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Updated: 11:04 AM EST February 3, 2021 CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ga. — The GBI is investigating after a man was shot in Crawford County Tuesday night. According to a news release, it happened just before 10 p.m. at a home on Pine Valley Drive off Boy Scout Road. When Crawford County Sheriff’s Office deputies got to the scene, they found the 24-year-old victim had been taken to the hospital by a family member. The GBI was then requested to lead the investigation, which is ongoing. The...

Officers said they believed speed was a factor in the fatal crash.

One person has been detained and police are continuing the investigation.

Updated: 9:26 PM EST January 24, 2021 The Houston County Fire Department says a family is safe after their mobile home caught on fire.  Chief Christopher Stoner says they got the call at 7:07 p.m. to 519 Dunbar Road. Stoner says the home was "significantly" damaged on the inside from the fire. Everyone made it out of the home safely, and Stoner says the family has been relocated. Right now, fire investigators are working to figure out how the fire started.

Three National Guard members on a routine training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a western New York town, an official said.

Updated: 2:27 PM EST January 13, 2021 DOUGLAS, Georgia — Four dozen people have been indicted in a Coffee County drug trafficking operation that targeted gang members. Three of them are correctional officers. According to a news release, the focus of Operation Sandy Bottom was the Sand Ridge neighborhood in Douglas. The indictment alleges that the ring, controlled by part of the Gangster Disciples street gang, controlled meth trafficking in South Georgia and distributed contra...

It happened around 5 p.m. Sunday night in the Baconsfield Shopping Center parking lot. Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 6:16 AM EST January 11, 2021 MACON, Ga. — A man was shot in the leg Sunday evening in the parking lot of the Baconsfield Shopping Center. According to the Bibb County Sheriffs Office, it happened around 5:00 p.m. BSO says the mans injuries were not life threatening and he was able to drive himself to the hospital. They say circumstances surroundi...

40-year-old Brenda Settles was found dead inside a home. Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 12:18 PM EST January 3, 2021 MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County Sheriffs Office is investigating a death Saturday night in a home on Andrea Drive.  According to a news release, 40-year-old Brenda Settles was discovered dead inside a home on the 6000 block of Andrea Drive just before 5 p.m. Her boyfriend, 53-year-old Anthony Walker was transported to the Bibb County Criminal Invest...

This is the first pedestrian fatality of 2021 in Bibb County, according to Coroner Leon Jones. Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 6:23 PM EST January 2, 2021 MACON, Ga. — 92-year-old Robert Woodford was hit and killed by a car Saturday morning near his home. According to Coroner Leon Jones, Woodford lived in the 2200 block of New Clinton Road and was hit around 10:30 a.m. An SUV, driven by 36-year old Lena Spencer, was driving down New Clinton Road just before Compa...

Crews put out fire at Crossroads Apartments in Perry Fire Chief Lee Parker says everyone got out, but some of the residents had to be treated for burns Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 5:14 PM EST December 30, 2020 PERRY, Ga. — Several rooms at the Crossroads Apartments in Perry were damaged in a fire Wednesday morning. According to Perry Fire Chief Lee Parker, the call came in around 9:15 a.m. He says all the buildings residents got out and are accounted for, but...