Peach County News

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.

Peach County Emergency Medical Services has new equipment that could give patients better and faster medical help.

Two years after a fire destroyed the church building, the congregation of the Allen Temple AME Church in Byron broke ground Wednesday on its new sanctuary and fellowship hall at the corner of Jones Road and Ga.

Voters in Peach County said they want to raise money for the school system using a one penny sales tax, also called an Education Local Option Sales Tax.

Students and family members celebrated Veterans Day at Byron Middle School with a lunch and a special presentation.

A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on the Georgia Department of Transportation's proposed plans for improvements to Ga.

The upcoming opening of Veterans High School will push the three Warner Robins public schools down a classification when the 2010-2011 high school athletic season begins.

At least one case against a parent who has falsified an address to attend the Houston County schools will be presented Nov.

Peach County is making plans to fix its animal control problem. County leaders and leaders from the city of Byron visited the Hawkinsville Shelter in Pulaski County to get ideas on building a county-wide shelter.

Macon residents who need a garbage cart should be able to get one soon. The City Council is expected to approve the purchase of 3,600 new ones today.

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.

Peach County High School had a nearly one percentage point decrease in the number of dropouts in a three-year period, according to data from the Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

Fort Valley has history. And a ton of it. Open since 1870, Avera Drug Store is one of the oldest drug stores in Georgia.

In Fort Valley, voters are choosing the city's next mayor. Incumbent John Stumbo is seeking a fourth term in office while Randy King wants a shot at the city's top spot.

About a dozen residents sitting in Byron's City Council chambers Friday afternoon fired off a barrage of questions to city officials about the proposed millage rate increase.

Hoping to spark voter turnout, the Committee to Invest in Bibb County's Future asked school parents to go door-to-door asking residents to hit the polls Tuesday for a sales tax vote.

The five people who sat in the audience at Friday evening's public hearing to discuss Byron's millage rate increase didn't all live in Byron, Talks of annexing land into the city brought Gene and Jolene Smith to the meeting.

In an emergency, every second counts, and for some in Peach County, emergency crews could soon be on the scene minutes quicker.

A group of eight Middle Georgia high school students are among 53 students selected by State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox from across Georgia to serve on the Student Advisory Council.

A Valdosta woman was returned to her family after Bibb County sheriff's deputies put down spike sticks and conducted a rolling roadblock in order to get her to pull over, authorities said.