The Macon Newsroom

Noted Attorney To Share Message with Mercer Students

September 23, 2020

Mercer University is hosting the first installment of "Race and the Legal Profession: Let’s Chat" forum. The forum was born out of an effort to address racism and discrimination. Mercer University’s Black Law Students As...

Caroline Childs, center, the new CEO of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, chats with board members after her first meeting Wednesday.

Keep Macon Bibb Beautiful’s new leader brings fresh start to board

September 23, 2020

Mercer students plan to vote

September 23, 2020

The proposed parking deck for the D.T. Walton mixed-use development is highlighted in blue. MMI-Thornton developers are still hoping to eventually secure financing for the remainder of the Central City Commons project along Poplar Street.

Cost of Covid: Hyatt Place hotel derailed as new Marriott saved by bond deal

September 22, 2020

Macon Bacon players watch an intrasquad scrimmage from the first base dugout Monday night. The Bacon’s home opener is Thursday against Savannah. The team is reducing attendance capacity from 3,300 to roughly 1,300 seats to adhere to social distancing guidelines. JASON VORHEES JVORHEES@MACON.COM

The Boys of COVID-19 Summer: Macon Bacon find way to win, entertain during pandemic

September 18, 2020

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections added two additional early voting sites for this year's Presidential Election.

No Sunday voting but Macon-Bibb expands early voting sites

September 18, 2020

Maynard Street will be closed to vehicles Sunday for Macon-Bibb's first of three Open Streets events scaled back due to COVID-19.

Cost of COVID: Pandemic alters this year’s Open Streets gatherings

September 18, 2020

Furniture and other belongings sit at the curb after the Magistrate Court Sheriff’s office supervised a court ordered eviction on Del Park in late January 2019.

Evictions resume in Bibb County despite some federal protections

September 18, 2020

Once full barstools at Parish on 2nd are now empty, as restaurant owners hope more customers will return to dining rooms amid the pandemic.

The Cost of COVID-19: how the pandemic changed the restaurant industry

September 17, 2020

Bus driver Michael Huff and cashier Barbara Blair load meals onto a school bus at Burdell-Hunt Magnet Elementary School.

Bibb Schools Provide Meals During Virtual Learning

September 17, 2020

Until the end of the year, licensed vendors will get a reduced rate to set up shop on Macon-Bibb County public sidewalks to help people make money during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 street vendor policy goes into effect in Macon-Bibb

September 17, 2020

The Cost of Covid – Project Launch 2020

September 17, 2020