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1 week ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
A man was shot in a south Macon neighborhood Monday night, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were dispatched to a 911 call regarding a person shot just before 7:30 p.m. in the 3400 block of Houston Avenue. They found a 44-year-old man “suffering from a gunshot wound,” a news release from the sheriff’s office said. Paramedics responded and took him to a medical facility where he was listed in “critical, but stable condition,” deputies said.
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1 week ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
A Milledgeville Police Department officer shot a man after the man stabbed a cop Saturday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday. The Milledgeville Police Department and emergency medical services were initially called to the home because Ali Rasheed Washington, the Milledgeville man who allegedly stabbed an officer, needed medical assistance, the GBI said in a news release Sunday.
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1 week ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
A TikTok video went viral of a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office sergeant who took a driver out to Dunkin’ Donuts after her car got totaled in Macon. The donut chain quickly got wind of the video, which gained over 1.3 million likes by Friday. It featured Sgt. Angela Endsley, who responded to a scene when Florida driver Caiti Mackenzie had her car totaled on Interstate 75. Mackenzie’s TikTok video documents their ride together in a patrol car, when they pulled up to a Dunkin’ drive-thru on Gray Highway.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Jesse Fraga
A TikTok video went viral of a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office sergeant who took a driver out to Dunkin’ Donuts after her car got totaled in Macon. The donut chain quickly got wind of the video, which gained over 1.3 million likes by Friday. It featured Sgt. Angela Endsley, who responded to a scene when Florida driver Caiti Mackenzie had her car totaled on Interstate 75. Mackenzie’s TikTok video documents their ride together in a patrol car, when they pulled up to a Dunkin’ drive-thru on Gray Highway.
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1 week ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
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1 week ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
A police chase ended at Peach County High School and caused a temporary school lock down Friday morning, according to the school’s Facebook. Peach County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to pull over a vehicle on Highway 49, but it continued driving. “The vehicle ... pulled into the parking lot of PCHS where the vehicle was then stopped by deputies,” the school said on Facebook at 8:51 a.m.The school went into a “precautionary lock down until the vehicle stop was resolved,” the school said.
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1 week ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
An LGBTQ+ ally who identifies as a straight cisgender man, Dave Knapp, showed up in drag anyway — flaunting a skirt, blouse, eyeliner and half-up, half-down hairdo — and organized the protest to stand up for those impacted. Over 30 other students, performers and community members joined him in an impromptu show at an outdoor amphitheater in front of the Student Life Center.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Jesse Fraga
Middle Georgia State University officials reportedly canceled two LGBTQ+ events on campus, including a drag show planned Thursday night. An LGBTQ+ ally who identifies as a straight cisgender man, Dave Knapp, showed up in drag anyway — flaunting a skirt, blouse, eyeliner and half-up, half-down hairdo — and organized the protest to stand up for those impacted.
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2 weeks ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
The Warner Robins Police Department will host a town hall soon to address how officers can better serve neurodivergent people. The meeting was scheduled in recognition of in April, according to Mandy Stella, city clerk of Warner Robins. “This town hall is not in response to a specific incident, but is part of a broader initiative to foster understanding, improve communication and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and all segments of our community,” Stella told The Telegraph.
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2 weeks ago | 
macon.com | Jesse Fraga
An Indian mother said it was much harder to become a United States citizen in Georgia than it was for her family members before President Donald Trump’s first term in office. Bharti Patel was one of 22 foreign nationals from 15 countries who became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony Wednesday at the Macon federal courthouse. “My family is here so I came over here.
