If you live in Bibb County, Monday you get a chance to voice what you want to paid for with a proposed Special Local Option Sales Tax.

The listening session will take place at Macon City Hall at 7 p.m.

The Mayor, City Council and the Bibb County Board of Commissioners will be on hand to discuss your ideas.

A vote on the SPLOST is scheduled for November.

I'm saddened today as I look across the street at the flag flying at half-mast. As it billows in the gentle breeze I think of the hero who is mourned at every firehouse in the community.

Michael Dewayne Jones,  a 24-year-old Macon-Bibb County firefighter gave his life last night to save three children who's ages are 5,7 and 8. They were swimming in deep water and needed help. Several people went to their rescue. Firefighter Jones drowned during the rescue. I honor him today as a hero. He is gone, but his actions will never be forgotten. Thank you Michael.

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Macon Police say a man faces charges after he barricaded himself in a house and shot a weapon.

Police Officers and the SWAT Team were called to Rosen Avenue for a possible hostage situation around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday.

According to police, 38-year-old Oswald Walker barricaded himself in a house with a gun and threatened to kill himself.

Spokeswoman Jami Gaudet says SWAT team members and hostage negotiators worked to end the situation safely. They talked with Walker during the ordeal, but he continued to make threats to end his life and shoot officers.

Police says during the negotiations, shots were fired from the house.

Gaudet says Walker came out of the house around 8:15 p.m., but refused to comply with with officers' requests to put his hands behind his head.

Officers tased Walker, and transported him to the Medical Center of Central Georgia for an psychiatric evaluation.