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11/13/2025

The Historic Macon Foundation released its 11th annual Fading Five list Thursday, highlighting downtown Macon's historic, but vacant commercial buildings.

The Historic Macon Foundation announced its Fading Five list for the 11th year. This year's list highlights vacant historic commercial buildings downtown.

11/13/2025

A new “gold rush” is on in the U.S. and Georgia may be at the forefront.

This time, the mines are rural land being rezoned and developed into hyperscale data centers meant to support the growing demand for artificial intelligence, cloud services and cryptocurrency.

Georgia may be a leading state in the race to develop new hyperscale data centers as artificial intelligence, cloud services and cryptocurrency are on the rise.

11/10/2025

The Bears secured a share of the Southern Conference championship for the second straight year with the 49-47 win over VCU on Nov. 8.

The Bears also secured a share of the Southern Conference championship for the second straight year with the win.

11/07/2025

Mercer University hosted a groundbreaking Nov. 7 to celebrate its new School of Medicine and multipurpose development. The project is intended to expand Macon's downtown district.

Mercer University hosted a groundbreaking Nov. 7 to celebrate its new School of Medicine.

11/07/2025

Laws said he thinks he built a culture at Central across three seasons as the team's head coach.

“You share moments with kids where you know their darkest secrets that are going on at the house,” he said. “You’ve made sure that they’ve had food on their table and rides to school. It becomes deeper.”

Here more from Laws in the latest from The Melody.

The Chargers went 1-29 under Laws, though the coach feels he changed the culture at Central during his tenure.

11/07/2025

The Macon-Bibb County Fire Department disagreed, saying the amount of structure fires has remained normal.

The Macon-Bibb County Fire Department disagreed, saying fires were at normal levels recently.

11/06/2025

The Middle Georgia Community Food Bank serves 24 counties around the region, but shelves once stacked to the ceiling with boxes of food now stand empty.

The food bank distributed more than 10 million pounds of food last year, but now lower levels of federal funding and fewer contributions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are impacting the food bank's reach, said President and CEO Kathy McCollum

As funding for food stamps hangs in limbo, Macon's churches and food pantries are finding ways to pitch in.

11/03/2025

Rose Hill is a popular Macon landmark, but some may not know about the man behind the 60 acre walkable cemetery.

11/03/2025

The Raiders played a bit below their potential, Northeast coach Jeremy Wiggins said, but still came away with the win against East Laurens and the trophy.

The Raiders played a bit below their potential, coach Jeremy Wiggins said, but still came away with the win and the trophy.

11/01/2025

The Northeast High School Raiders won their first region championship since 2009 with a win over East Laurens on Friday. It was a closer game than many expected early, but the Raiders pulled away to take home the trophy.

Check out photos and hear from the coaches in the latest from The Macon Melody.

The Raiders played a bit below their potential, coach Jeremy Wiggins said, but still came away with the win and the trophy.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Have a spooky good year reading The Melody with an all-access subscription discount. It’s active now as part of our “Rocky Horror Picture Show” collaborations this weekend.

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The Melody is supporting local productions of Rocky Horror Picture Show and offering a subscription deal.

10/31/2025

The first Macon Fashion Week begins Sunday with free programs, workshops, panel discussions and other events highlighting local designers, artists, stylists and more.

The first Macon Fashion Week begins Sunday. The local event will highlight the talents of designers, stylists and artists throughout the community.