SUPPORT The Macon Newsroom
Macon Community News

The Macon Newsroom
Macon Community News

The Macon Newsroom
Macon Community News

The Macon Newsroom
Linear Park in the historic Pleasant Hill neighborhood is separated from Interstate 75 by a barrier wall and runs between Walnut Street and First Avenue where Middle Street once was.

County seeks new name as part of $2M renovation for bungled Pleasant Hill park

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 17, 2024
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections headquarters inside the Macon Mall.

Bibb County elections supervisor plans to comply with new state rule on hand-counting ballots

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 3, 2024
Members of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, the United Way of Central Georgia and community volunteers walk along Watkins Lane while participating in a Walking School Bus audit for Burdell-Hunt Elementary School Tuesday.

East Macon students tread hazardous paths to school. Community wants to change that

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 26, 2024
A handful of Bibb County public school students boarded a bus at InTown Suites on Eisenhower Parkway early one dewy morning in August.

Number of homeless students in Georgia grows while funding to support them shrinks

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 12, 2024
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Dan Sims delivers a presentation to the community in June 2022.

Bibb County school board approves property tax increase

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 11, 2024
Janice McCrary uses the new medianettes on Gray Highway one sweltering afternoon in August 2024. The 59-year-old lives in an apartment at McAfee Towers and was on the way back from eating lunch at Dairy Queen.

Macon-Bibb County gets millions to fix one of its deadliest roads

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 9, 2024
A Macon Transit Authority bus wheels into the bus hub it shares with Greyhound late afternoon Tuesday.

MTA butts heads with Greyhound, hot buses spark heated exchange

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 4, 2024
District 3 Macon-Bibb County Commissioner-elect Stanley Stewart talks with Vanessa Smith as she strolled down Central Street in the Fort Hill neighborhood Monday. The area is a hot spot for illegal dumping.

Bibb County’s unending battle against illegal dumping

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 27, 2024
Speed Bump

County could remove roadblocks to adding speed bumps to local streets

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 26, 2024
Superintendent Dan Sims attended an assembly at Hartley Elementary before the school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.

Bibb County school board set to approve property tax increase

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 20, 2024
Bibb County Schools CFO Eric Bush

Bibb education board denies proposed charter school, mulls property tax options

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 16, 2024
Janice McCrary uses the new medianettes on Gray Highway one sweltering afternoon in August 2024. The 59-year-old lives in an apartment at McAfee Towers and was on the way back from eating lunch at Dairy Queen.

One of Macon’s deadliest highways is made a bit safer

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
Load More Stories