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There are also Macon residents who chose to ignore the signs. A pedestrian is shown after continuing through the roadwork in the rain. Photo credit: Angel Colquitt

Interactive map shows where pedestrians fatalities occur in Macon

Macon Newsroom Staff
October 17, 2024
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
Coroner Leon Jones said Pio Nono Avenue is one of the deadliest roads in Georgia and likely the deadliest road in Macon.

Macon-Bibb County Pedestrian Safety Review Board responsibilities outsourced to private company

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 23, 2023
Imogene Patterson peers through the blinds behind the check-in desk at Economy Hotel on Pio Nono. She said she sometimes holds her breath watching some of the hotel guests trying to cross the five lanes of Pio Nono Avenue to get to the Circle K convenience store.

‘I hate to look.’ Deadly stretch of Pio Nono lacks crosswalk, stoplight as pedestrians keep dying

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 13, 2023
Henry Young III, 64, knows well how deadly Pio Nono Avenue can be for people on foot. He says lowering the speed limit could help because, "they treat this road here just like a racetrack."

Macon’s deadliest streets: Two roommates die months apart crossing same busy road

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 31, 2023
A Bibb County sheriff deputy's car with blue lights activated near a pedestrian crosswalk on Jeffersonville Road in Macon.

Macon’s roads are becoming deadlier for pedestrians, but few hit-and-runs are solved

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 17, 2023

Mayor Miller: Economic development key to Macon’s future and crime reduction

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 5, 2023
A desire line on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon after it passes under Interstate 75. The spot is one of the most deadly for pedestrians in Macon.

Hit-and-run pedestrian deaths have doubled in Bibb County this year

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 16, 2022
The Grand Opera House paid tribute to the life and service of Visit Macon's Steven Fulbright who died Tuesday at age 42.

Steven Fulbright ‘lit up every room’ before his untimely death at 42

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 8, 2022
Thomas Bemke, 60, walks a mile through knee-high weeds on the shoulder of Gray Highway in 90-degree heat one day early in May 2022 to buy groceries at Dollar Tree. Bemke said he is extra cautious on his trek because of the number and speed of semis on the highway.

Pedestrian safety is their goal but Macon’s deadliest streets are out of their control

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 18, 2022
A tribute to Sgt. William "Bill" Gay sits in the lobby of the Bibb County Sheriff's Annex Building after his death from COVID-19.

Fallen Bibb deputy’s COVID-19 case is ‘line of duty’ death

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 28, 2021
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis hopes a new Outreach Center will help curb violent crime after a record number of homicides in 2020.

21 things to look for in 2021 – Part 3

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
January 3, 2021
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