http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local RSS Feed for WGXA - News - Local en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:04:54 GMT http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87338917.html Bibb County commissioners cut over a million dollars from the budget in an early morning vote. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87292672.html Representative Allen Peake has put forth legislation that would consolidate the City of Macon and Bibb County. That legislation passed the house and now goes to the Senate for a vote. But would the voters of Macon and Bibb County support consolidation? http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87412097.html The senate is looking at Representative Allen Peake's legislation to consolidate Macon and Bibb County. Meanwhile, Mercer University and New Town Macon have completed a phone poll of 300 voters that shows majority support for consolidation. But what do people really think? http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87422362.html Robby Howell, an ALS patient, works with his wife to get better health care facilities for those facing MD and Lou Gehrig's disease. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87393837.html The streets of Gray are busy and businesses are up and running thanks to a new wave of building and commerce, the City of Gray is facing an economic upgrade. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87339902.html The GBI has charged an inmate at Baldwin State Prison with killing a fellow inmate. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87337487.html A Macon man is recovering in a local hospital after he is shot at a Montpelier Avenue business. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87335877.html An attorney says two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual assault, but they didn't see anything inappropriate. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87238967.html A vehicular homicide suspect is behind bars awaiting a Magistrate Court hearing Wednesday afternoon. http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/87299707.html Two men are in custody after a high speed pursuit through two counties. The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office announced in a press conference that two robbery suspects were caught after a high speed pursuit on Highway 96. "This is excellent teamwork with the Twiggs County Sheriffs Office and Macon Police department. They were real quick in giving out the lookout for the car involved in their investigation." The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office got the call Wednesday that the two suspects were headed toward Houston County after being involved in 3 Macon robberies. Xavier Jackson and Tabitha Wilcox have been arrested and are being held in the Twiggs County Sheriffs Office.