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South Bibb County Nowell Estates resident Mary Ann Chevalley was one of several neighbors enduring stormwater flooding who addressed the Macon Water Authority at its April meeting.

South Bibb neighbors demand MWA create plan to battle ‘horrendous’ stormwater flooding

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 8, 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
Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy C. Ward, second from right, after the March meeting of the Board of Corrections in Forsyth.

Federal investigators are asking the court to force transparency on Georgia prisons

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
April 8, 2022
A yard sign, with white tape covering some of the words, protests a proposed cryptocurrency mine in the town of Forsyth. The computer servers are a potential noise nuisance, residents say.

Bitcoin mines come to rural Georgia communities. They’re bringing opportunities — and tensions

Lars Lonnroth
April 7, 2022
The Central City Corners project would build a new 152-unit hotel along Poplar Street, a six-story apartment building at Second and Plum streets and renovate the historic Newman Building across from City Hall.

New boutique hotel, apartments, entertainment alley planned for downtown

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 5, 2022
Crews built a temporary set at Dunlap Park at Third and Poplar streets for 'The Color Purple' musical that filmed in downtown Macon in April, 2022. Liz Fabian/File

‘Filling station’ built in downtown for Warner Bros. new film

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 30, 2022
A group of advocates who support the House’s sweeping mental health bill rallied outside the state Capitol Monday after opponents swarmed a series of hearings last week.

Georgia senators weaken mental health bill parity rules, remove WHO mentions

Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder
March 29, 2022

Mom searches for answers after son is killed at Central State Prison

Evey Wilson Wetherbee
March 29, 2022
Plans for the "Pressure" jazz venue call for some outdoor seating at the old Ben's Macon Radiator at 753 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

P&Z: Veteran sheriff’s deputy plans new downtown jazz venue

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 29, 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
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