Hardaway News

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway of Memphis faces charges of driving on a suspended license and driving without proof of insurance in Olive Branch, Miss.

Macon County is again grieving the loss of life, enduring its fourth murder of 2008 - three of which have occurred within about three weeks time.

At approximately 10:30 Saturday night (August 9), the Macon County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of two bodies lying in the road on County Road 2 in South Macon, both dead of apparent gunshot wounds to the head.

The victims, Erica Denise Black, 23, and Clinton Darnell Donner, 27, both residents of Macon County, were discovered lying in the roadway by a passing motorist between Fort Davis and Hardaway. According to Macon County Sheriff David Warren, the driver reported the scene to Bullock County authorities who then informed the Macon Sheriff's Department of the incident.

Authorities have identified the two people found shot to death on a rural county road in Macon County.

Louis Maxwell says he began feeling the momentum last week. He was basking in that feeling Tuesday night (July 15) after defeating Harold Powell in a runoff for chairman of the Macon County Commission.

Many observers expected a close-to-the-wire finish. When the results were in, Maxwell had garnered 1,736 votes (55.75 percent) to Powell's 1,378 (44.25 percent). The victory margin of 358 votes was considered surprisingly large.

In the primary on June 3, Powell had led a field of six candidates with 1,207 votes while Maxwell was a solid second with 909 votes, 298 behind the leader. The remaining four candidates managed 1,888 votes, meaning there were a lot of votes for the two runoff candidates to go after.

High school students from Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida and Alabama are on campus this week and next to learn about careers in engineering.

A Marengo County grand jury indicted former Demopolis High School assistant coach Nathan Wesley Hallman on two felony counts Tuesday.