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Chiquita Dinkins teaches a unit on photosynthesis to students at Northeast High School in Macon. Dinkins, who was head cheerleader at Northeast as a student in the 1980s, is one of 18 alumni teachers at the school.

6 things to know as Bibb students return to school

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 12, 2023
Peachtree Recovery Services Vice President Todd Rhoad, second from left, presents a report on pedestrian hotspots in Macon to a few members of the Macon-Bibb Pedestrian Safety Review Board who attended the monthly meeting in June 2023.

Five ‘hotspots’ for pedestrian deaths, injuries identified in Bibb County

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 21, 2023
Poplar Street Farmers Market is set to open its first market Wednesday, June 7, from 3-6 p.m.

New farmers market set to open in downtown Macon

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 2, 2023
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Dan Sims delivers a presentation to the community in June 2022.

Bibb Schools to dip into its reserve funds for tentatively approved 2024 budget

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 24, 2023

This Week At The Macon Newsroom (May 22nd, 2023 Edition)

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 22, 2023
Chase Kitchen signed a letter of intent to be an intern at Middle Georgia State University through the Project SEARCH program. Chase, center, is pictured with his parents, Charles and Felisha Kitchen, and Bibb County school board member Lisa Garrett.

‘It gives him a start.’ University program helps Bibb graduates with disabilities take the next step

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 22, 2023
This Macon Transit Authority bus shelter on College Street is among 6 downtown shelters that will feature art installations set to be unveiled May 5, 2023.

Macon Transit Authority halts planned bus fare hike – for now

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 26, 2023
Ballard Hudson Middle School students Jalexia Maloy, left, and Jayden Parker, center, collect food during their lunch period in their roles as volunteer workers in the Helping Hands Ending Hunger program. Grant Blankenship/GPB News

In Bibb County, there’s a pilot program of students feeding students. It’s looking like a success

By Grant Blankenship, GPB News
April 25, 2023
Burdell-Hunt Elementary School students in 2017. The school is one of 11 Bibb elementary schools to be under-enrolled according to state rules.

Future school closures, tax increase among options weighed by Bibb County school board

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 24, 2023
Navicent Health, The Medical Center of Central Georgia merged with North Carolina-based Atrium Health in 2019. It is now called Atrium Health Navicent.

Jury awards former Navicent executive, surgeon almost $5 million in civil suit

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 14, 2023
A crew employed by Stafford Construction works on a new home on Ward Street in Macons Pleasant Hill neighborhood. Pleasant Hill is one of the places carved out for work by a new, federally funded affordable housing non-profit group of which Stafford Construction is a member.

Macon has millions for affordable housing development. A new nonprofit will decide how it’s spent.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 6, 2023
Cirrus Academy Superintendent Gail Fowler announces the school met its academic goals for 2021-2022. It is the first time the state charter school met the State Charter School Commissions academic standards since opening in 2016.

Cirrus Academy meets academic goals for the first time in its history

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 30, 2023
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