Dr. Edward Clark and his family participated in their first Macon Cherry Blossom Parade in 1999 and since then, riding tractors and playing jazz has become a family tradition.
The Wiener Dog Race has been a staple of Macon’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival since 2019. This year it will be held on Cherry Street March 22 at noon.
The three-year program, in partnership with five local school districts, is funded by a 2022 federal grant for $9.6 million.
A mural on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard depicts a portrait of King looking onward, flanked by cherry blossoms and New Zion Baptist Church, where he visited 12 days before his assassination. The mural's making can be seen in the documentary “Made For A King,” premiering next Friday, March 21, at the Douglass Theatre.
For nearly 200 years, deed books detailing the transactions of enslaved people remained tucked away inside the Bibb County courthouse. In 2013, Superior Court Clerk Erica Woodford finally uncovered this long forgotten piece of Macon history.
Harrell's & Son's barber shop opened in Greenwood Bottom 60 years ago and is still operating today. Brandon Harrell is a third-generation barber carrying on his family's legacy.
Of the 159 counties in Georgia, only 82 have an OB-GYN. Callins is the only OB-GYN regularly serving Twiggs and Jones counties and splits her time between Jeffersonville and Gray each week.
The Napier Heights Food Co-op Market’s new location will bring fresh products directly to neighborhoods with limited food accessibility.
Nearly 200 people gathered in Warner Robins last Saturday in protest of mass deportation threats and increased fears of ICE presence in Middle Georgia.
Check out the list of events and celebrations throughout Macon in honor of this year's Black History Month.
