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News Articles: warner robins

Since Representative Austin Scott was not at his Warner Robins district office, the nearly people who gathered there Monday to ask him questions about his support for President Trump’s agenda put their questions to an empty chair draped with a blue blazer.

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People from Austin Scott's district wanted a town hall with the congressman. They had it without him

Congress is in recess, but U.S. Rep Austin Scott was not at his home office. So people from around Scott’s 8th Congressional District put their questions about Scott's support for President Trump's agenda to an empty chair with a blue blazer instead.

March 17, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
11th Circuit Court of Appeals Atlanta

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  • Health

Anna Lange was denied coverage for gender-affirming care. Federal judges reheard her case this week

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, the federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case of Anna Lange, a sergeant with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office in Middle Georgia.

February 07, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
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Houston County to offer monthly public health screenings at family resource space

A partnership between Houston County Schools and the county health department is bringing primary health care closer to where children, and their adults, spend time.

August 23, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
fNIRS scan

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Scientists have cutting edge technology to scan kids' brains. But it wasn't built for all heads

How a Middle Georgia researcher is working on making brain scanning technology more accessible.

June 27, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Earl The Elusive Peacock of Middle Georgia.

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Social media is abuzz with an 'elusive peacock' on the loose in Houston County

They say the chicken crossed the road to get to the other side, but folks in Houston County are asking about why a different bird is wandering about. Wandering the streets is a peacock, leaving onlookers surprised, social media delighted — and animal control on the hunt.

May 07, 2024
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  • WMAZ
LaRhonda Patrick, mayor-elect of Warner Robins, Ga.

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'I was a girl with a dream,' she says. A chat with Warner Robins' mayor-elect

GPB's Leah Fleming talks with new Warner Robins mayor LaRhonda Patrick, the first woman and Black person ever elected to the office.

December 08, 2021
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  • Leah Fleming
A vaccine syringe held by a doctor.

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Political Rewind: GA judge blocks Biden's mandate; Nationwide attention on Georgia's political races

Wednesday on Political Rewind: A Georgia federal judge blocked nationwide implementation of President Biden's vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors this week. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr was one of the seven state attorney generals who filed for the stay, arguing the administration was overstepping it constitutional authority. Meanwhile, the second ranking Republican in the state House, Jan Jones, says she's backing a bill to prevent students from having access to "obscene" materials.

 

December 08, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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LaRhonda Patrick

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Patrick defeats Toms in historic Warner Robins mayoral runoff

LaRhonda Patrick, a Warner Robins native and attorney who works as the city attorney for Fort Valley, becomes the first woman and first Black person elected as mayor of Warner Robins,

December 01, 2021
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  • Caleb Slinkard
Woman standing in front of Jody Town historical marker

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Destroyed in the '70's, Residents Of Black Warner Robins Community Erect Historical Marker

The Jody Town Community was established in 1943 as a segregated community for the Black civilian employees of Robins Air Force Base, according to the Georgia Historical Society.

July 16, 2021
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  • Jenna Eason
Two women examine a sample ballot on the wall of polling location in Warner Robins, Georgia.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Nov. 3 Morning Brings Excitement, Anxiety As Voters Line Up

Tuesday morning on Political Rewind: Polling places are open across Georgia for the final day of voting in the 2020 general election. More than 53% of Georgians cast their ballots early, but election officials caution that lines in many places could be long as up to 2 million voters may show up to vote today.

Last-minute visits to the state by President Donald Trump on Sunday and former President Barack Obama are just the latest suggestion that Georgia is hotly contested.

November 03, 2020
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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A south Bibb County home sits dismantled at the corner of Kearnes and McArrell drives where Georgia Power will begin building a 650-acre solar farm in 2020.

Time To Move For Neighbors As Robins AFB Goes Big On Solar

Robins Air Force Base in south Macon is about to go in for solar power in a big way. That means many people have had to sell their homes and move to...

December 23, 2019
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  • Liz Fabian Center for Collaborative Journalism

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On Second Thought for Friday, July 19, 2019

Every day, millions of Americans use -and often rely on- GPS technology to help them navigate their commutes and get precise directions to their...

July 19, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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First Lieutenant Andrea Lewis will be the first black woman to deploy with the Georgia Air National Guard.

A First For Black Women In The Georgia Air National Guard

Andrea Lewis said that, as a pilot, her favorite part of flying is actually putting the aircraft back on the ground. “I love just being able to travel,”...

February 15, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship
 JSTARS aircraft crew chiefs recover an E-8C Joint STARS returning from a mission in 2012.

New Defense Plan Lays Out End Of Georgia Based Mission

The new Defense Spending Reauthorization Act lays out the path to the eventual end of a longstanding mission at one of Georgia’s largest military...

August 13, 2018
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  • Grant Blankenship
A crew works to demolish a home in Macon's Linwood Estates neighborhood in 2015. The original, Federal redlining maps from the 1930s said of Linwood "subdivision failed before depression began."

Where People Of Color In Georgia Are Shut Out Of Home Loans

Racial disparities in home lending, a practice sometimes called redlining, is alive and well in the United States. That's the big picture takeaway from...

February 16, 2018
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  • Grant Blankenship
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