A downtown Macon hotel went dark Tuesday, for the second time in two weeks.

On Feb. 2, the downtown Macon Ramada Inn temporarily closed its doors for a day. Its manager said it happened because of a faulty boiler that stopped hot water from flowing to rooms. The hotel reopened the next day.

On Tuesday, the Ramada was locked down again. Signs on all the doors read "No rooms available" and no employees were visible inside.

The 16-story Ramada was built in 1969. But it's had several owners and several names in the past decade.

It's currently owned by a group of doctors in Florida, the GSD Hospitality Group, who paid just over $2 milion for it last year. They did not return our phone calls.

Brian Mills made a layup with 3.3 seconds remaining to lift Mercer over Kennesaw State 57-55 on Tuesday night.

The Bears (12-15, 9-7 Atlantic Sun), who led 31-23 at halftime, pushed their lead to as many as 10 early in the second half.

The Owls (8-19, 6-11), who didn't lead the entire second half, later used a 7-2 run to tie it at 53-53 on Markeith Cummings' jump shot with 2:50 left to play.

Langston Hall's jump shot put Mercer back in the lead, 55-53, with 53 seconds left, but Kennesaw State tied it one last time on
LaDaris Green's tip-in with 15 seconds to play.

Mills finished with 16 points to lead Mercer, which won for the fifth time in its last six games.

Cummings paced the Owls with 30 points and Green added 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Kennesaw State shot 43.8 percent (21 of 48), but turned it over 14 times.

The Bibb County school district honored Hartley Elementary School custodian Wendell Smith for his quick work to put out an electrical fire.  
Smith received the district's Beacon of Light award at the school board's monthly meeting Thursday.
"It's a great honor," Smith said after receiving the award. "It's a good feeling."
School officials say the fire happened at the school in late August.
Smith says he was walking down a school hallway when he noticed something fall from the ceiling in the school's foyer. He says he climbed up to check the ceiling and found some wires burning.
Smith says he pulled the alarm and used a fire extinguisher to stop flames from spreading, before crews arrived.
"I knew what to do," Smith said, "I was able to do that real quick and get that fire out.'
Smith says he has worked in Bibb schools for 18 years.