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Health & Public Safety

The Georgia Senate passed legislation to make doxxing a criminal offense in Georgia on Crossover Day, Thursday, March 6, 2025.

Georgia Senate passes the Georgia Anti-Doxxing Act

Ambria Burton, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 12, 2025
Dr. Thomas Craft, left, shows the Macon-Bibb County Board of Health the sharp spike in flu cases this season, which is the worst in 15 years.

Flu cases ‘worst in 15 years,’ Macon-Bibb health administrator says

Georgia and much of the nation reports very high or high levels of influenza as of the beginning of February
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 13, 2025
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

'I didn't realize how bad her walk was,' teacher says of third grade student's trek to school
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 26, 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

U.S. DOT grants $5.6 million for Gray Highway safety improvements
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 9, 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

Gray Highway is among the deadliest highways for pedestrians in Bibb County
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
Rodney Mason collects scoops of soil to test from the vacant lot in Kings Park Subdivision where he will grow indigenous cultivars in a neighborhood garden.

Nonprofit using community gardens to reintroduce African food culture

Restored Ancestral Roots aims to repatriate classic cultivars of the Deep South
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 13, 2024
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