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Group pitches charter school to Peach County Board of Education
FORT VALLEY -- A group looking to bring a charter school to Byron presented a petition outlining the proposal to the Peach County Board of Education Tuesday evening.
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HOUSTON & PEACH
Houston proposes $51.6 million budget, no tax increase
WARNER ROBINS -- The Houston County Board of Commissioners unveiled a $51.6 million general fund budget Tuesday that is just slightly more than last year’s budget.
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POLITICS
Bibb commissioners approve slight increase for pensioners
Retired Bibb County employees will get a slight bump in their retirement benefits, commissioners decided Tuesday.
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POLITICS
Bibb appeals decision in Monroe border war
Bibb County Attorney Virgil Adams filed an appeal Tuesday with the Georgia Supreme Court in the latest round of the border dispute with Monroe County.
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POLITICS
Decision nearing on big software buy for Macon-Bibb government
The committee working on merging Macon and Bibb County computer systems is leaning toward recommending New World Systems to provide software for all public-safety functions: police, firefighters and other emergency services.
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LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER CASE
McDaniel trial postponed to January, may be delayed further
The trial date has been postponed for the man accused in the June 2011 slaying and dismemberment of Lauren Giddings.
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HOUSTON & PEACH
Warner Robins to honor Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve
WARNER ROBINS -- Actress and singer Bobbie Eakes sang with the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve for the first time when she was a student at Warner Robins High School.
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CRIME
Macon man indicted in March armed robbery
A Macon man who allegedly robbed an Eisenhower Parkway business at gunpoint in March was indicted Tuesday by Bibb County grand jurors.
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CRIME
Macon man indicted in January 2013 rape
A 19-year-old Macon man was indicted Tuesday on an allegation he forced a woman to have sex at a Log Cabin Drive apartment on Jan. 29.
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LOCAL & STATE
Macon-based company agrees to $16,000 settlement in federal sexual harassment lawsuit
A Macon-based custodial company has agreed to a $16,000 settlement with a former employee who filed a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit in 2011.
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CRIME
Lizella man indicted in downtown beating death
Bibb County grand jurors indicted a 60-year-old Lizella man Tuesday in the April 4 beating death of a man at the intersection of Poplar Street and Second Street Lane in downtown Macon.




