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Robert Reichert flew helicopters with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

[Photo] Robert Reichert in retrospect and his vision for Macon-Bibb beyond 2020

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 15, 2021
TV host Mike Rowe spent nearly a month in Macon last year filming his new show "Six Degrees with Mike Rowe" that will debut Jan. 4 on the new streaming service discovery+.

[Photo] Macon stars in Mike Rowe’s new TV series

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 18, 2020
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[Photo] Downtown alcohol law change; SPLOST funds save historic rec center, build south Macon park

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
August 19, 2020
Architectural designs call for lofts built along Plum Street with a proposed new county-funded parking deck to service the lofts and public employees and visitors.

[Photo] Rosa Parks Square gets boost in $23 million Macon-Bibb hotel bond deal

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
August 10, 2020
Cliffard Whitby, right, and Lester Miller, left, are in the August 11 runoff election for mayor of Macon-Bibb County.

[Photo] Miller and Whitby face off in Macon-Bibb mayoral debate

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
August 3, 2020
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[Photo] Woman becomes first Black chief medical officer at Coliseum Health System

Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
July 29, 2020
Cotton Avenue Plaza is part of the 2015 Macon Action Plan and calls for relocating the Confederate statue that has recently been vandalized.

[Photo] Mayor plans to remove Confederate monuments for downtown improvements

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
July 17, 2020
Ivy Cadle, a Mercer Law School Graduate and Angel Flight volunteer, flies COVID-19 test specimens to other states for faster results.

[Photo] Mercer Law Grad Flies COVID-19 Mission to Expedite Testing Results

Amyre Makupson, WMUB News Director
July 2, 2020
Medical Center, Navicent Health, medical lab technicians Diane Jones, left, and Jeri Fountain, use the new Roche Cobas 6800 testing machine that will allow the hospital to do all its COVID-19 testing in house.

[Photo] Navicent’s new COVID-19 testing machine makes ‘significant impact’ in fighting virus

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 3, 2020
Lynmore Estates Ambassadors take care of odd jobs for older residents in a program originally created through Habitat for Humanity.

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

Rylee Kirk, Center for Collaborative Journalism
June 1, 2020
Absentee ballots mailed from Georgia's Secretary of State do not have a privacy envelope but contain a sheet of paper to be wrapped around the ballot before it is inserted in a yellow and white mailing envelope.

[Photo] GA absentee ballots are different; Gov. Kemp’s COVID-19 order could limit poll workers

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 1, 2020
A new 93-room hotel is proposed for 3969 River Place Drive off Arkwright Road in North Macon.

[Photo] Sonny’s BBQ, larger lofts, new hotel and nightclub seek zoning approval

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 21, 2020
Judge Howard Simms, left, swears in Jessica Rock as a new Special Assistant District Attorney for Bibb County who will concentrate on animal cruelty cases.

[Photo] Euthanization ‘not my intention,’ Bibb sheriff says as animal shelter cleared to open

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 14, 2020
The Macon Housing Authority is trying to lure a commercial developer to lease land next to Mercer to build a small grocery store and other commercial spaces to complement the $50 million Tindall Fields neighborhood.

[Photo] 2020: Housing Authority begins final phase of Tindall Fields; plans north Macon senior living

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 20, 2019
Revised site plans for the Bass Road mixed-use development show a proposed driveway for the complex off Providence Boulevard.

[Photo] Neighbors help block developers’ plans in north Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 10, 2019
Sheddrick Clark, of Lizella, will serve as the District 2 representative on the Macon Water Authority until after the May 19th election.

[Photo] New Macon Water Authority member has little time to get his feet wet

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 6, 2019
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[Photo] Luxury downtown condos, Sonny’s BBQ, assisted living memory care facility seek P&Z approval

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
December 5, 2019
A two-story go-cart track will be built in the old Kmart on Tom Hill Sr. Blvd. as part of the new Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park opening in spring of 2020.

[Photo] New adventure park coming to north Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
October 28, 2019
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