Bibb County News

The Bibb County Commission has agreed on an $83.6 million plan to build a new courthouse in downtown Macon, close to the current courthouse.

It took just a few seconds to get hooked. "Flying would be something to accomplish," said an excited Rutland High School junior Adonis Parker, who climbed out of an old, gray F-15 flight simulator parked in front of his school.

Bibb County voters have approved an extension of a penny sales tax for education.

A Bibb County grand jury on Tuesday charged a Macon man with killing a waitress last year and burning her body.

The flailing economy is taking a toll on a company that would bring about 70 jobs and an investment of about $20 million to Bibb County.

The Bibb County School District and Central High School dedicated the school's new facilities Sunday afternoon.

For the first time in the county's history, the Bibb County school system will be footing the bill for Tuesday's special election.

People planning to vote Tuesday can find out which precinct they will cast ballots in by calling 265-1115. In Bibb County, five precincts have changed locations: Connection Fellowship has moved to St.

A Macon man is charged with strangling his girlfriend Friday morning, the city's second alleged domestic killing in a week.

An Athens-based company plans its third store, which will be located at The Shoppes at River Crossing.

A suspect led police on a chase from Peach County to Bibb County. According to Sean Defoe with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the person was stopped on I-75 in Bibb County, arrested and taken back to Peach County.

The first phase of a new church building on Houston Road received the green light Monday from the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission.

Voters in Bibb County are heading to the polls to vote on a proposed one cent sales tax benefiting the school system.

A Macon woman is in a coma after police say she was shot in the head during an argument with her husband.

Sometimes the hits just keep on coming. Macon residents already have an extreme inferiority complex which paralyzes while it polarizes.

Two masked men held up the Family Dollar store in east Bibb County shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday.

A Bibb County inmate has been charged with arson in connection with a fire in a jail cell.

The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says a man was hit and killed in a hit and run accident Wednesday night.

A judge dropped charges against a Macon teenager accused of shooting two others outside a downtown club.

Bibb County commissioners say they support a plan to consolidate the county government and the city of Macon.