Dry Branch News

A 26-year-old Dry Branch man was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and five years on probation Thursday after a jury convicted him of criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, according to the Bibb County District Attorney's Office.

A 26-year-old Dry Branch man was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and five years on probation Thursday after a jury convicted him of criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, according to the Bibb County District Attorney's Office.

A 26-year-old Dry Branch man was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and five years on probation Thursday after a jury convicted him of criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, according to the Bibb County District Attorney's Office.

Macon-area legislators have scheduled a news conference today at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, and members say they will speak with one voice on efforts to prop up the sports and music halls of fame.

A retired Ocilla road builder will represent Middle Georgia and the rest of the state's 8th Congressional District on the State Transportation Board, the decision-making body that helps direct billions in public funding to specific roads projects.

Before Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, he was just a talented, shy, skinny kid, wearing a tuxedo, his head slumped against a wall.

Bibb County deputies have a man in custody who led authorities on a 20-minute chase from downtown Macon to Dry Branch this morning, driving part of the way in oncoming traffic on Interstate 16.

The state Environmental Protection Division has noted three violations at Swift Creek Landfill after an investigation into an odor complaint at the private facility, an EPD official said this week.

Central Georgia state legislators seemed to disagree on how much they got done during the legislative session in Atlanta.

Twiggs County Commissioner Tommie Lee Bryant said Friday that he wants an outside investigation of the commission office to be sure that sales tax revenue is being properly handled.