Local & State

Colethia Williams, left, sits with family members as students gather Friday at Riley Elementary School at a tree dedication ceremony. The ceremony was held in honor of Williams three children, who died in a fire at their Macon home in February. JLon Williams, 3, seated at right, survived the blaze.

Children killed in fire remembered at tree dedication ceremony

The boy who survived a Feb. 24 fire that killed his two older sisters and brother sat a few feet away from holes where crape myrtle trees soon will be planted in his siblings’ honor in front of their school, Riley Elementary.

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CRIME

UPDATE: Name released of critically-injured motorist shot by Houston sheriff’s deputy

WARNER ROBINS -- The GBI has released the name of a Warner Robins man shot by a Houston County sheriff’s deputy after ramming patrol cars as deputies were getting out of them.
CRIME

Milledgeville police issue arrest warrant for 21-year-old on charge of murder

WARNER ROBINS -- An arrest warrant on the charge of murder has been issued for 21-year-old Quintavious Horton, Milledgeville police said.
HOUSTON & PEACH

Houston Relay for Life raises $305,000, spokeswoman says

WARNER ROBINS -- Relay for Life for Houston County raised $305,000 by midnight Friday for the American Cancer Society, a spokeswoman said.
CRIME

UPDATE: Baby taken located and safe, police say

A 10-month-old child taken from the apartment of the child’s mother without permission early Saturday has been located, police say.
POLITICS

Political Notebook: Missing board members; high-tech hatred; shelter news

Three members of the Redevelopment Agency board in Warner Robins aren’t really members anymore.
POLITICS

Macon pension costs seen rising as budget tackled

Digging into actual city departmental budgets instead of outside agencies, the Macon City Council’s Appropriations Committee quickly ran into some higher costs for the coming fiscal year.
CRIME

Mom, subject of Amber Alert, in custody after car wreck in Dodge County

An Americus mother, who was the subject of a statewide Amber Alert, is in custody after a three-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon in Dodge County.
CRIME

Nursing home tax fraud scheme case nets two indictments

Federal grand jurors have indicted two Macon women accused of using identities of patients at a Macon residential health and nursing home in an income tax fraud scheme.
LOCAL & STATE

Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots draw players to midstate stores

Ben Evans sat on a desk Friday inside the T&A Mart at the corner of Pio Nono and Montpelier avenues, thumbing through a thick stack of Georgia Lottery slips.
CRIME

GBI: Houston deputy shoots motorist after chase

WARNER ROBINS -- A Houston County deputy shot a motorist Friday after the driver allegedly pulled over and rammed two sheriff’s cars following a chase, a GBI official says.