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The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections headquarters inside the Macon Mall.

Bibb County elections supervisor plans to comply with new state rule on hand-counting ballots

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 3, 2024
District 3 Macon-Bibb County Commissioner-elect Stanley Stewart talks with Vanessa Smith as she strolled down Central Street in the Fort Hill neighborhood Monday. The area is a hot spot for illegal dumping.

Bibb County’s unending battle against illegal dumping

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 27, 2024

‘Bibb has been going backwards.’ State chides superintendent on school performance

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 13, 2024
The Bibb County Board of Education met June 11, 2024, for a special called meeting and for its first public hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget. No one signed up to speak during the hearing.

Bibb County school board may hire a consultant to study potential school closures

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 12, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp signed off on the 2025 budget at a signing ceremony. Later that day, he vetoed a dozen bills.

‘Not a clear picture.’ Middle Georgia school districts prepare for voucher impact

The state will cover up to $6,500 for students who transfer from low-performing public schools to private schools
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 21, 2024
A blight-affected Macon property sits alongside illegal dumping as a Code Enforcement officer patrols the area in January 2024.

Endure Blight or Take Flight? A Community’s Persistent Battle with the Issue

Kendall Ross, Reg Murphy Center
April 18, 2024
Bibb County School District CFO Eric Bush presents preliminary budget information for fiscal year 2025 at the Board of Education's first work session on March 11, 2024.

Bibb County school board mulls employee raises, potential school closures in budget meeting

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 12, 2024
Candidates for Bibb County sheriff, from left, Chris Patterson, Ron Rodgers, DeAndre Hall, Sheriff David Davis, Marshall Hughes and Chris Paul sit for a March 2024 forum during their runs for the office.

Candidates for Bibb County sheriff debate the roots of violent crime in Macon

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 12, 2024
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.

Bibb County has fewer than half the patrol officers it had before consolidation. Why?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 13, 2024
A Bibb County sheriff deputy's car with blue lights activated near a pedestrian crosswalk on Jeffersonville Road in Macon.

Man hit by car dies weeks after crash, coroner says

Traffic death marks county's 15th pedestrian fatality in 2023
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 8, 2024
A small fire re-ignited with hand sanitizer as an accelerate warms Conta Price's feet on a 28 degree morning in Macon in late November. Price said depending on who you talk to on the street, you will hear maybe Macon's Salvation Army shelter is open to single adults, or maybe it isn't.

As winter sets in, Macon-Bibb County struggles to shelter homeless people

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 13, 2023
Danielle Jones, Homeless & Foster Care Liaison for the Bibb County School District, was named the 2023 recipient of the Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was announced in early November at the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth's annual conference in New Orleans.

‘I love the work’: Homeless liaison for Bibb public schools receives national recognition

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 28, 2023
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