.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/410692.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:58 EDT Macon police have arrested a third person in connection with the July 14 fire that killed two children. http://www.macon.com/198/story/410691.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/410691.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:58 EDT Midstate colleges have made plans to trim a state-mandated 5 percent from their budgets, although which cuts will be enacted still remains to be seen. http://www.macon.com/198/story/410706.html http://www.macon.com/198/story/410706.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00 EDT The 5K run that kicked off the Bragg Jam festival in Macon this weekend was more successful than organizers had expected.