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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff gets a demonstration of a hydraulic stretcher in one of the new Atrium Health Navicent ambulances from EMT Josh Humphrey and paramedics Kerry Sanders, back, and Jeannie Middlebrooks on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Atrium receives $600k to purchase new ambulances for Macon, Middle Georgia counties

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 22, 2024
A two-pack box of Narcan nasal spray pictured on the front desk of the Macon Inn. A Bibb County Superior Court order issued in November 2022 requires that the hotel keep a minimum of 10 doses of Narcan and make it available for guests upon request. The order also required that the hotel post instructions on how to use the live-saving nasal spray in all common areas on the property.

As overdose deaths rise, Georgia Public Health officials respond with Narcan kits in motels, fentanyl test strips

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 27, 2023
Dan Anthony Sims, the Bibb County Board of Education's sole finalist for superintendent, visits students at a Bibb County Elementary School on Monday, April 25, 2022.

2023 Preview – Part 2: School enrollment, building boom, road safety, delayed response times and Eisenhower improvements

The Macon Newsroom has compiled 20 things to look for in 2023 in a 4-part series that will be published this week
Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 27, 2022
13 Investigates: Bibb County Sheriff’s Office estimates 30 minutes for average response time

13 Investigates: Bibb County Sheriff’s Office estimates 30 minutes for average response time

Ashlyn Webb, 13WMAZ News
November 11, 2022
Bibb County deputies confer outside the sheriff's office. The department's crime analyst said if the public filed non-emergency incident reports online, response times will improve.

Public can help speed up sheriff’s emergency response time, deputy says

Better Business Bureau also warns of recent trend in online scams that are expected to escalate in the holidays
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 3, 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
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