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A Bibb County sheriff deputy's car with blue lights activated near a pedestrian crosswalk on Jeffersonville Road in Macon.

Macon’s roads are becoming deadlier for pedestrians, but few hit-and-runs are solved

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 17, 2023
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
A desire line on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon after it passes under Interstate 75. The spot is one of the most deadly for pedestrians in Macon.

Hit-and-run pedestrian deaths have doubled in Bibb County this year

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 16, 2022
Turning vehicles trap a man in the crosswalk at Spring Street and Riverside Drive as he tries to walk across the busy street.

Road safety concerns, frustrations prompt Macon-Bibb summit with GDOT

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 12, 2022
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Curtis Jones is set to retire June 30, 2022, ending his seven-year tenure. The 67-year-old sat down with The Macon Newsroom and Georgia Public Broadcasting for an exit interview at Vineville Academy on June 7.

Q&A with Retiring Bibb Schools Superintendent Curtis Jones

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 14, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Elaine Lucas, who spearheaded the creation of the Pedestrian Safety Review Board in 2015, speaks at a news conference on Thursday, June 9, 2022.

How safe is it to walk in your neighborhood? Free training teaches how to identify, document hazards.

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 13, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Pedestrian Safety Review Board pamphlet and hat.

Macon-Bibb Pedestrian Safety Review Board a ‘high risk’ grantee, state office says

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 1, 2022
Thomas Bemke, 60, walks a mile through knee-high weeds on the shoulder of Gray Highway in 90-degree heat one day early in May 2022 to buy groceries at Dollar Tree. Bemke said he is extra cautious on his trek because of the number and speed of semis on the highway.

Pedestrian safety is their goal but Macon’s deadliest streets are out of their control

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 18, 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
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
Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Paul Bronson, left, explains his rationale for designating Greenwood Bottom as Macon's Black Wall Street. Commissioner Elaine Lucas believes Cotton Avenue is the true origin of the city's African American entrepreneurship.

Where is Macon’s Black Wall Street? Commission debates Greenwood Bottom designation

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 22, 2021
Warren Associates is working to secure doors at the Bibb County Jail that are routinely jammed by inmates.

Inmates jam door locks “all the time,” sheriff tells Macon-Bibb Commissioners

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 8, 2021
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