Macon's six city pools opened for the summer on Saturday.

More then eighty people came to cool off at the Frank Johnson Center Pool on Mercer University Drive in Macon on opening day.

Daryl Hicks, one of Saturday's swimmers said, "it's crazy, there are a lot of people here."

Phazone Chatfield was another visitor at the pool Saturday. He described all of the things he likes to do when he goes for a swim.

"I can hang out with my cousin, have fun, and just do whatever in the pool," Chatfield said.

Two of Macon's pools are located at the Frank Johnson Center and the Booker T. Washington Center. The other four pools are at the Freedom, Memorial, Bloomfield, and East Macon Parks.

During the week, all of Macon's city pools are open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

On weekends, people can swim from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays.

The cost to swim is $1.

A Macon puppy is at animal control after crews rescued her from a sewer pipe Thursday.

Police spokeswoman Jami Gaudet says the black lab mix got stuck near Hollingsworth and Roundfield Roads around noon on Thursday.

She says Macon Animal Control, Public Works and the Macon-Bibb Fire Department worked to get the puppy--nicknamed "Rescue--free.

Gaudet says after rescuers removed some manhole covers and grates, two animal control workers went into the sewer and cornered Rescue to get her out of the pipe.

Gaudet says Macon Animal Control is treating Rescue for a case of mange. The puppy should be ready for adoption in about two weeks, after she's spayed and receives her first set of shots.

The evening of Thursday, May 26, 2011, a severe thunder storm rumbled into the Central Georgia EMC territory. This storm brought rain, hail, and high winds causing trees to fall on power lines and breaking utility poles.

At 7:14 p.m., Central Georgia EMC had outages to 8,697 meters in ten of the fourteen counties served.  Central Georgia EMC personnel were dispatched to assess the damage to the electric distribution system and begin restoring power.  The line crews followed standard utility practice in repairing and energizing lines by repairing feeder and primary lines first, then addressing secondary and service lines next.  This method restores power to the greatest number of people in the shortest amount of time.  By midnight, Central Georgia EMC had reduced the number of outages to 2,848 meters.