Houston County News

A Warner Robins man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty Friday to beating another man to death in 2006.

Valerie Meyers, a self-described "Ron Paul Republican," sent out a press release yesterday afternoon announcing her intention to seek the Republican nominate for Congress in GA-8: Valerie Meyers, a mother of two who lives in Houston County, announced today that she will seek the Republican nomination for the 8th Congressional District.

Candidates, their wives and supporters lined the streets holding signs, waving arms and chanting loudly as residents flowed through polling places Tuesday morning.

Houston County Commissioners have approved a mining operation south of Perry, with conditions.

Last year's Department of Education's Adequate Yearly Progress or AYP report showed 100 percent of Houston County schools met AYP, Bibb county schools about 63 percent and Peach and Pulaski hit 50 percent or below.

According to the Salvation Army, since September of 2009, there have been 67 homicides in the state of Georgia that were a result of domestic violence.

A Warner Robins travel agent pleaded guilty Thursday afternoon to 47 counts of felony and misdemeanor theft by conversion.

Some homebound seniors in Houston County only get one meal a day. Many times, Meals on Wheels provides that meal.

While the issue of creating zoning boundaries based on racial demographics heated up Tuesday's public discussion of new school zones in Houston County next school year, a number of parents demanded the zones focus more on proximity and community ties than fulfilling demographic requirements.

The half-sister of a Warner Robins man accused of stabbing another man to death outside a Warner Robins restaurant and bar testified Tuesday that her former boyfriend and his cousin jumped the accused.

The Houston County Board of Education presented proposed zoning maps for the 2010-11 school year and named the principal of Veterans High School at its monthly meeting Tuesday.

A Warner Robins man on a motorcycle was killed Monday when he apparently did a wheelie, lost control of his bike and crashed, police said.

Jury selection is expected today in the trial of a Warner Robins man accused of murder in the 2007 stabbing death of another man outside Buffalo's Cafe at 3051 Watson Blvd.

A Perry man has been charged in connection with four auto break-ins in the Kathleen area, police said.

Two drivers are killed in a head-on collision in Houston County. According to a press release from the Houston County Sheriffa s Office, the deadly wreck happened around 6:30 pm Friday on GA-247 near Beaver Creek Road.

Heated tar ignited the roof of Perdue Farms chicken processing plant near Perry late Thursday along the Ga.

Two women died Friday evening when the cars they were driving collided on Ga. 247 in Kathleen.

A Houston County sheriff's deputy has been suspended indefinitely without pay pending the resolution of a sexual battery charge against him, the sheriff said.

Houston County officials say heated tar from a roof repair started a fire at a chicken processing plant near Perry.

Public hearings were held Tuesday at City Hall regarding the rezoning and annexation of more than six acres of county land that will be the future site of a Perry fire station.