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More then 200 people showed up to bid on 11 Macon-Bibb County properties up for auction in late March in the Land Bank Authoritys tax sale.

The Macon-Bibb County Land Bank Authority Receives a Superior Rating for Public Access

Megan Jackson and Emily Benelli
December 8, 2023
Yellow Rock Farm owner, Paul Cardwell visits his female alpacas and llamas on his farm on December 5, 2022 in Macon, Ga.

Governor signs bipartisan legislation to conserve Georgia farmland

Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder
April 23, 2023
Chiquita Dinkins teaches a unit on photosynthesis to students at Northeast High School in Macon. Dinkins, who was head cheerleader at Northeast as a student in the 1980s, is one of 18 alumni teachers at the school.

University system extends waiver of test requirements

Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News
April 21, 2023
A Bibb County sheriff deputys car with blue lights activated near a pedestrian crosswalk on Jeffersonville Road in Macon.

Sound but less fury: Georgia lawmakers leave town with betting, vouchers, med cannabis undone

By Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
April 3, 2023
Municipal Court Judge Crystal Jones takes the oath of office Thursday at Macon-Bibb County Government Center.

Listen up: New wave of Georgia lawmakers accents state’s shifting demographics

By Aaleah McConnell, Georgia Recorder
March 24, 2023
The Friends of Rosa Parks Square Commission is focusing on finding funding for an estimated $3 million in improvements for the park across from the Government Center.

Georgia Supreme Court rules in Delta-8, Delta-10 case

By Orlando Montoya, GPB News
March 23, 2023
The old parking deck adjacent to the Dempsey Apartments is being put up for sale by the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority for future residential or office lofts or condominiums.

Tenant protection bill before Georgia Senate must do more to curb predatory landlords, advocates say

By Sean Keenan, Atlanta Civic Circle
March 22, 2023
Teens attend Operation Lighthouse, a program to prevent teen dating violence.

Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings

By Liz Szabo, KHN
March 21, 2023
The Macon Centreplex’s Cars Under the Stars Drive-in Movie event, July 2020. (Good Job on this story!)

Hiring more people with developmental disabilities pitched as Georgia’s labor shortage fix

Aaleah McConnell, Georgia Recorder
March 20, 2023
Scott Seigel, the Market Preseident at Truist, speaks to press outside of the Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital in Macon, Ga. on Tuesday, Aug. 23. “We couldn’t be more excited to see all the smiles on the faces this morning that the children had when they came up to have their picture taken,” he said of the chance for patients to take photographs with the Braves World Series Commissioners Trophy. (Photo by Evey Wilson Wetherbee)

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta commits millions to grow rural pediatric care

By Sofi Gratas, GPB News
March 2, 2023
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis checks a spreadsheet before asking for $825,000 to cover this years overtime expenses during Tuesdays Operations and Finance committee meeting at Government Center.

Bill banning TikTok on state-owned devices advances

Rebecca Grapevine, Capitol Beat News Service
February 17, 2023
Macon-Bibb OKs $500K for Brookdale showers, disperses grants and renews airport management contract

Macon-Bibb OKs $500K for Brookdale showers, disperses grants and renews airport management contract

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 17, 2022
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