Firefighters do more than just put out fires -- they also respond to 9-1-1 calls when police can’t make it. But nationwide, employing firefighters has been a challenge while calls for service have gone up.
Dozens of Macon voters will have to explain to the elections board why their registered voting address was listed as a post office and not their home after the chair of the Bibb County Republican Party challenged hundreds of voter registrations.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors.
Providers of services to the homeless in Macon- Bibb County are asking for help from the public to stock emergency water stations.
While Georgia is home to mosquitoes that carry the West Nile and encephalitis viruses, local health officials are warning of mosquito-borne diseases acquired abroad.
All Things Considered host Peter Biello speaks with Berry College's Dr. Ryan Saylor about recent shark attacks and what to do to stay safe on your beach vacation this summer.
The Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump could be immune from prosecution for certain acts that lower courts deem "official acts." All Things Considered host Peter Biello spoke with Georgia State University law professor Anthony Michael Kreis about the decision and what it means for the former president's prosecution in Georgia.
Against the backdrop of the city’s 200th birthday celebration and amid public outcry, a nearly 100-year-old historic building is facing demolition. The three-story New Perry Hotel has been part of the fabric of downtown Perry since it was built in 1925. It’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but that does not protect the hotel from demolition. The steep cost of renovation has led current owners to recommend that the building be destroyed.
The Atlanta City Council has approved a $2 million settlement to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car in 2020.
A challenge to voter registrations in Macon-Bibb County failed Monday on the first day a new state law took effect that many say is aimed at making those challenges more successful.
People in Middle Georgia's Upson County are beginning to question whether or not they want to be the site for a cutting edge plastics recycling facility.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to land conservation has acquired two parcels of land in Middle Georgia that will support efforts to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds as Georgia’s first national park.
The new development on Macon’s east side, called the Tiny Cottages, are exclusively available to people who meet the federal definition of homelessness.
One man is dead and another hospitalized after apparent opioid overdoses inside a Georgia prison.
Fulton County court officials are blaming U.S. Postal Service consolidations and problems at a new sorting facility south of Atlanta for various court-related issues.
Macon is the latest city to invest in housing specifically meant for people experiencing homelessness.
