Perry News

Katie Martin, 16, of Minooka can claim a Grand National Championship in equestrian competition.

Two southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near the Houston-Peach county line were blocked for hours Thursday after a tractor-trailer hauling chickens caught fire around 3 a.m., according to the Georgia State Patrol ...

The 19th Annual Georgia National Fail begins today. There are a number of events going on for fairgoers from concerts, midway rides and games, and laser shows with fireworks.

Two lanes of Interstate 75 south in Peach County will be closed into this evening after a truck fire.

About 2,700 Central Georgia veterans can soon get health care closer to home. The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin plans to open an outpatient clinic in Perry next month.

In yet another testament to the impact of rising gas prices, the Perry Animal Shelter is finding it increasingly difficult to attract volunteers to keep animals or even travel to PetSmart in Warner Robins to ...

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating an accident involving school bus accident on Ballyhara Drive off Ga.

With three plays on the boards this weekend , plus the Ocmulgee Indian Festival running Saturday and Sunday, this would be a big weekend by anybody's yardstick, but throw in the opening of the Macon Symphony ...

It's a blue ribbon stretch of days in Houston County. Next week it's the Georgia National Fair, an event saved up for and planned around from one side of the country to the other for the better part of a year.

Domestic violence resulted in murder, then suicide for at least the fourth time this year in Central Georgia.

Jury selection is expected to get under way today in the long-awaited federal trial of suspended Perry doctor Spurgeon Green Jr., who is accused of illegally distributing medication that resulted in the death ...

A Houston County jury convicted a Perry man of armed robbery and robbery Thursday.

A Byron man will have to serve at least 30 years in prison of a life sentence for the armed robbery of a Dollar General store last summer, a Houston County prosecutor said today.

Don't mess with lightning. That's the earnest plea Friday from a Houston County physician responsible for the initial treatment of some of the 13 people injured late Thursday afternoon when lightning struck the ...

A clerk at the Houston County jail spent the weekend as an inmate after she was arrested and charged with stealing from inmate funds.

A Tennessee man was arrested and charged with the armed robbery of the Dairy Queen in Perry late Friday night, police said.

Update with Liz Fabian: Dozen people hurt after lightning strikes Bonaire Middle School football game; Perry man gets 25 years for child molestation; some Bibb students will have to walk to school due to tool ...

A 50-year-old Perry man was sentenced this afternoon to 25 years in prison without parole for child molestation, a Houston County prosecutor says.

In less than a month, nearly half a million people are expected in Perry to attend the Georgia National Fair.

The Loganville Police Department Internet Predator Unit has logged five more arrests - four of them in the last two weeks - to bring their total to 28 arrests made since its inception.