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Shaw Blackmon, Houston County¿s state representative-elect, said Wednesday he plans to tackle bills that deal with taxes, religion, education and medical marijuana in Georgia's next legislative session. Blackmon beat Larry…Click to Continue »

Mercer University received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to improve retention, graduation and financial literacy among its non-traditional students. The five-year grant provides $220,000 annually…Click to Continue »

The Crawford County Board of Education plans to hire a new superintendent Monday. Brent Lowe, current assistant superintendent for Pulaski County schools, was announced as a finalist for the Crawford…Click to Continue »

The Motivating Youth Foundation reopened Wednesday, and parents who dropped off their children to the after-school program said they were not concerned by recent reports of spankings at the center.Click to Continue »

The well-known holiday toy charity Kids Yule Love will now require its recipients to do community service in order to become eligible.Click to Continue »

New faculty at the University of Georgia toured Robins Air Force Base and the Museum of Aviation on Wednesday. It was part of a statewide tour to help new faculty…Click to Continue »

Bibb County Sheriff David Davis and deputies are scheduled to conduct a Walk for Safety in Macon's Ingleside neighborhood Thursday beginning at 7 p.m. Deputies and the sheriff will talk…Click to Continue »

WARNER ROBINS -- Next week residents here will have a chance to witness something they have probably never seen before and will never see again.Click to Continue »

A 20-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning by the Fort Valley Police Department less than 24 hours after he allegedly shot and robbed a resident at Indian Oaks Apartments.Click to Continue »

"The Originals," a television show that airs on The CW, is fiming in Macon Wednesday.Click to Continue »