21+ hour, 41+ min ago   (706+ words) When it opened 25 years ago, Eisenhower Crossing was a bustling hub for major retailers: Target, Old Navy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Michaels. Then came a cascade of challenges — the Great Recession, the opening of newer shopping centers in North Macon, shifting…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (404+ words) A massive mixed-use development behind City Hall is entering the final stages of construction after more than a decade of planning and pandemic delays. When completed next spring, D.T. Walton Lofts will bring up to 143 apartments, ground-floor retail and office spaces…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (749+ words) For the fourth year in a row, many Bibb County property owners will face higher school tax bills after the Board of Education voted to maintain its current millage rate. The school board approved keeping its current millage rate of…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (639+ words) After recent concerns over students’ limited access to drinking water, the Bibb County School District is moving to restore water fountain bubblers at all campuses. Superintendent Dan Sims said the bubblers, which had been initially turned off during the COVID…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (811+ words) Macon parents are voicing concerns about Bibb County students’ access to drinking water during the school day after recent reports of water fountain bubblers being turned off. The issue initially surfaced online in early August after teachers pointed out that…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (303+ words) “Is it just me, or is it getting hotter?” Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard some version of that question from patient after patient. With the combination of high temperatures and Georgia humidity, simply walking across a parking…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1320+ words) Anchor Glass is permanently closing its Warner Robins glass manufacturing plant, with 168 employees being laid off. Manufacturing has ceased at the plant, with employees escorted out by company security after the closure was announced shortly before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. A few employees…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1015+ words) Homeownership seems to promise stability, with predictable monthly mortgage payments and protected assets. But in recent years, insurance changes - including withdrawals from high-risk states, policy nonrenewals, and premium spikes - have put many households on shakier ground. To learn more about…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1856+ words) The Sunday that changed everything for the Lawson family began in an unremarkable way. Daphne Lawson started the morning in church, then visited friends before heading home. Her son, Tre, a 17-year-old high school track star and graduate who had…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) A former Macon-Bibb County Code Enforcement Officer who is accused of sending himself videos and pictures from the cellphones of two women he pulled over in separate traffic stops last September faces a slew of felony charges. Christopher Tyler Willcox,…...