This is a new tradition: the International City Optimist Club - Friend of Youth awards its first-ever “ Community Friend” award to Kerry Bacon. Hundreds of kids over several generations in Houston County have learned tennis under Bacon. He says he has been at it for 39 years!

WARNER ROBINS, GA- The Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the 2013 Mayoral Debate for the City of Warner Robins.  The event will be held next Thursday, November 21st from 6-7p.m. in the auditorium at the Warner Robins Campus of Central Georgia Technical College, located at 80 Cohen Walker Drive.

Featured Candidates for the 2013 Warner Robins Debate include Joe Musselwhite and Randy Toms.

This event is designed to be an official platform in which the candidates vying for the seat as Mayor of Warner Robins can present their platforms and discuss issues of city-wide concern.  The program will feature brief remarks from candidates, followed by a moderated debate.  

People in one Warner Robins neighborhood say they won't roll out the welcome mat for a new neighbor.

In fact, some people in the Rosehill subdivision off Highway 41 are trying to keep a funeral home and crematory from ever moving in.

The noise traveling over Charlie Toole's fence caught his attention first.

Then, the building permit grabbed him.

"When I saw crematory, my stomach just dropped," said Toole.

He found information online pointing to smoke, smells, and hazardous fumes allegedly produced by crematories.

"To have the smell of burning flesh in my backyard while I am trying to BBQ is obviously, nothing is attractive about that," said Toole.