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News Articles: Middle Georgia

Community members and local leaders of Jeffersonville, G.a. gather at the groundbreaking of an expansion to the federally qualified health center in town. The extra space will allow providers to bring more speciality care to the county which ranks in the bottom 10 for health outcomes in the state.

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  • Health Care

Once ranked last in the state for health care, Twiggs County is expanding access

A years-long local collaboration is behind the expansion of a federally qualified health center in Jeffersonville. 

March 14, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
The William A. Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Macon.

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Prosecutors worried gangsters might attack a Georgia jury. Here’s how they protected them

A Macon federal gangster trial last month connected to an Athens murder used an anonymous jury for safety reasons, court documents show, a rarity in the Middle District of Georgia.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Micah Johnston
Peches stand

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All just ‘pechy’ at Georgia fruit stand where a misspelled word blossomed into a landmark

The spelling — in hand-painted, ripe-tomato-red letters — is shakier than the ramshackle plywood fruit stand they advertise: “P-E-C-H-E-S.”

July 24, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Kovac
Peach Cobbler

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Georgia Peach Festival kicks off this weekend with 55-square-foot peach cobbler

Middle Georgia will celebrate the 37th Annual Georgia Peach Festival, starting on Friday in Fort Valley.

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • Jason Vorhees
U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock alongside county and city leaders at the groundbreaking of the new sewer system in McIntyre, G.a. on April 24, 2023.

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  • Health

From septic to sewer: How critical infrastructure helps transform a Middle Georgia town

McIntyre, a small city in Wilkinson County 30 miles east of Macon, broke ground Monday on a new public sewer system that’s been years in the making.

April 26, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Jericho Road Ministry in Macon, Ga., hosts a Thanksgiving food drive on Nov. 22, 2022 with food donated from the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. About 96,000 people are considered food insecure in food bank's 24-county region.

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  • Food

Georgia food pantry works to meet high demand for Thanksgiving staples

Rising food prices haven’t swayed most consumers, but low-income families still look to food pantries for help

November 24, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Mercer University President William Underwood, left, with Bibb Schools Superintendent Dan Sims, center, and Clayton Schools Superintendent Morcease Beasley, right, after the announcement of the new Mercer program to lure mid-career people into teaching.

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A new degree program aims to draw mid-career jobseekers to teaching

The federal department of education is granting $9.6 million to a partnership between five Georgia school systems and Mercer University’s Tift College of Education. The aim of the partnership is luring mid-career people to teaching.

October 05, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Emilee Gilbert, owner of Qualusi Vineyards in Acworth, Georgia, pours a glass of merlot July 10, 2022.

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After two years of pandemic, Georgia wineries thriving

Georgia wineries’ growth boosted by those seeking outdoor gatherings during the pandemic. Many in the industry would like to see it expand into south Georgia.

July 27, 2022
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  • Alex Guevara
From left, Monroe County Commissioner John Ambrose, Commission Chair Greg Tapley and Monroe County resident Charles Grizzard watch as a worker turns on the water service to Grizzard’s house Tuesday. Grizzard was the first resident to get city water in a project inspired by worries about coal ash at Georgia Power’s Plant Scherer.

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Georgia Today: Is coal ash poisoning water In Juliette, Ga.? Residents say yes and they want answers

On this special episode of Georgia Today, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes of 2021. This is the story of a grassroots fight in Middle Georgia for clean drinking water. GPB reporter Grant Blankenship and photojournalist Evey Wilson, an assistant professor at the Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism, followed the effort for the recent documentary Saving Juliette.

December 31, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
aerial photo showing a damaged highway overpass struck by a truck

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Westbound Lanes Of I-16 Reopen After Damaged Bridge's Removal

Crews have removed the damaged bridge over I-16 in Middle Georgia, allowing a single westbound lane of traffic through.

July 16, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
Solar field near RAFB

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'Innovation Ecosystem' Could Hold Future For Middle Georgia, Robins Air Force Base

A 2017 Defense Department grant is giving Georgia the chance to take a closer look at what is needed to sustain its military communities.

March 31, 2021
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Adrian Saucedo-Luviano is awaiting his date in immigration court after he  was pulled over by Houston County Police in April 2018.

In Middle Georgia, Houston County Detains More People For ICE Than Surrounding Counties Combined

Police aren't required by law to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on immigration control. It's a choice. Athens-Clarke...

May 09, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Leighton Rowell

Talking Turkey Before The Holiday

Behind many great recipes, you’ll find stories of immigration. That’s certainly the case in the kitchen of Pati Jinich. Her grandparents immigrated from...

November 20, 2017
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By:
  • Emily Cureton and
  • Celeste Headlee

On Second Thought For Monday, November 6, 2017

Democrats lost big in 2016. But this year, progressive candidates in the South begin to win state and local races. Birmingham, Alabama recently joined...

November 06, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more

On Second Thought For Wednesday, October 25, 2017

A special hour about guns in the South: the people who own them, the emotions they stir, how they’re bought and sold, the total cost of gun violence,...

October 25, 2017
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  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more
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