Justin Baxley

6 days ago | 13wmaz.com | Justin Baxley

BOLINGBROKE, Ga. — After an open house meeting on Monday, Monroe County’s Community Development Department has made the decision to push back the next public hearing about a proposed data center possibly coming to Bolingbroke. This is according to an announcement on the department’s Facebook page. The next hearing was originally scheduled for April 28 at Forsyth City Hall. That meeting will now take place on July 28 at 5:30 p.m. followed by a second meeting on August 5.

1 week ago | 13wmaz.com | Justin Baxley

MACON, Ga. — Bibb County schools notified parents at Rutland Middle School after a teacher allegedly wrote "racially insensitive language" an e-board during class, according to a release from the school district. This comes after a post went viral on social media seemingly showing a teacher standing next to the N-word written on an e-board in the classroom and a video of another teacher appearing to confront the teacher in the photo. The word did include an asterisk in the place of one letter.

2 weeks ago | 13wmaz.com | Justin Baxley

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Georgia — Georgia State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash out of Washington County, according to a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page and a release from the Georgia State Patrol. It happened on Highway 102 on Wednesday night just after 9:30 p.m. near Chalker Road. The vehicle was unable to maintain its lane and left the roadway. The driver was ejected from the vehicle when it overturned.

2 weeks ago | wltx.com | Justin Baxley

MACON, Ga. — A Macon mom has been arrested and charged with criminal attempt to commit felony murder of a child after her boyfriend found the child inside a trash bag, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. They say the infant remains in critical condition. Deputies came to a local hospital around 1 p.m. on March 31, after 22-year-old Alaynah Marie Rappuhn came in for care for excessive bleeding.

2 weeks ago | 13wmaz.com | Justin Baxley

DOOLY COUNTY, Ga. — One person is dead and an officer has been shot after a chase ended at the Crisp County and Dooly County line, according to Turner County Sheriff Andy Hester. The chase started in Cook County, Turner County joined the chase around 2 a.m. Hester said the car was clocked speeding at 130 mph.   Law enforcement pitted the car just inside the Dooly County line. The car spun out and hit a barrier on the interstate.