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Historic Macon Foundation said the homes date back about 130 years

A massive fire tore through several houses on Walnut Street in Macon early Sunday morning, leaving destruction behind and leading to the arrest of 58-year-old Derrick Kenneth Bell.

Edwin Atkins shows Baldwin County Board of Commissioners what sort of items might be found when clearing the land for the new aquatic center at Walter B. Williams Jr. Park

Edwin Atkins was back in front of the Baldwin County Board of Commissioners last week talking about the new aquatic center.

Local historian Edwin Atkins is seeking answers regarding the proposed Baldwin County aquatic center.

Critics of the project contend dead prison inmates are likely buried on the waterpark site.

Thousands of Georgians were once confined to the worlds largest mental institution, authorized by the state in 1837 as the "Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum."

Thousands of Georgians were once confined to the world’s largest mental institution, authorized by the state in 1837 as the “Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum.” The Milledgeville asylum’s miserable conditions

Amplifying Atlanta

The board that sought – and was given – approval to demolish four state-abandoned buildings on the former Central State Hospital campus heard from some opposition Thursday.