Centerville News

A shoplifting suspect shot a Houston County sheriff's deputy in the finger Friday afternoon and was later shot himself, Sheriff Cullen Talton says.

It's election day across Middle Georgia. In Warner Robins, ballots will be cast to elect a new mayor and three new city council members.

A 90-day effort to curb drunken drivers, speeders and motorists not wearing seat belts began Friday in Houston County.

Central Georgia voters today will elect mayors, city council members, a state representative and decide on sales-tax questions.

Officials already are approving expansions to the city's new animal shelter - a week before its official grand opening - after housing requirements stated in an agreement between the city and other officials were not met.

While hundreds talked issues and sought out information from political candidates at the second annual Middle Georgia HobNob at the Galleria Conference Center and Banquet Hall, it was who wasn't there that made the biggest impact.

Hundreds are expected to rub elbows with candidates for various state offices at tonight's Middle Georgia Regional HobNob, the first major event at the Galleria Conference Center and Banquet Hall at the Galleria Mall.

For the first time in nearly 16 years, Warner Robins will have a new leader. In Tuesday's election, City Councilman Clifford Holmes Jr., along with political newcomers Chuck Shaheen and Chuck Chalk, now aim to build on the successes of Mayor Donald Walker, who died Sept.

For a former department store, the Galleria Conference Center and Banquet Hall in Centerville makes a good first impression.

Featuring The English Family, Drew Parker, Logan Smith, Mary Cone and The Feltons.

Harold 'Bubba' Edwards says he's not walking door-to-door to let people know his reasons for running for mayor again.

Chuck Shaheen was a teenager when he first latched onto the idea of politics as a way to give back to the city he says helped raise him.

Voters began casting early ballots Monday for the Nov. 3 elections being held in several Central Georgia cities and counties.

A Macon man led Houston County and Bibb County sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase late Tuesday.

Storms that delivered torrential rains across Georgia did not spare the midstate Monday night, with considerable flooding occurring in Houston County and the surrounding area.

Newly-appointed Public Safety Director Anthony B. Cooper is a Bob Newhart fan. He likes to joke that he and his two chiefs are similar to three backwoodsman characters that appeared on the popular 1980s television comedy "Newhart." Cooper likes to quote the trademark phrase of the show's character Larry.

An employee of a Warner Robins tobacco shop was shot Thursday morning during an armed robbery, police said.

A shooting at a Warner Robins cigar and hookah shop ended with a car chase, and two people arrested.

For 25 years, the Sacred Heart Christian Service Center has helped needy families in the Houston County area.

What's open, what's not for Labor Day. Banks: American Pride Bank, Atlantic Southern Bank, Bank of America, BB&T, Capital City Bank, CB&T Bank of Middle Georgia, Central Bank of Georgia, Colonial Bank, MidSouth Federal Credit Union, RBC Centura Bank, Robins Federal Credit Union, Security Bank, SunMark Community Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wachovia will ...