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News Articles: Macon-Bibb County

Seth Clark, a former Macon commissioner, has announced his campaign for lieutenant governor. Photo courtesy of the candidate

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Former Macon commissioner launches bid to be Georgia’s next lieutenant governor

Former Macon-Bibb commissioner Seth Clark on Monday became the latest Democrat to enter the race for lieutenant governor.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Alander Rocha and
  • Georgia Recorder
The Nichicha USA plant sits off of Avondale Mill Road on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. One of the two Nichicha USA plants in Macon closed on Monday. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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Nichiha manufacturing plant lays off workers as it closes one Macon location

Nichiha USA closed one of its manufacturing plants in Macon, affecting employees’ jobs, according to a news release.

October 09, 2025
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By:
  • Alba Rosa and
  • The Telegraph
Plans show the projected location of the new sports arena, which will be next to the existing Macon Coliseum. (Courtesy/Macon-Bibb County)

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Who’s going to design new Macon sports arena? County picks architect

The Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved Houston-based company PBK Architects to design the new Macon sports arena.

September 25, 2025
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • The Telegraph
Dancers perform on stage at the 2024 Macon-Bibb Hispanic Festival. Yadira Sandoval

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Could Macon Hispanic festival be a target for immigration enforcement?

This year’s Macon-Bibb Hispanic Festival will feature increased security and social workers because of concerns about attending while Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains a significant number of immigrants nationwide.

September 24, 2025
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By:
  • Jesse Fraga and
  • The Telegraph
Macon-Bibb County Manager Keith Moffett conducts a news conference during a mock disaster exercise at FEMA’s National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD. Liz Fabian/Macon Newsroom

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Macon-Bibb leaders prepare for disaster in days of training

The threat of severe storms, flooding and tornadoes was already in play when more than three dozen people from Macon-Bibb County took their posts during a July training at the  National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

August 19, 2025
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By:
  • Liz Fabian and
  • The Macon Newsroom
Attendees stand up and wave their arms during a free t-shirt toss between innings during the Coastal Plains League All-Star Game on Monday, July 7, 2025, at Luther Williams Field in Macon, Georgia. The best players from across the summer collegiate baseball league, which includes the Macon Bacon, came to Macon for a two-day showcase. Carly Lenhardt/The Telegraph

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Driving 20 hours to see an all-star game in Macon? Why fans made the trek

Seated right above the dugout close enough to hear the chatter of players and smell the faint scent of sweat, a little boy reaches to catch a ball he just got autographed by all-star baseball players from the Coastal Plain League.

July 09, 2025
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  • Carly Lenhardt and
  • The Telegraph
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office sits off of Oglethorpe Street on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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1 dead, 4 injured in altercation at Bibb County Jail, officials confirm

One person was killed and four others were injured after an altercation inside the Bibb County Jail on Wednesday, according to county officials.

June 05, 2025
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By:
  • Alba Rosa and
  • The Telegraph
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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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The Macon Pickleball Association got to test the Rhythm and Rally Sports and Events facility on Nov. 18 to help get the facility ready to open by playing on every court for several hours to test the equipment and facility. Stephanie Shadden, For Macon-Bibb County/Special to The Telegraph

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Will new Atlanta development threaten Macon’s claim to largest pickleball facility?

Macon’s Rhythm & Rally may soon face competition as America’s largest pickleball complex, and the threat is coming from within the Peach State.

May 26, 2025
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • The Telegraph
Georgia Power hosted company and project leaders, as well as state and local elected officials, for a groundbreaking ceremony at the BESS location in Floyd County on April 18, 2025. Georgia Power

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Georgia Power builds four new battery storage facilities. One’s in Bibb County.

Construction is underway at four new battery energy storage system sites located across Georgia, including one in Bibb County, totaling 765 megawatts of power.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Margaret Walker and
  • The Telegraph
Macon-Bibb County crews work on the reversible lane on Vineville Avenue, but parts are getting hard to come by on the obsolete system. Liz Fabian/Macon Newsroom

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Vineville ‘suicide lane’ near death: GDOT, Macon-Bibb must decide future traffic plan as failing equipment is obsolete

Motorists see what the future may hold on Vineville Avenue as Macon-Bibb County crews closed parts of the reversible lane over the last week to repair equipment.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
The Georgia Public Safety Foundation will add a historical marker to the Macon grave of Georgia’s first fallen state patrolman, William Frederick Black Jr. (Liz Fabian)

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Ga. Public Safety Foundation to mark Macon grave of first slain trooper

A simple marble marker in Riverside Cemetery notes 29-year-old William Frederick Black Jr. died Dec. 20, 1940, but says nothing about his heroic death. 

 

December 17, 2024
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
One million lights. synchronized Christmas music. Come see the Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza in Macon, GA. Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza/Facebook

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Macon lights hailed as 'spectacular' display on ABC World News with David Muir. See video

Macon is certainly on the nice list this year, as it made national news for its beautiful downtown Christmas light display.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Chelsea Madden
Eric Arnold, owner of 1151 Sunnydale Drive, holds a phone with a picture of what the house he was renovating used to look like before it got demolished by Macon-Bibb County. He’s filing a lawsuit against them for “unconstitutionally” destroying his house. Institute of Jusice

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Renovator says Macon violated his rights when city tore down his property, wants payment

A man who bought a blighted property in Macon with plans to renovate it is suing Macon-Bibb County because he says they “unconstitutionally” destroyed the site.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Alba Rosa
Muralist Kevin “Scene” Lewis shows a Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful committee his plan for a Martin Luther King Jr. Mural in the 1400 block of MLK Jr. Blvd. near Downtown Macon. Liz Fabian/ Macon Newsroom

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  • News

Kennesaw State University architecture students designing new development as KMBB commissions Martin Luther King Jr. mural

Envisioning a new MLK Blvd. gateway to downtown Macon: A bevy of burgeoning architects gathered on a vacant lot along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. last week as Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Paul Bronson issued a challenge. 

September 03, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
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