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Randy Bedingfield plays the piano during a November reception at the Daybreak Day Center, which offers an array of services to the unhoused in Macon. Daybreak is privately funded but a Georgia Senate bill would audit public funds spent on such services.

[Photo] A Georgia Senate bill asks for audits of homeless services. Why?

March 8, 2023
June ONeal bundles up blankets for Keisha Gibsons family. ONeal is a long time advocate for youth in Macon who spends most of her days delivering provisions to families.

[Photo] Housing aid doesn’t always reach homeless youth. Here’s how educators aim to help

February 1, 2023
The cafeteria at Bibb Countys Rutland High school in 2017.

[Photo] Bibb Schools enrollment hits five-year high

November 10, 2022
From left, Macon-Bibb County Fire Department Chief Shane Edwards, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis and Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller during the announcement Monday of efforts to hire part time patrol deputies.

[Photo] Increased law enforcement presence follows downtown shooting

October 28, 2022
Tonithia Fernandez holds one of her two cats while also trying to pack up and move her home as a Macon-Bibb County excavator clears out another part of the encampment where she lived until Tuesday.

[Photo] Macon-Bibb County demolishes the same homeless encampment for the second time since June

August 17, 2022
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Curtis Jones is set to retire June 30, 2022, ending his seven-year tenure. The 67-year-old sat down with The Macon Newsroom and Georgia Public Broadcasting for an exit interview at Vineville Academy on June 7.

[Photo] 2022 in review: A look back at Bibb County education news

December 23, 2022
Middle Georgia State University third year teaching students, from left, Hannah Nichols, Emily Dent, Myah Anderson, and Raven Moffitt work through techniques to teach fourth grade students the basics of fractions. Their final year in the MGA program will see them teaching full time in an area school.

[Photo] Teachers in short supply as educator pipeline slows to a trickle in Middle Georgia

March 2, 2022
A mix of pre-k and other students arrive at Ingram Pye Elementary School in Macon in November 2020.

[Photo] Demand high in Bibb County for pre-K, but space limited in public schools

January 20, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers your questions each month through the Center for Collaborative Journalism.

Mayor explains plans to combat violence, resolve trash issues and pension problems

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 25, 2021

Mayor talks trash delays, off-road vehicles taking over streets, public safety and COVID-19 funds

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 11, 2021
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

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
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 recipients 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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