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The Macon Newsroom

Macon Community News

The Macon Newsroom

Carl Fambro sitting in front of one of his Mercer University memorabilia filled walls. His favorite part about owning a restaurant is the community involvement and connecting the people of Mercer Village with his chicken wings.

Cost of Violence: Understanding the impact of violent crime on communities

Keren Landman, For The Telegraph August 10, 2020

Carl Fambro says West Macon has been left behind. Anchor businesses at its shopping centers — like Home Depot and the Burlington Coat Factory — have moved down the road. The few gyms and youth recreation...

Lynmore Estates Ambassadors take care of odd jobs for older residents in a program originally created through Habitat for Humanity.

‘Ambassadors’ help older residents in once-troubled Macon neighborhood

Rylee Kirk, Couric Fellow Intern June 1, 2020

After her nephew was sent to prison, Sundra Woodford felt a “higher being” was calling her to help the young men of Lynmore Estates. Woodford found out that residents of Lynmore Estates were concerned...

Lessons learned from Peacing Together on solutions to youth violence

Sonya Green May 4, 2020

When the community gathered in 2018 to talk about Macon-Bibb County’s assets and most pressing issues, the concern that rose to the top of the discussions was youth violence. At the time, Macon was...

Macon, GA, 03/06/2020: Brenda Cardenas looks at a photo of her son, Pedro Garcia Jr., who was shot and killed in September 2018.

Losing Pedro: Murder and heartbreak in the words of a teenage victim’s mother

Joe Kovac, The Telegraph May 1, 2020

Perched in a doorless closet off the living room in Brenda Cardenas’ house are photographs of her murdered son. On the floor below, tennis shoes that belonged him sit neatly in a row. To feel close...

Peacing Together: Movies With a Message

Amyre Makupson March 15, 2020

"Macon has a youth violence problem because of Macon itself," said Carl Myers with Equality Enterprises: After moving here from New York, Myers noticed something. "If you drive around Macon, it's...

Peacing Together series: Families who have lost loved ones to gun violence

Peacing Together series: Families who have lost loved ones to gun violence

Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson March 12, 2020

Youth violence is the cause of loss for many families. Data provided by the Macon-Bibb County Sheriff’s office show youth violence is on the rise. According to the data, between March 8, 2016...

Peacing Together: Parents as Teachers

Amyre Makupson March 5, 2020

Keeping youth out of the justice system and inside of the classroom, is a task that starts at home. That’s the thought behind the United Way’s “Parents as Teachers” program. “I was kinda...

Drum circles; a Ph.D. student’s idea for treating trauma, gets mini-grant funding

Yasmeen Hill March 5, 2020

Andrea Cooke runs the Cooke Shoppe in Macon, a local store that sells products to promote wellness. She uses drumming and other forms of artistic expression as a therapeutic outlet. “What people...

“Love Them First” documentary screening showing as part of Peacing Together project

Conner Hendricks, Student Journalist February 27, 2020

Mercer’s Center For Collaborative Journalism will show “Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary” Thursday, February 27 at the Bibb County Schools Professional Learning Center on Riverside...

Educator Lucy Laney’s descendants work to keep her legacy alive in Macon

Sonya Green February 26, 2020

The name Lucy Craft Laney is associated with education in Middle Georgia, but for her family, who still live in Macon, there is more to her story that they want people to know. Two of Laney’s great,...

Peacing Together: “Love Them First”

Amyre Makupson February 26, 2020

“This particular story is about community, it's about growth, it's about acknowledgement, but most important, it's about the resiliency of children,” said Keith Simmons. Simmons is the chief of...

Peacing Together: “Stop the Killing, Macon”

Amyre Makupson February 21, 2020

“Everyone has gotten tired of it. Everybody is now seeing just serious and how grave this situation is," said Facebook group admin, Nathaniel Jordan. Jordan's Facebook group currently has over 2,600...

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