Laura is our senior reporter. Born in Macon, her bylines have appeared in Georgia news outlets for more than a decade. She is a graduate of Mercer University. Her work — which focuses on holding people and institutions with power responsible for their actions — is funded by a grant from the Peyton Anderson Foundation. Laura enjoys strong coffee, a good mystery, fishing and gardening.
Inflation, rising utility bills, stagnant salaries and a dearth of affordable housing are among factors fueling a growing population of homeless students not only in Bibb County but across the country.
Sheriff David Davis announced the Ohio-based grocer’s plan Monday night during the first-ever meeting of East Macon neighborhood associations organized by Macon-Bibb County Commissioner-elect Stanley Stewart.
The Community Enhancement Authority was given millions of tax dollars to fight poverty in Pleasant Hill. Eight years later, it's no longer managing the Little Richard House, two parks or the Booker T. Washington Center.