Macon-Bibb County is partnered with the Brookdale Resource Center to identify people with uncertain housing situations — whether they are staying at the center or bouncing between hotels or couches — and help them move into two new homes.
The percentage of chronically absent students dropped to 22.7% this year, a vast improvement over a peak of 53.2% in 2022.
Wooten resigned from his Middle Georgia State role on May 20, a university spokesperson wrote in an email. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Sheree Keith, an associate dean and professor of communication studies.
Jaiden Geolingo, a rising senior at Howard High School, won this year's Georgia Poet Laureate's Prize for his work titled "Peach State Migration."
After three hours of discussion, the Bibb County Board of Education voted 6-2 in favor of a budget that cut step increases but did not include furloughs.
The number of commercial tickets sold by the airport has spiked from 890 in 2012 to more than 15,000 today, marking just one of several ways the airport in South Macon has grown.
The Bibb County Board of Education discussed potential cuts ahead of its June 2 tentative budget adoption.
Legislation passed by the General Assembly would have increased the amount of historic rehabilitation tax credits made available to Georgia developers.
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Robert Hatcher and Larry Walker received the university's first honorary degrees for their deeds in the community.
