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The Face Behind Macon’s Number One Nightclub

Carly Lenhardt, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 14, 2023
A small fire re-ignited with hand sanitizer as an accelerate warms Conta Price's feet on a 28 degree morning in Macon in late November. Price said depending on who you talk to on the street, you will hear maybe Macon's Salvation Army shelter is open to single adults, or maybe it isn't.

As winter sets in, Macon-Bibb County struggles to shelter homeless people

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 13, 2023
More then 200 people showed up to bid on 11 Macon-Bibb County properties up for auction in late March in the Land Bank Authority's tax sale.

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

Megan Jackson and Emily Benelli
December 8, 2023

Inside The Hummingbird

Olivia Scott, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 5, 2023
The State Charter Schools Commission at a regular meeting in Atlanta.

More charter schools are planned in Georgia. What will it mean for students outside Atlanta?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 8, 2023

The Origin of Halloween

Piper Riser, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 6, 2023

Inside the Tubman Museum

Loren Reddish, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 3, 2023

Federal Shutdown Could Effects Macon

Emily Benelli, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 3, 2023

COVID-19 in 2023

Gabriel Kopp, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 3, 2023
Heaven Upshaw-Peters, foreground, and the rest of the graduates in the Bibb County Teaching as a Profession program, during their Signing Day ceremony recently.

Bibb County public schools’ graduation rate is the highest in a decade

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 12, 2023
Bruce Elementary School Principal Kizzie Lott endures one of about 20 dumps of water on her head courtesy of students with good school attendance. It was one of the periodic rewards Lott gives students to incentivize them and their parents to prioritize school attendance.

Bibb schools grapple with spike in chronically absent students

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 21, 2023
Staff and board members of the State Charter Schools Commission visited Cirrus Academy on Aug. 23, 2023, to discuss the school's eligibility for renewal of its charter contract. The current two-year probationary charter expires in June 2024.

Cirrus Academy faces new scrutiny from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 20, 2023
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