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Hiring more tutors to offer more individual instruction are among the ideas provided by school system staff.

[Photo] Bibb County Schools Asks Parents For Ideas For Spending $100 Million

April 30, 2021

Mayor targets commercial blight, warns of $15 million budget shortfall

April 30, 2021
Students, staff and faculty at Mercer University lined up for no appointment vaccinations in a historic basketball gymnasium after the school to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

[Photo] COVID-19 Vaccines in Macon-Bibb County

April 1, 2021
Four mass vaccination sites are open in Georgia areas targeting high-risk populations.

[Photo] Four Mass Vaccination Sites Set To Open In High-Risk Communities

February 20, 2021
People receiving shots during a recent drive-thru vaccine event in Cochran.

[Photo] How To Start Talking With The ‘Vaccine Hesitant’

February 5, 2021
Volunteer Kenya Hampton loads groceries in the back of a recipient's car. According to the group Feeding American, just under half of the people accessing food aid during the COVID-19 recession are doing so for the first time in their lives.

[Photo] Cost of COVID: Food Bank Labor Dries Up

November 22, 2020
Bibb County students, like this student at Heritage Elementary school, were given laptops for at home, virtual school beginning in August.

[Photo] Cost of COVID: Mayor vetoes $765K to boost internet technology for Bibb students

November 5, 2020
Voters wait in line at the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections during early voting in the 2020 Presidential Election.

[Photo] $557K grant to boost Macon-Bibb 2020 election outreach

October 21, 2020
Trump Supporters at 2018 rally in Macon.

[Photo] Headed To Trump’s Macon Rally? Know The COVID-19 Risk

October 15, 2020
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