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A woman crosses Gray Highway in Macon, Ga. (Photo still by Jackson Bramlett)

How Roads Become State Routes in Georgia—and Who Oversees Their Safety in Macon

Haleigh Dearden, Murphy Center
May 5, 2025
Janice McCrary uses the new medianettes on Gray Highway one sweltering afternoon in August 2024. The 59-year-old lives in an apartment at McAfee Towers and was on the way back from eating lunch at Dairy Queen.

Macon-Bibb County gets millions to fix one of its deadliest roads

U.S. DOT grants $5.6 million for Gray Highway safety improvements
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 9, 2024
The Interstate 16 West on-ramp from northbound Spring Street closed in January 2020 due to construction, forcing drivers to turn left at the Emery Highway traffic light.

Twists and Turns, Hills and Concerns

Jackson Bramlett, Center For Collaborative Journalism
December 4, 2023
The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission welcomed The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission welcomed aboard Commissioner Wykesia Stafford, second from right, at their Feb. 27 meeting. Stafford replaces Bryan Scott, who moved out of the county.

P&Z: Neighbors protest cows; Mercer’s dyslexia school; east Macon subdivision changes and ‘Glamping’ in east Bibb

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission forced to make ‘bad decision’ for Lizella neighbors who fear livestock will lower property values
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 1, 2023
Imogene Patterson peers through the blinds behind the check-in desk at Economy Hotel on Pio Nono. She said she sometimes holds her breath watching some of the hotel guests trying to cross the five lanes of Pio Nono Avenue to get to the Circle K convenience store.

‘I hate to look.’ Deadly stretch of Pio Nono lacks crosswalk, stoplight as pedestrians keep dying

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 13, 2023
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
A new automated traffic camera outside Rutland Middle School on Skipper Road in South Bibb County.

New automated traffic cameras catch thousands speeding in Bibb school zones

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 27, 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
Neighboring convenience stores, new gym and Sardis Road truck stop approved

Neighboring convenience stores, new gym and Sardis Road truck stop approved

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 13, 2021
A group of motorcyclists gather at a previous iteration of the National Bikers Roundup.

Over 50,000 bikers come to Middle Georgia for National Bikers Roundup

Micah Johnston
August 5, 2021
Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Elaine Lucas requested more time to consider the alcohol license for Discount Zone at 2031 Shurling Drive.

Macon-Bibb “over-populated with alcohol,” commissioner says

February 9, 2021
GDOT secured federal funding for Mercer University Drive roundabouts at Anthony and Columbus roads.

New roundabouts for Mercer University Drive; GDOT proposes more

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
June 1, 2020
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