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  • Group volunteers at Pleasant Hill garden

    Children with the Christian youth group Passport worked Thursday morning at the Pleasant Hill Community Garden.

  • Museum of Aviation hosts annual auction

    If you're looking for the party to go to this season, you might want to check out the 23rd Annual Museum of Aviation Foundation's Auction, Raffle and Taste of Local Cuisine.

  • Macon man accused of carjacking, gun theft arrested

    A Macon man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly carjacking a truck at Waterville Road underneath the Eisenhower Parkway Extension, according to a Macon police report.

  • Atlanta airport expects 1.7 million for holiday

    Officials say as many as 1.7 million travelers will pass through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during the July 4 holiday week.

  • Umpire charged with violating sex offender law

    A softball umpire who told police he was the victim of an armed robbery ended up arrested on charges that he violated Georgia's tough sex offender laws.

  • Obama: Jones mailer no endorsement

    Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign Thursday distanced itself from a mailer from Georgia Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Vernon Jones that pictures the two men together under Obama's signature slogan: "Yes we can."

  • Macon home shot up in Thursday drive-by

    A Monroe Avenue woman awoke to the sound of gunshots and breaking glass at about 1 a.m. Thursday as a result of an apparent drive-by shooting, according to a Macon police report.

  • Six Flags to increase number, size of signs

    Six Flags Over Georgia has reopened the popular roller coaster ride that hit and killed a South Carolina teenager, but state officials have told the amusement park to make changes.

  • Police may escort child welfare workers on cases

    Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard is proposing a plan that would send police escorts out with child welfare workers responding to reports of abused children to prevent situations like the one where a 16-month-old toddler was killed in May.

  • Troubled hospital expected to name new CEO in August

    Grady Memorial Hospital could have a new chief executive officer as soon as next month.

  • Police officer shot, injured after robbery

    Police say a man turned in by his father was arrested and charged with shooting a restaurant manager in the head during a robbery and then shooting a Clayton County police officer in the wrist.

  • Twiggs sheriff's office gets national award

    The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office has taken first place in a national law enforcement challenge that recognizes departments' traffic safety programs.

  • Sea turtle explores waters off Cumberland Island

    Dylan, the loggerhead sea turtle released into the wild this week, has been exploring the waters off Georgia's Cumberland Island.

  • State forecasts 23 holiday traffic deaths

    State public safety officials predict 23 people will die on Georgia roads over the July Fourth holiday weekend.

  • HOLIDAY CLOSINGS

    What's open, what's not for Fourth of July: Banks: American Pride Bank, Atlantic Southern Bank, Bank of America, BB&T, Capital City Bank, Central Bank of Georgia, Colonial Bank, MidSouth Federal Credit Union, RBC Centura Bank, Security Bank, SunTrust Bank and Wachovia will be closed. Robins Federal Credit Union and SunMark Community Bank will be closed today and Saturday. Government offices: Offices for the cities of Macon, Jeffersonville, Gray, Forsyth, Roberta, Warner Robins, Centerville, Perry...

  • Four-day workweek to save energy gaining popularity

    Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday."

  • Most of Ga. candidate's money going to consultants

    A little-known Republican congressional candidate from Georgia has burned through nearly $3 million in campaign donations in recent years, with little to show for it because most of the money has gone to fundraising consultants in Washington.

  • Nichols' lawyers want district attorney's office removed

    Lawyers for a man accused of killing four people after escaping from custody while on trial for rape said Thursday prosecutors may be considering charges against a member of the defense team.

  • CORRECTION

    An article in Thursday's Telegraph misstated which department employees were indicted on racketeering charges in 2004. The employees were in the county's Emergency Medical Services department.

  • State might take charge of 2 schools

    The state could take charge of two Bibb County schools this coming school year because of new changes in how Georgia deals with underperforming schools.

  • Stars and stripes ... forever

    Bryan Shelburne has led trombones through the rocket's red glare. He has directed woodwinds by the dawn's early light and urged bass drums and tenor voices to rise above the fruited plain.

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