Macon County News

Why was the message of counting used for Montezuma's Christmas Parade theme? Having every Montezuma citizen understand how much their personal participation in the 2010 Census is the very best possible gift that we can all give each other.

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The GBI says a Perry man died and another man is charged with murder in a Macon County shooting.

The Beaver Creek Festival is Montezuma's annual heritage observation. It was first celebrated in 1994.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Americus office is investigating a feticide.

Someone tried to set the Marshallville police station on fire last weekend, according to a spokesman for the state Insurance Commissioner's office.

A man drowned in the Flint River Friday night. Macon County Coroner, Grover Barfield, says it happened around 8:00 p.m. Barfield says a father and son were in a boat on the river between Montezuma and Oglethorpe.

Montezuma officials accepted a community development grant check for almost $500,000 Friday.

Investigators need your help to catch a Reynolds man who led deputies on a high speed chase through three counties at speeds that topped 100 miles per hour.

Authorities searched for the accused killer last August following a deadly stabbing.

Macon County is looking for an accused killer who escaped from the county jail. That's according to Trebor Randle, assistant agent in charge of the GBI office in Americus.

Montezuma will be featured in five segments of WMGT's Middle Georgia Pride series from at 6 p.m. July 27-31. The Channel 41 NBC affiliate in Macon created the series to showcase 10 Middle Georgia cities in 10 weeks.