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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

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 17, 2024
Superintendent Dan Sims attended an assembly at Hartley Elementary before the school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024.

Bibb County school board set to approve property tax increase

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
August 20, 2024
In a video posted online the day after Gail Fowler was fired as superintendent of Cirrus Academy, Fowler thanked parents and staff.

Cirrus Academy ousts head of school

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 19, 2024
The dormer of this house at 1783 First Ave. overlooks Jefferson Long Park and is down Craft Street from The Little Richard Resource House. The Georgia Department of Transportation paid CEA more than $180,000 to build it for a nonprofit created by Rep. James Beverly.

Minimal oversight led to misspent money meant for Pleasant Hill, records show

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 18, 2024
Portrait of Union Furniture store owner Simon Becker on the sales floor on Monday, April 22, 2024. Becker is in his finals days as owner of the store as it is now closing.

End of an Era: Union Furniture Shuts Doors After 112 Years in Business

Alisha Mitchell, Murphy Center for Collaborative Journalism
July 2, 2024
Attorneys and representatives for correctional health care provider, Wellpath, and for the state attended a hearing over the lawsuit at the Fulton County Superior Court on Monday, June 24, 2024. The new health care provider for Georgia prisons will start July 1.

Georgia prisons will soon have a new healthcare provider after contract was brought into question

Sofi Gratas, Georgia Public Broadcasting
June 28, 2024

‘Bibb has been going backwards.’ State chides superintendent on school performance

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 13, 2024
Macon Housing Authority offices at 2015 Felton Avenue.

Macon Housing Authority plans first-ever development outside Georgia

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 13, 2024
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections office in the old Macon Mall.

A Georgia voter’s guide to campaign finance research

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 1, 2024
A small group of death penalty opponents gathered outside Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson to protest the execution of Willie Pye on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

Georgia ends its pandemic moratorium on executions by killing Willie Pye

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 21, 2024
Cirrus Academy Superintendent Gail Fowler tells the State Charter Schools Commission, “we stand to pledge that we’re going to continue this work of what success is as we continue to grow and provide an opportunity – a choice – for students in Macon-Bibb County.”

Macon’s Cirrus Academy survives state charter board vote following year of turmoil

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
March 4, 2024
Ro'maya, 10, takes a break from virtual learning to read a book at the Washington Memorial Public Library.

State unveils plan to boost reading scores at eight Bibb County elementary schools

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 20, 2024
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