Macon Police say they arrested three people that broke into a house and stole copper wire Thursday night.

According to a press release, police responded to a burglary in progress around 10:30 p.m. at 2480 Village Green Drive.

Police arrested Cedric Grayer Jr., 27, Kwame McNeal, 20, and Quantavias Jackson, 19, all of Macon.

The release says the three were charged with burglary.

Josh Rogers of Historic Macon says the company that planned to re-develop the old Atlantic Cotton Mills building plans to visit the city on April 5 to view possible new sites.

The North Carolina company The Landmark Group planned to create a 106-loft facility in a $13 million project, Rogers said, but did not close on the deal before the property burned.

Without the building, Rogers says The Landmark Group cannot continue the project at the site, because it was only possible with historic preservation tax credits available for converting a historic building.

"That was more heartbreaking than losing the building," Rogers said, "watching that sense of purpose and our cooperation and all the good energy around it just go up in smoke."

The Macon-Bibb Fire Department says the building is a complete loss, after a fire gutted it Thursday afternoon.

The annual Cherry Blossom road race steps off at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Howard Middle School.

And that will mean some road closings, the Bibb County Sheriff's Department says.

Starting around 7:15 a.m., Rivoli Road will be closed to traffic, north of Bass Road.

And north and south-bound traffic on Forsyth Road will be detoured onto Old Forsyth Road, around the Howard Middle School.

Those closings should last until around 11 a.m.

Five-K and 10-K races and a one-mile fun run all start at the middle school Saturday.

More information on the races, according to the sheriff's department: