Crawford County News

Greg Cape always has been known as "Big Greg.'' At 400 pounds, he is a mountain of a man.

To some readers , current news headlines seem repugnant. Every day it seems there are more callous and disturbing events that reveal a human condition that seems to be worsening.

The first time Tony Sellier went to Cuba he was 15. He was leaving his home in Venezuela at his parents insistence and flying to a new life in America.

A high school gym might not have the same ambience as an outdoor wood-fired kiln, but it does have its advantages.

Middle Georgians will be able to purchase pottery made by artists from throughout the Southeast at the Merritt Pottery Festival in Crawford County on Saturday.

Two Macon men have been indicted on charges that they locked a 14-year-old girl in a house in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood and forced her to have sex with up to 15 people.

Two Macon men are charged with selling a runaway girl's sexual services to 10 men, then selling her to another man for $500. A Bibb County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Shuntain Griffin and Marcus Henley on charges of trafficking a person for labor or sexual servitude, according to prosecutor Nancy Scott Malcor.

Even though he knows it will mean more work later, last week Al Pearson couldn't bring himself to feel too glum about the rain brought by Hurricane Ida.

An inmate stole a county vehicle and decided to make his way south last week while on a work detail at Jones Countya s public golf course last week.

Crawford County has a new recreation spot for people of all ages. Thursday, the city of Roberta held a dedication ceremony for its new basketball and tennis facilities.

Flood Warnings continue for parts of Central Georgia because of the rainfall received from Ida.

The Freshman Academy FFA chapter and agriculture education program received a visit recently from two of the 2009-10 state FFA officers.

The Flint Energies Foundation recently awarded a total of $10,000 to 12 teachers in Houston, Macon and Taylor counties.

Crawford County authorities say serving a search warrant in attempts to find inmate escapee David Maynard Morris Jr.

The search for an escaped jail inmate led Crawford County deputies to four methamphetamine suspects, the sheriff says.

An escaped inmate from Crawford County is back in jail. According to a Crawford County Sheriff's Office news release, David Morris Jr., 36, was caught at a home on Tidwell Road in Bibb County Wednesday evening.

The Crawford County sheriff says no one will be charged in Saturday morning's hunting accident that injured a Byron man.

A man suffered an accidental gunshot wound to the abdomen Saturday morning near Roberta.

The Crawford County Sheriff's Office says a man was accidentally shot Saturday morning.

Crime scene in aftermath of fire at 162 Park View in Salem Community Thursday, Oct.