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A SOAR Academy student works on their homework in the media center at SOAR Academy. “In the media center. they just doing their own thing,” Director of Personalized Learning and Alternative Education Julia Daniely said. “They might be chatting with their friends, but then they'll do their work. But see, that disturbs the traditional setting, this would disturb but we are a disturbance to the traditional setting.”

Options for alternate education for K-12 students

Jenna Sanders, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 12, 2022
Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy C. Ward, second from right, after the March meeting of the Board of Corrections in Forsyth.

Federal investigators are asking the court to force transparency on Georgia prisons

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
April 8, 2022
A yard sign, with white tape covering some of the words, protests a proposed cryptocurrency mine in the town of Forsyth. The computer servers are a potential noise nuisance, residents say.

Bitcoin mines come to rural Georgia communities. They’re bringing opportunities — and tensions

Lars Lonnroth
April 7, 2022
A group of advocates who support the House’s sweeping mental health bill rallied outside the state Capitol Monday after opponents swarmed a series of hearings last week.

Georgia senators weaken mental health bill parity rules, remove WHO mentions

Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder
March 29, 2022
Georgia currently has no law providing all workers with paid leave to care for a new child, a seriously ill family member or for their own serious illness.

80% of Georgia voters support an insurance plan for paid leave. This bill would make it happen

Ellen Eldridge, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 16, 2022
A new VA medical center is proposed for Gwinnett County to augment treatment options for metro Atlanta enrollees living in the northern suburbs. The Decatur medical center is a long drive for veterans on the northern end of Gwinnett. Courtesy U.S. Veterans Administration

VA eyes major changes in health care system as veterans flock to the South, Southwest

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder
March 15, 2022
Tattnall Square Academy wrestler Grady Tisdale practices at Macon’s Rush Mixed Martial Arts gym. The only member of his high school wrestling team, Tisdale is one of the best wrestlers in Georgia at his weight class.

A team of one: Tattnall’s only wrestler Grady Tisdale has his eye on a state title

Tanya Ott
February 14, 2022
Students walk past the library at Forsyth Central High School.

Critics say Georgia bill intended to ease school library book bans a ‘slippery slope’

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
January 26, 2022
Georgia Department of Corrections cadets and trainers before the 2010 ribbon cutting for the department's training facility and offices in Forsyth. A labor strike of the incarcerated would come about month later. GDC lost over 2,000 correctional officers in the following year.

What’s behind the understaffing at Georgia prisons? Ask the staff

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
January 26, 2022
DJ Sledge uses Rekordbox DJ as his software to compile all his music. He currently has about 1250 songs of all sorts of genres downloaded. DJ Sledge also adds that he doesn't DJ for the money. "Don't get me wrong it definitely helps out a lot but my goal is to offer the best experience for my client or an audience," Sledge said, "You could be the best paid DJ in the world but, you could also be trash. I'd rather be good. And I really use about 25-75% of the extra income on buying better equipment."

The Atlanta music scene is working to find a new rhythm amid the omicron surge

Sarah Rose
January 11, 2022
Owner Ric Geyer (left) and Executive Manager Colin Penndorf stand in front of one of Nel’s pieces at Triangle Arts, a 40x60ft tag.

Triangle Arts Macon’s Mission Through Art

Jaycie Calvert
December 9, 2021
The trash was placed at the curb on Laura Ann Place off of Forest Hill Road earlier this month.

Public weighs in on $500M in proposed bonds for novel recycling plant in Macon. Most oppose it.

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
November 30, 2021
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