Macon County News

Tuskegee businessman Howard Burton is a political novice, but he believes his educational background and experience as president of a national organization have equipped him to advocate for the people who live in state Senate District 28.

An undercover sting operation and months of investigating have landed Macon County one of its biggest drug indictments in history.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told George Washington Carver High School students Tuesday that success is a product of big dreams and hard work.

William Curtis, Jr. was indicted along with fellow officer John Moon Tuesday in a specially called session of the Macon County Grand Jury Tuesday.

SHORTER -- Milton McGregor believes millions of dollars have passed VictoryLand by on their way to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Several Macon County residents are under arrest on of distributing drugs, trafficking in cocaine, and conspiracy to commit various drug crimes, as well as failing to affix tax stamps to various illegal drugs.

WSFA 12 News has new information about a murder investigation in Macon County. Last night, two people were shot about a mile from the Shell Station at the corner of Old Montgomery Road and Martin Luther King Highway in Tuskegee.

For weeks now, burglars have been terrorizing communities along the Macon, Bullock, and Montgomery County lines.

Ths tow of Shorter's new Emergency Operations Center should receive $500,000 in Federal funding to help get it off the ground and serve the Macon County area, says Congressman Mike Rogers .

Friday, history was made at the Macon County Courthouse. Community leaders gathered to unveil the counties first official flag.

Macon County is set to unveil a new flag that will be dedicated at 9:00am Friday.

Imagine that you are an African American man living in Macon County, Alabama, during the great depression of the 1930s.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, actress LisaRaye McCoy from the TV series 'All of Us' and TV Judge Glenda A. Hatchett will be in Tuskegee today as part of a tour to support public education that is being sponsored by Calhoun Enterprises.

TUSKEGEE -- A second lawsuit has been filed claim ing Birmingham Mayor Lar ry Langford received special treatment that let him win big jackpots at the Victory Land gambling center, owned by Langford political donor Milton McGregor.

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld deaths sentences for slayings in Jefferson and Macon counties.

A lawsuit claims Biringham Mayor Larry Langford got a rigged jackpot from a bingo operation.

When swine flu concerns peaked in late April and early May, sales of a combination of sealed juice and individually wrapped communion wafers soared.

On the heels of the upcoming fiscal year, Mayor Omar Neal sat in front of residents, spelling out just how bad the situation is.

Over the last decade, the U.S. Mint has been trickling out quarters with new designs on the back commemorating our 50 states and territories.

The Macon County School District adjourned classes for its 3,000 students at 1 p.m. Thursday and will not reopen until Monday because of absenteeism from swine flu at three of its six schools.