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News Articles: Macon

Volunteers pack boxes assembly line style during the annual food distribution in Macon sponsored by Atrium Health. About 60 tons of fresh produce was packed and distributed on a first come, first served basis at the three hour event Friday for which some people arrived two hours early.

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GPB morning headlines for June 24, 2024

A Florida woman has filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against a luxury resort company operating on coastal Georgia's privately owned Sea Island near Brunswick.

A new exhibit at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention features a dozen commercial airline seats, complete with locked tray tables and a lack of leg room.

A charitable food distribution in Macon drew hundreds of people Friday.

June 24, 2024
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The line to get into the food distribution was about 2 miles long once the whole circuit was completed. Some people waited in the line upwards of two hours for boxes with items like corn, potatoes and peaches.

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Hundreds waited hours for free food in Macon

People in Macon waited for hours for boxes of fresh produce. Some said they were driven there by inflated grocery bills.

June 21, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Yellen in Atlanta

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GPB morning headlines for June 21, 2024

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in Atlanta on Thursday to unveil new steps the Biden administration is taking to fight the opioid crisis.

Atlanta's popular pedestrian and biking trail, the BeltLine, has adopted its biggest budget ever for the next fiscal year. 

Baseball fans from across the South converged upon Birmingham, Ala., last night for a Major League Baseball tribute to the Negro Leagues.

June 21, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for June 20, 2024

A group that advocates for abortion access in Georgia is reaching out to voters in Macon, Athens, and Savannah ahead of the November election.

Engineering students at Columbus State University will soon be able to test robotics systems in a building on base at the U.S. Army’s Fort Moore.

Copa America kicks off tonight in Atlanta.

June 20, 2024
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A sign, seen through a window, says "Due to the water main break, we are CLOSED! Green Beans ATL."

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GPB morning headlines for June 18, 2024

The Atlanta City Council unanimously passed a measure Monday creating a financial relief fund for small businesses affected by the water main breaks earlier this month.

A Georgia man has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car.

Voters across Georgia are heading to the polls Tuesday for the primary election runoff.

June 18, 2024
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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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A new vision of care for people with disabilities includes center in Macon

At a celebration against a backdrop of construction, Georgia providers said once the facility is built, it will be one step in a new proposed continuum of care.

June 17, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Doctor's exam room.

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GPB morning headlines for June 17, 2024

An inmate at Georgia’s Smith State Prison and a food service worker there are both dead after an early morning shooting at the prison Sunday. 

Macon will be opening a one-of-a-kind center for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, or IDD, next year. 

Savannah has unveiled a new fountain dedicated to a woman who was instrumental to beautification efforts in the Hostess City of the South.

June 17, 2024
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Muriel Jackson, head of the genealogical and historical room of Middle Georgia Regional Library, is being honored Saturday by the James Wimberly Institute of Black Studies and History.

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Racial barrier breakers, community leaders to be honored

The James Wimberly Institute of Black Studies and History is holding its first awards dinner since 2006.

June 14, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
Erica Joy Scandrett, right, 11, gets a final straightening of her Miss Juneteenth sash and tiara from her mother Tiffany Scandrett before a ceremonial wreath laying as a part of Juneteenth observances in Macon on Thursday, June 13. Erica won her post in part through her speech about the role of the major theme in Macon’s Juneteenth observances this year, Black Girl Magic, in her life.

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Macon's 32nd Juneteenth events salute ‘Black Girl Magic' and Native American parallels

The Juneteenth holiday falls on June 19. In Macon, people have already been celebrating for days.

June 14, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis arrives during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool)

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GPB morning headlines for June 14, 2024

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis addressed attacks against her during a conference in Marietta on Thursday.

Experts believe they have found the wreckage of a private plan that disappeared 53 years ago.

The federal Juneteenth holiday, celebrating when news of emancipation finally reached enslaved people in Texas, is next Wednesday.  But in the city of Macon, observances have already begun.

June 14, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for June 13, 2024

A nonprofit research group focused on incarceration policy is countering a feasibility study into a new jail for Atlanta's Fulton County.

An Arizona man is facing federal charges of planning to commit a mass shooting of African-Americans and other minorities in Atlanta to incite a race war prior to the 2024 presidential election.

Georgia growers are opposing a new rule from the U.S. Department of Labor that would allow some foreign farmworkers to self-organize.

June 13, 2024
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A Gwinnett County, Ga. commuter bus sits in the road where it was stopped in Smoke Rise, Ga., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Atlanta police say the transit bus fled from officers responding to a dispute on board, leading them on a wild and lengthty chase into a neighboring county before it was stopped. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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GPB morning headlines for June 12, 2024

Atlanta police say one person has died after a suspect hijacked a commuter bus Tuesday and led police on a chase from downtown Atlanta into the suburbs. 

Problems with ballots surfaced in Macon-Bibb County’s May primary and are persisting heading into the runoff election.

The City of Savannah is rolling out a new campaign to cut down on graffiti and beautify busy streets.

June 12, 2024
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Albert Kenneth Knight Jr.

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‘I hope they find the person who did this.’ Suspect still at large in homeless man’s killing

It took almost two days for Albert Knight Jr.’s body to be discovered in a downtown Macon alley.

June 11, 2024
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Members of the NAACP’s Georgia and Macon-Bibb County chapters held a press conference in front of the county Board of Elections Office May 10, 2024. (JESSE FRAGA)

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There’s ‘grave concern’ over Macon ballot mix-ups. Officials warn it may happen again

Voting rights groups are investigating the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections for “voter irregularities’‘ after voters received ballots for the wrong districts during the May primary election, and the issue may not be resolved.

June 11, 2024
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GPB morning headlines for June 11, 2024

Shareholders for Delta Air Lines are the latest group demanding the company allow employees to organize.

A Dacula man has sued the Gwinnett County Board of Elections and Registrations over what he's calling the unconstitutional creation of the city of Mulberry.

Early voting across Georgia continues through Friday ahead of the state's June 18th primary run-off elections.

June 11, 2024
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