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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

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 27, 2022
The Macon Bicentennial includes a flame to represent the fire Native Americans took with them on the Trail of Tears and the passion burning within current residents to make the community a better place.

2023 Preview – Part 1: Bicentennial kickoff, $25 million loft project, school sensory rooms, downtown parking changes and new MWA leadership

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 26, 2022
Bibb School Superintendents Curtis Jones and Dan Sims

2022 in review: A look back at Bibb County education news

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 23, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Commissioners adjourned for the year Tuesday until they meet again on Jan. 10.

Macon forges formal relationship with Muscogee Creek nation that preceded city

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 21, 2022
Behind Macon’s visitor center on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, this mural by Colin Penndorf is painted. Photo by Drew Robertson.

5 ways to get to know Macon’s art scene

Drew Robertson, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 20, 2022

The Dark Necessities of Jim Crow Macon: Green Book Sites Visualized

Taleen Hanna, Eliza Moore, Kendall Webb, Caris Weinberg and Al Wooten, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 16, 2022
Rice Elementary School and Neel Elementary School

Two long-closed Bibb schools could become apartment homes

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 15, 2022
Stacy Jones lives in a small blue house at the dead end of Roosevelt Avenue with his 6-year-old daughter and 97-year-old grandmother. He said he feels like Pleasant Hill is being gentrified.

A state authority got millions to reduce poverty in Pleasant Hill. Has it helped?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 14, 2022
After a man was shot in the Full House Tavern parking lot early Monday, the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission is considering revoking the permit allowing a restaurant with live entertainment in the old Olive Garden location.

P&Z: Full House Tavern violated permit; New business signs, personal care homes

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 13, 2022
The life of minor league hockey coach

The life of minor league hockey coach

Katie Linkner, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 13, 2022
Biomat USA Plasma Center located in Macon, GA.

Late On Rent? Sell Your Blood.

Arianna Long, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 12, 2022
New trash policy for downtown Macon as commission allocates $58M

New trash policy for downtown Macon as commission allocates $58M

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 7, 2022
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