The Macon-Bibb County commissioners agreed to advance plans for a Costco warehouse club in North Macon, which is expected to create hundreds of jobs for Maconites. According to a press release, Costco guaranteed at least 175 full-time jobs, with the potential for up to 300.
Macon held its fifth annual Hispanic Festival on Cherry Street Plaza Saturday, featuring live performances, community outreach programs and vendors to showcase the Hispanic community of Macon-Bibb. Since its founding in 2022, Macon-Bibb’s Hispanic Festival has continued to grow, drawing increasingly diverse crowds to celebrate Hispanic culture.
President Donald Trump paid a visit to Perry, Ga. on Saturday to campaign on behalf of his Republican allies during this vital midterm season. As Republicans try to maintain control of Congress, Georgia has found itself once again in the national spotlight.
As Georgia faces a record-breaking early voting turnout prediction ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, Macon citizens are heading to the polls early to avoid Election Day crowds and ensure their voices are heard.
Mercer Votes, a student-led bipartisan organization, has worked for years to improve civic engagement at Mercer by educating and encouraging students to exercise their voting rights. This year, a crucial midterm cycle, the group has been working overtime, diversifying their outreach and wading into uncharted territory in hopes of making this year their most succesful yet.
The Wesleyan Wolves made history when they tipped off as the first women’s hockey team in Middle Georgia Sept. 27. Up against Georgia Southern’s Ice Eagles in their first match, the Wolves managed a 12-0 shutout, up 8-0 by the end of the first period.
Republicans once saw Georgia and North Carolina as promising pieces of their strategy to keep control of the Senate. But hopes of winning the two states have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.
Two groups of people shot at each other during a birthday party at a Georgia city park, resulting in gunshot wounds to 12 teens, a Macon sheriff said Sunday.
Be a Good NeighBear, Mercer’s biggest service event of the year, will take place Saturday, Sept. 26. Service opportunities will be spread throughout the day, with shifts beginning at 8:30 a.m. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Be a Good NeighBear, with MerServe, the event's primary organizer, aiming to fill 700 volunteer spots.
Votes & Vibez brought candidates and community members together at Carolyn Crayton Park to address Macon-Bibb’s voter turnout problem Sept. 19. Rather than speeches or a formal debate, the League of Women Voters hosted this nonpartisan, family-friendly event so attendees could speak to candidates in a relaxed one-on-one conversation.
What began as an event featuring lieutenant governor nominee Josh McLaurin (D) turned into an unexpected gathering of three prominent Georgia Democrats Thursday night when Public Service Commission nominee Sheila Edwards and gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms made surprise appearances on Mercer’s Macon campus.
Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span — a decline far steeper than the government estimated as work requirements and other provisions of President Donald Trump's “big beautiful bill” take hold.
President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don't make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.
After a blitz of congressional redistricting ahead of the midterm elections, a national battle for partisan control is about to enter a new phase that could affect representation on everything from tax rates to social safety net programs, teacher salaries, housing regulations and local road repairs.
Being as well known as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger would be a dream for many ambitious politicians. “I think most people by now know who I am,” the Republican candidate for governor joked Tuesday as someone put up signs with his name before a speech in Chamblee, Ga.
Huge plumes of smoke blanketed swaths of the Southeast on Wednesday as crews battled rapidly growing wildfires that destroyed more than 50 homes in Georgia and forced hundreds to flee the drought- and wind-fueled flames.
U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.
Bragg Jam hosted its second of three Second Sunday events featuring The Via Vicary Band on Coleman Hill on Sunday, April 12. “Second Sunday is one of the free events for our community,” Bragg Jam president, Olivia Walter said.
Professional, student and "shadetree" racers rolled down Magnolia Street at the annual Magnolia Soap Box Derby less than a mile from a campus Saturday, April 11.
Filipino-American activist Alma Bowman paused to take a breath 10 minutes into her speech about her 40-month stay in the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., less than two hours south of Mercer's campus.
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