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Air Force Recruits Retired Officers and Hosts Hiring Event on April 30

Emily Benelli
April 11, 2024
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections office in the old Macon Mall.

A Georgia voter’s guide to campaign finance research

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 1, 2024
Bibb County School District Superintendent Dan Sims attends a forum for school board members during a candidate panel at city hall in March 2024. The event was organized by Georgia Women and Those Who Stand With Us.

Bibb Schools adds ‘missing piece’ in district management amid budget, attendance challenges

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 26, 2024
Mulberry United Methodist Church's Chris Abbott places flowers in the Blessed Mother Chapel of St. Joseph Catholic Church for the Old City Flower Festival March 15-18.

Old City Flower Festival returns to St. Joseph Catholic Church

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 15, 2024
The cremains of about 400 people are stored in boxes in the basement of the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.

Hundreds of unclaimed human cremains to be scattered in upcoming ceremony at Rose Hill Cemetery

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 14, 2024
Bibb County School District CFO Eric Bush presents preliminary budget information for fiscal year 2025 at the Board of Education's first work session on March 11, 2024.

Bibb County school board mulls employee raises, potential school closures in budget meeting

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 12, 2024
Cirrus Academy Superintendent Gail Fowler tells the State Charter Schools Commission, “we stand to pledge that we’re going to continue this work of what success is as we continue to grow and provide an opportunity – a choice – for students in Macon-Bibb County.”

Macon’s Cirrus Academy survives state charter board vote following year of turmoil

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 4, 2024
United Way of Central Georgia's "United to End Homelessness" initiative director Jake Hall gives census volunteer Heather Sims a hand as she wends her way through a new to the census takers homeless encampment in Macon.

Middle Georgia homeless coalitions seek partners for new federal program

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 27, 2024
Ro'maya, 10, takes a break from virtual learning to read a book at the Washington Memorial Public Library.

State unveils plan to boost reading scores at eight Bibb County elementary schools

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 20, 2024
From left, Macon-Bibb County Fire Department Chief Shane Edwards, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis and Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller during the announcement Monday of efforts to hire part time patrol deputies.

Bibb County has fewer than half the patrol officers it had before consolidation. Why?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 13, 2024
United Way of Central Georgia's "United to End Homelessness" initiative director Jake Hall gives census volunteer Heather Sims a hand as she wends her way through a new to the census takers homeless encampment in Macon.

How many homeless people live in Bibb County? A new rough estimate is in.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 9, 2024
Weston Stroud started working as Macon-Bibb County's transportation safety manager on Jan. 3, 2024.

‘I want to see Macon do better,’ county’s new traffic safety manager says

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 22, 2024
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