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Piedmont Macon hospital

Macon hospitals want to stop paying property taxes. County board says no.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 9, 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
Gerald and Debbie Miles enjoy time on the porch swing of their Warner Robins home after sharing how their lives changed after Gerald began electroconvulsive therapy to treat debilitating depression. Debbie said they shared their story about the treatment “to help other people” by letting people know about the treatment and removing stigmas associated with mental illness.

Middle Georgia hospital uses electricity to treat depression

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 7, 2022
The Macon Auditorium is closed until September to allow for Phase 1 of a renovation project on the ceiling and basement.

City Auditorium goes dark for three months as renovation begins

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 2, 2022
Visitors to the Tubman African American Museum visit the gift shop Thursday. The Museum's Pan African Festival is this weekend in the parking lot of the Macon Coliseum.

Pan African Festival, craft beers, Fired Works pottery round out April

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 21, 2022
CCJ Top Takeaways: Macon-Bibb commission meeting

CCJ Top Takeaways: Macon-Bibb commission meeting

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 20, 2021
TBS's 'Go Big Show' is looking for outdoor audience members for three performances this month at the Macon Coliseum. The show premiered last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TBS’s ‘Go Big Show 2’ pays you to be in Macon Coliseum audience

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 10, 2021
Film crews are back in Macon to film TBS's "Go Big Show" Season 2 at the Coliseum. Host Bert Kreischer, (left to right), and judges "The American Nightmare" Cody, Jennifer Nettles, Rosario Dawson will be returning. Snoop Dogg, right, will be replaced by DJ Khaled.

TBS ‘Go Big Show’ filming season two at Macon Coliseum

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 3, 2021
The wrecking ball twice threatened the circa 1865 DeWitt McCrary house in recent years. The Urban Development Authority bought it and is working with Historic Macon to restore it.

Macon’s historic DeWitt McCrary house saved from demolition

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 16, 2021
Woda Cooper developers want to build Hawthorne Commons low-income housing in the old Virgil Powers Elementary School. They are asking for more than a half-million dollars in loans from Macon-Bibb County and the Urban Development Authority.

Commissioners approve$426K for low-income housing, fund safety improvements

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 11, 2021
Crews set up lights Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Christ for filming scenes for an upcoming Showtime series "First Ladies" starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama.

Cost of COVID: Film crews return to Macon after pandemic pause

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 19, 2021
The Macon Coliseum will host a new reality TV daredevil competition in September with a tailgating audience in the parking lot.

Paid drive-in audience needed for daredevil TV show at Macon Coliseum

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 20, 2020
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