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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 explains anti-violence campaign, homeless relief efforts, plans for future GDOT summit

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 29, 2022
Macon-Bibb County E-911 dispatcher Christine Wilson takes a call at her station equipped with a monitor showing a map with the locations of emergency responders displayed. The maps are just part of the the new Computer Assisted Dispatch E-911 system. (File photo from April 2016)

‘I waited and waited’: Did 911 response times prompt big changes at Macon-Bibb E-911 center?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 8, 2022
A man who was hit by a car on Gray Highway was lying in the road for about 25 minutes as he waited for an ambulance, patrol car and fire truck for help.

17 pedestrians died on Bibb County roads in 2021. How long did they wait for help?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 8, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers questions from the Center for Collaborative Journalism's Ask Mayor Miller segment in March.

Mayor Miller speaks on feasibility of mall project, trash, blight, $35 million in new funding, staffing, city auditorium and pool season

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 23, 2022
Jerry Dewayne Houston

2 suspects identified, 1 sought in 2021 pedestrian hit-and-run deaths in Bibb County

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 22, 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

ASK MAYOR MILLER: Mall deal, trash issue, crime fighting and blight fight

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 15, 2021
Twilight in Downtown Macon signifies a pending shift in security needs for nightlife safety, business owners say.

Sheriff deputy shortage leaves downtown Macon vulnerable to crime, leaders say

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 30, 2021

Mayor Miller’s plans for crime, blight, homelessness, economic development

February 26, 2021
Mayor Lester Miller announced Macon-Bibb County's Clean Streets Matter initiative on January 15.

Mayor Miller prioritizes homelessness, blight, public safety in first 30 days

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
February 2, 2021

WMUB Report: to serve and protect

Noah Grant, Student
November 2, 2020
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