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More than 50 Macon-Bibb County leaders pose in front of the Muskogee (Creek) Nations Council Oak Tree in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the tribe first settled after The Trail of Tears relocated them from the South.

Oklahoma visit strengthens ties with Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 9, 2023
A screenshot from Bibb County School Districts new anonymous web portal for tips regarding student safety.

Anonymous Tips Now Accepted by Bibb County School District

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 5, 2023
Macon-Bibb allots $9.3m to reduce violence, boost tourism, help students

Macon-Bibb allots $9.3m to reduce violence, boost tourism, help students

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 4, 2023
Protesters were outside the Georgia Governors Mansion on Oct. 3, 2023 to bring attention to violence and other concerns in Georgias prisons. One protester carries a photo of Stephanie Widener, who died of sepsis in Georgia Department of Corrections custody.

Protesters outside governor’s mansion demand Kemp take action against prison violence

Grant Blankenship
October 4, 2023

Ask Mayor Miller: Nightlife security, downtown grocery, plans for new warehouse club

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 3, 2023
Bibb Schools Superintendent Dan Sims, background, speaking in Tattnall Square Park recently during the first of a number of after school fairs held to promote school attendance.

Bibb School finance committee begins ‘very important work’ behind closed doors

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 29, 2023
Timber Ridge neighbors pause to listen to P&Z Commissioner Josh Rogers advice to stick together to challenge any future commercial encroachment after the Commission rejected the expansion of a car lot at the entrance to their neighborhood during Mondays hearing.

New Jim ‘N Nicks Bar-B-Q, Miller’s Ale House approved, but P&Z denies car lot expansion

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 26, 2023
Actor and playwright Michael OLeary, right, discusses his play Breathing Under Dirt with Joshua Hale, left, and Newton Collier at the Griffith Foundation headquarters on Mulberry Street in April.

Soap star debuts original play set in Macon at Douglass Theatre

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 25, 2023
Downtown bars to reopen and county issues solid waste moratorium

Downtown bars to reopen and county issues solid waste moratorium

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 22, 2023
Bruce Elementary School Principal Kizzie Lott endures one of about 20 dumps of water on her head courtesy of students with good school attendance. It was one of the periodic rewards Lott gives students to incentivize them and their parents to prioritize school attendance.

Bibb schools grapple with spike in chronically absent students

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 21, 2023
Staff and board members of the State Charter Schools Commission visited Cirrus Academy on Aug. 23, 2023, to discuss the schools eligibility for renewal of its charter contract. The current two-year probationary charter expires in June 2024.

Cirrus Academy faces new scrutiny from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 20, 2023
Macon Area Habitat for Humanity is nearing completion of its first three houses in Napier Heights.

3 Habitat homes launch Napier Heights revitalization near Mercer’s new school

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 18, 2023
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