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News Articles: Macon

People gathered Saturday in the same strip of downtown park used for a political rally nearly every weekend since the Hands Off protests in April for the Macon, Ga. (Pop. 157,000) No Kings event. Grant Blankenship/GPB News

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'No Kings' protests held in communities across Georgia

Saturday, thousands of Georgians across the state participated in nationwide protests of federal immigration raids and deployment of National Guard in places including Los Angeles.

June 14, 2025
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GPB evening headlines for June 13, 2025

“No Kings Day” protests planned nationwide, including in Georgia; citizen of Mexico died while in ICE custody in Georgia.

June 13, 2025
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Civil rights demonstrators hold signs and speak to passing vehicles, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for June 13, 2025

“No Kings Day” protests planned across Georgia Saturday; an Emory study finds elevated PFAS levels in North Georgia; and a new Atlanta clinic offers alternative treatments for mental health.

June 13, 2025
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The Stitch plans to create 17 acres of new community park space planned atop a three-quarter-mile platform over Atlanta’s Downtown Connector.

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GPB morning headlines for June 12, 2025

Atlanta’s Stitch project faces funding risk; Ben Crump files lawsuit over Sapelo Island dock collapse; Atlanta enters final year of planning for 2026 FIFA World Cup.

June 12, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Former and current CDC employees rallied across the street from the CDC main campus Tuesday to call for the resignation of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the afternoon following Kennedy's disbanding on the CDC advisory panel on immunizations.

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GPB morning headlines for June 11, 2025

CDC employees protest after vaccine advisory panel is restructured; experts warn of bird flu as Moderna contract is canceled; Georgia PSC candidate removed from ballot over residency.

June 11, 2025
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GPB morning headlines for June 10, 2025

Low turnout in Georgia Public Service Commission primaries; deal reached to create Georgia’s largest ICE processing facility; state GOP convention recap.

June 10, 2025
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GPB morning headlines for June 9, 2025

Changes to federal COVID vaccine recommendations mean fewer will be vaccinated; Warnock warns Georgians are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage; Construction underway for U.S Soccer National Training Center in South Atlanta.

June 09, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Facebook app logo and other app logos are displayed on a mobile phone screen for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on January 23, 2023. Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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GPB evening headlines for June 6, 2025

Augusta commissioners want new arena to retain James Brown's name; federal judge hears arguments on Georgia restrictions of social media use for minors.

June 06, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
People sign the final structural beam of the Crisis Stabilization Diagnostic Center before it was put into place on June 14 in Macon. The center will serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who need health care or are in crisis.

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LISTEN: Primary and crisis care for people with disabilities soon to be available at Macon center

The center is a collaboration between the state, Macon’s River Edge Behavioral Health and Mercer University. 

June 06, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Parrish Construction Group’s Charlie Griffis, center, speaks with architect Kamal Azar, right, and another visitor Thursday at the new River Edge Crisis Services and Diagnostic Center and Mercer University School of Medicine’s Center for IDD Care. (Liz Fabian/The Macon Newsroom)

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Macon is a new hub for crisis intervention, healthcare for developmentally disabled

Beginning this summer, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities from across Georgia will travel to Macon for crisis services and routine medical care such as physical exams, mammograms and dentistry.

June 06, 2025
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  • Liz Fabian and
  • The Macon Newsroom
DNR crews use pressurized water to install loose shells along the banks of Teakettle Creek.

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GPB morning headlines for June 6, 2025

A planned expansion of an ICE processing center is generating pushback; Macon facility for intellectual and developmental disability set for first patients; Georgia wildlife officials begin new method for oyster reef restoration.

June 06, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Symnovus Bank Ampitheater at Chastain Park is one of Atlanta's most popular summer concert venues.  James Taylor is scheduled to perform on Sept. 6, 2025 and the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge play in Sept. 26, 2025.

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Here are Georgia festivals and concerts to look out for this summer

In an uncertain economy, concert tickets are selling and Georgians have hundreds of options for entertainment this season.

June 06, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Chicago - Circa April 2022: SNAP and EBT Accepted here sign. SNAP and Food Stamps provide nutrition benefits to supplement the budgets of disadvantaged families.

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GPB morning headlines for June 5, 2025

A state agency plans to address backlog of applications for social services; Barrow County considers raising property taxes to pay for school resource officers; federal Job Corps cuts are impacting  communities across Georgia

June 05, 2025
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A cotton field being harvested by heavy equipment

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GPB morning headlines for June 4, 2025

Cotton farmers are leaving the crop behind; Mercer University will host Los Angeles FC for the FIFA Club World Cup in Atlanta; Atlanta Motor Speedway renamed

June 04, 2025
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During a protest of conditions in the Bibb County Jail, Paula Platt asks Bibb County Sheriff David Davis why the jail guards who killed her son while trying to contain him during a mental health episode are still on the job. “I’m sorry you lost your child,” the Sheriff told her. “I didn’t lose my child. My child was taken,” Platt responded.

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Most agree Macon's jail is barely fit for people. Few agree on how to fix it

The Bibb County Jail has come under fire recently for what some — both protesters and the targets of their anger — are calling inhumane conditions. 

June 03, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
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