http://www.macon.com/local/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2009 Macon Telegraph Local & State 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:04:28 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/local/story/926208.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/926208.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:32 EST With divisive politics, global unrest and bad economic news seemingly around every corner, it’s nice to sink into a theater seat, grab a bag of popcorn and take in a movie or two this holiday season. http://www.macon.com/local/story/926244.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/926244.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43 EST Even in the midst of a harsh economic year, Macon police and the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office are reporting that crime is down so far in 2009. http://www.macon.com/local/story/926210.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/926210.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:33 EST STATESBORO — Beating The Citadel wasn’t good enough for Georgia Southern head football coach Chris Hatcher to keep his job. http://www.macon.com/local/story/926214.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/926214.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:57 EST An early morning house fire killed one person and burned two others Saturday. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said the body of a man was found inside a burning one-story wood-frame house at 2824 Columbus Road, which is about two blocks west of Pio Nono Avenue near Brentwood Avenue. http://www.macon.com/local/story/926223.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/926223.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:45 EST Washington Memorial Library archivist Muriel Jackson spends her days digging through history. http://www.macon.com/local/story/926219.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/926219.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:46 EST A high school gym might not have the same ambience as an outdoor wood-fired kiln, but it does have its advantages. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925220.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925220.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:12 EST About 40 people, including several Macon politicians, gathered outside the downtown Dempsey Apartments late Friday afternoon to protest the removal of two park benches in front of the high-rise. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925281.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925281.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25 EST An Ingram-Pye Elementary third-grader was suspended from school after he pointed a toy gun at a parent while walking home from school Thursday, principal Baheejah Hasan said. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925282.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925282.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25 EST A Dodge County woman was sentenced Friday to two years in prison and three years on probation in the 2008 death of an infant she was baby-sitting. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925283.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925283.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25 EST The sale of long-dormant properties, some of them run-down, returned a profit of about $49,000 to Bibb County government, officials said. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925275.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925275.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25 EST It looks like Macon narrowly missed out on hosting the first major debate of the 2010 gubernatorial elections next month because all the campaigns couldn’t get together on a date. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925293.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925293.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18 EST Several area law enforcement agencies partnered for a 48-hour special traffic operation to kick off the holiday travel season. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925271.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925271.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:16 EST The National Book Foundation named Flannery O’Connor’s “The Complete Stories” as the Best of the National Book Awards Fiction, on Wednesday during National Book Awards Week. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925300.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925300.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21 EST Bibb County investigators are looking into a break-in at Mikado Baptist Church that took place early Friday morning, a report said. http://www.macon.com/local/story/925299.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/925299.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20 EST Macon police are investigating two unrelated armed robberies that took place Thursday night, a report said. http://www.macon.com/local/story/923957.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/923957.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:31 EST Georgia's state-run psychiatric hospitals continue to have serious problems, and a recent Department of Justice visit to the largest facility - Central State Hospital in Milledgeville - led the hospital to stop taking new patients indefinitely. http://www.macon.com/local/story/923763.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/923763.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32 EST ATHENS — After less than two seasons as the University of Georgia’s mascot, Uga VII died of heart-related causes Thursday. http://www.macon.com/local/story/923956.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/923956.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:28 EST The year was 1962. http://www.macon.com/local/story/923941.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/923941.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:28 EST The little boy’s sisters died in the fire. Their snapshots were atop the funeral-home stand next to the guest register in their great-grandparents’ living room, where everyone inside sat waiting for the survivor: the little boy. http://www.macon.com/local/story/923904.html http://www.macon.com/local/story/923904.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:12 EST It had been years since Macon Water Authority employee Kellie Wyatt stepped into an elementary school.