The Macon Melody holds elected officials and other powerful people accountable with timely, accurate and in-depth enterprise reporting.
As the county continues to grapple with the growing problem of homelessness, vagueness in state law makes it difficult, if not impossible, for the sheriff’s office to keep tabs on the small portion of offenders who lack a fixed address.
The Georgia Ethics Commission fined Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller and other elected officials on Wednesday for violating campaign finance laws.
A local authority created to revitalize the historically Black neighborhood of Pleasant Hill owns 17 new or recently rehabilitated homes, several of which are boarded up and vacant only couple of years after being built or fixed.
The Macon-Bibb County Commission meeting Tuesday turned testy as Mayor Lester Miller and Commissioner Stanley Stewart argued about the county’s financial stability as the tax base continues to shift away from property taxes to sales taxes.
Harold Young, executive director of the Tubman Museum in Macon, was recently ousted as the manager of Stockbridge's amphitheater amid unanswered questions about expenses.
The Melody is suing the Bibb County school board so the public can evaluate its expenditure of public money.
Sixteen local officials serving on either the school board, water authority or county commission owe a total of at least $7,125 to the Georgia Ethics Commission for more than 50 disclosures that were late or missing.
Macon-Bibb County Commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of 10.1 acres on Rolling Road and Pine Knoll Drive for $2.1 million plus closing costs.
The grand jury’s findings, filed in Bibb Superior court on June 11, echo the findings of grand juries in annual inspections since 2021.
A $1,500 donation to an exclusive jazz event fundraiser prompted scrutiny by some members of the Macon Water Authority board.
