One Bullet, Two Wounds – A Southern Souls Story
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
June 2, 2020
Above: Valarie and her son, Christopher Southern Souls is a story-telling series that offers a personal look into the lives of people around us, showing that all souls...
Fighting Back – A Southern Souls Story
May 26, 2020
Above: Rebecca with her cat, Chester. Southern Souls is a story-telling series that offers a personal look into the lives of people around us, showing that all souls can...
Looks are Deceiving – A Southern Souls Story
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
May 26, 2020
Above: Tupuivao present day and at age 17. Southern Souls is a story-telling series that offers a personal look into the lives of people around us, showing that...
Peace, Love and Captain America – A Southern Souls Story
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
May 26, 2020
Above: Christy and Timothy. Southern Souls is a story-telling series that offers a personal look into the lives of people around us, showing that all souls can relate to...
Central Georgia Artists Offered Relief During COVID-19 Outbreak
Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
May 22, 2020
“We make all of our money through live gigs and it’s taken all of our gigs away,” said Michael Ventimiglia Mike Ventimiglia, better known as Big Mike, is a working...
Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
May 11, 2020
College is officially over for seniors at Mercer but it didn’t end the way many expected. The last weeks of college were supposed to go something like this for Mercer...
Lessons learned from Peacing Together on solutions to youth violence
Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
May 4, 2020
When the community gathered in 2018 to talk about Macon-Bibb County’s assets and most pressing issues, the concern that rose to the top of the discussions was youth violence. At...
Losing Pedro: Murder and heartbreak in the words of a teenage victim’s mother
Joe Kovac, The Telegraph
May 1, 2020
Perched in a doorless closet off the living room in Brenda Cardenas’ house are photographs of her murdered son. On the floor below, tennis shoes that belonged him sit...
COVID-19 Diary: Moving back home in a pandemic
Serena Golden, Student Journalist
April 24, 2020
When I arrived home with two cars full of my things packed in boxes, my mom immediately bombarded me with plans for where my things could go and how I could start unpacking. “We...
How an essential worker is operating in a pandemic
Serena Golden, Student Journalist
April 24, 2020
Recent discourse about essential workers typically describes those in healthcare or food service, but another type of essential worker are those employed by businesses in...
School nutrition workers keep Bibb County students fed during the pandemic
Yasmeen Hill, Student Journalist
April 24, 2020
School nutrition workers keep Bibb County students fed during the pandemic
Used to learning from home, coronavirus still impacts Middle Georgia homeschoolers
Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
April 20, 2020
Like the parents of public or private school kids, parents who homeschool also have to adjust to shelter-in-place orders because for some, homeschool doesn’t mean you are...
Mahima Sultan
May 6, 2020
One of the most common phrases I’ve heard throughout this quarantine is the infamous, “I’m bored!”—so here are some ways to interact with your friends and have some...
May 2, 2020
Before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in January, senior Nishi Patel was ready to leave after graduation for Benin to serve in the Peace Corps....
Mahima Sultan
May 1, 2020
When President Trump declared a state of emergency, the United States was seeing high rates of infection in places like Seattle, New Orleans and New York. But one place...
- Staying Creative in Quarantine: How a Mercer student’s passion for videography changed during isolation May 1, 2020
- Fast and easy ways to spice up your meals during quarantine April 30, 2020
- Mercer tells students to remain positive about career prospects amid pandemic April 30, 2020
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 29, 2020
When Publix opened a new store at Bass and Bowman roads in the summer of 2009, some thought the days were numbered for the company’s supermarket on Tom Hill Sr. Blvd. About...
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 29, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic guidelines mean Macon-Bibb County citizens will not be allowed to physically appear before commissioners at Tuesday’s Fiscal Year ‘21 budget hearing. Mayor...
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 22, 2020
Just a few short months ago, downtown Macon was bustling with new businesses about to open and some ambitious development plans. Now that COVID-19 has pulled out the rug...
- Georgia budget cuts cause ‘grave concern’ for Macon-Bibb health board May 20, 2020
- Sheep are eating their way through Macon-Bibb’s newest park May 12, 2020
- Census folks could come calling as Macon sees mixed response rates May 11, 2020
Katie Linkner, Reporter
May 11, 2020
NASCAR has been a popular sport in America since it was founded in 1948. Even if you are not a fan of this fast-paced sport, you might have heard of a few of these iconic...
Elizabeth Tammi
April 23, 2020
One of Mercer’s most acclaimed programs, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, faces a unique challenge completing this semester. Senior violin performance major Evan...
Will Magruder, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
Katie Linkner, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
Luke Ward, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
Luke Ward, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
A timelapse video of my trip from Macon to Atmore, Alabama
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