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Lucinda Warnke

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Lucinda Warnke is a freelance reporter for The Telegraph.

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News Stories by Lucinda Warnke

Headstones from the Woolfolk family sit overturned in the Rose Hill Cemetery on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. The Woolfolk family marker includes nine family members who were murdered in 1887. The area was vandalized this month. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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Macon graves linked to infamous Georgia murder were vandalized. Investigation underway

A gravesite in Macon’s Rose Hill Cemetery containing the remains of a family killed in a grisly murder more than a century ago was vandalized earlier this month, and investigators are looking for the suspects.

July 19, 2024
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Tony Martinez, 71, left, and Joanna Crawford, 65, from Thomaston, Georgia, compete in mixed doubles on the second day of the United States Senior Pickleball Indoor National Championships on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Rhythm and Rally Sports & Events in Macon, Georgia. United States Senior Pickleball hosted its inaugural indoor national championships this year, spanning three days and bringing hundreds of seniors to compete in Macon from across the country. KATIE TUCKER/THE TELEGRAPH

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Macon’s ‘state-of-the-art’ pickleball courts make it destination for national championship

Macon holds its indoor pickleball facility in high regard, and it was packed with players over the weekend for national championships. Rhythm and Rally Sports and Events hosted hundreds of people 50 and over, who turned out for the second day of the U.S. Senior Indoor Pickleball National Championships in hopes of winning a national title.

July 18, 2024
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Bibb County sheriff’s patrol car. (Telegraph File Photograph)

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Are Bibb County sheriff’s deputies leaving Macon over low pay? Here’s what we found

As the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office attempts to hire and retain deputies, officer pay has been a commonly-raised issue.

July 05, 2024
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The United States District Courthouse sits on Mulberry Street on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. (Photo/Katie Tucker ktucker@macon.com)

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Macon rehab center admits to altering records during fraud investigation. Owner pleads guilty

The owner of a Macon area rehabilitation center admitted on Wednesday to ordering two employees to alter documents during a 2019 federal investigation into fraudulent billing, according to the Department of Justice.

June 07, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • Alba Rosa
Future homeowner LaQuanda Ferguson (right) reads remarks next to Macon Area Habitat for Humanity board president Andrea Cooke during the Lynmore Estates ground blessing on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. Macon Area Habitat for Humanity held the ground blessing at a plot of land off of Dorothy Avenue where three future homes will be built.

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Macon wants to get rid of rundown buildings. Could we see affordable housing replace them?

Macon-Bibb County has demolished more than 700 rundown, abandoned, hazardous buildings within the county, and while thousands still reportedly remain, one group is finding use for the land that’s left once a blighted building is destroyed.

May 30, 2024
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