Monroe County News

Dick and Elise Creswell were among the families featured in a June 12, 1994, story in The Telegraph about people who lived on the Ocmulgee River.

Happy Fourth of July, Central Georgia! We're celebrating with the Red, White and Blue this weekend... First up, it's First Friday, and downtown Macon kicks off the festivities with a beach blast...in Third Street Park! Kris Hattaway of NewTown Macon explains, "This is family-friendly, fun-for-everyone, all ages .

Todaya s visit is not so much about our town, but our state. I have long suspected South Carolina does a better job of promoting tourism than Georgia because it names things logically.

Never mind that the thermometer topped 100 a couple of days early, or that the kids have been out of school for nearly a month, or that there have been fresh ripe peaches and tomatoes for sale at the local produce stands for weeks; summer didn't officially arrive until Sunday.

One local man got what he says was the best Father's Day gift of all when he found out he's Monroe County's father of the year.

With an eye to the future, Monroe County officials hope the county one day has its own water treatment plant.

The old water plant outside of Juliette in Monroe County may look rusty now, but commissioner Mike Bilderback has big plans.

It's the weekend, again! And there are many great events happening throughout Central Georgia.

A 62-year-old Monroe County woman has been charged with allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband.

A Covington man died in a Monroe County accident Wednesday morning. Lt. Brad Freeman of the Monroe sheriff's office says it happened around 6:30 a.m. on Highway 83, about four miles north of Forsyth.

Montgomery County High School in Monore, Georgia has two separate proms for its graduating seniors - one for the white students and one for the black ones.

One of the nine vehicles seized in the massive drug bust that took place on May 13.

Steve Evans, indirect lending manager, was selected Manager of the Quarter at Robins Federal Credit Union, where he has been employed for 10 years.

Most of the time the state's Historic Preservation Division's achievement awards recognize projects that have preserved historical treasures.

Four years after receiving a $4 million infusion from Congress to clean up Middle Georgia's air, the Middle Georgia Clean Air Coalition finally decided Thursday how to spend it.

Investigators from both the Monroe County and Bibb County Sheriff's Offices are seeking help in identifying a woman who is a suspect in a credit card fraud case, a news release said.

The Georgia State Patrol and the GBI are investigating how one trooper was wounded during Tuesday's tractor-trailer chase on Interstate 75.

An Albany man shot at police Tuesday as he led them on a six-county chase in a stolen tractor-trailer cab down Interstate 75, authorities said.

A tractor trailer truck stolen from Atlanta raced south on Interstate 75 on Tuesday with a bandit at the wheel and the rig's rightful driver clinging to the back of its cab.

Millions of dollars will be flowing to Middle Georgia school systems in the coming weeks now that the state school board has approved the allocation of about $760 million in federal stimulus money for Georgia.