BREAKING: Macon mayor vetoes county mask mandate
Lars Lonnroth, News Editor
July 27, 2020
Macon Mayor Robert Reichert vetoed on July 27 a measure passed by the city commission that would mandate masks in Macon-Bibb County.
The Macon mayoral election will be different this year. Here’s how
Phoebe Monsour and Elizabeth Tammi
April 28, 2020
The deadline for voter registration in Macon-Bibb County is on May 11. As we gear up for the mayoral election, here are some things you might want to know.
SPLOST funds for Macon-Bibb County distributed
Samantha Homcy, Staff Writer
March 24, 2020
Over $16 million of Macon-Bibb SPLOST funds from 2016-2018 will be divided among several projects scheduled in 2020.
New park opens as latest part of Macon-Bibb’s Blight Remediation Program
Phoebe Monsour, Contributing Writer
October 13, 2019
The park includes “new sidewalks, monumental signage and street trees” around Gray Highway and other streets within the area.
Here’s what you missed in Macon this summer
Marianna Bacallao, Editor-in-Chief
August 15, 2019
This summer, Macon joined several nationwide movements and welcomed a new business on Pio Nono Avenue. Here's what you missed while you were away.
Mercer students join community in Celebrating MLK
January 29, 2015
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy and pursuit of unity, Mercer students spent their Monday off actively engaged with the Macon community at the 25th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration and following march to the Government Center. At the breakfast, Mercer students greeted...
CCJ and Macon-Bibb seek solutions to blight
Emily Farlow
August 27, 2014
When Angela Manson drives around the neighborhood in which she grew up, she can still remember familiar houses and their occupants. But many of those houses in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood are now run-down, abandoned or gone. "It's very disheartening when you drive up the street and you see all...