Middle Georgia Times

13/12/2025

LOOK UP! Tomorrow night, the skies will be filled with one of the best meteor showers of the year, the Geminid Meteor Shower, which peaks Saturday night.

GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: Considered by many to be one of (if not the) best meteor showers of the year, the annual Geminids are set to peak this weekend. Under ideal dark sky conditions with no bright moonlight, *UP TO* 120 meteors per hour will be possible Saturday night at peak. You can maximize your meteor count by getting to a location away from city lights.

The map below plots Euro model cloud cover at 10pm ET Saturday night, right around the expected peak. Tough viewing in red, a great show in green. If you happen to be clouded out Saturday night, healthy meteor rates will still be possible in the nights leading up to and immediately after peak (just with lower numbers).

13/12/2025

The US National Weather Service is predicting high temperatures in the high 60s on Saturday. Then get ready for low temperatures in the teens to lower 20s (with wind chill even colder) on Sunday night and Monday morning.

12/12/2025

The Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza isn’t the only place to see decorations in Downtown Macon this time of year.

Many stores and restaurants, like dessert shop Sweet Eleanor’s, are festively decorated for visitors to enjoy while taking a break from the cold winter weather we are currently experiencing in Middle Georgia.

The Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza will continue to have several nightly shows until early January 2026.

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12/12/2025

Guest columnist Matt Rokowsky, CEO of Above and Beyond Therapy, shares some tips for creating sensory-friendly spaces to help support children with autism this holiday season.

Read more on the Middle Georgia Times website.

Guest Columnist Matt Rokowsky is the CEO at Above and Beyond Therapy

12/12/2025

The adventurous can enjoy Christmas parades, dirt bike racing, holiday markets, and more this weekend in the heart of Georgia.

Read more on the Middle Georgia Times website!

Holiday markets, Christmas parades, and dirt bike racing are just a few of the adventures taking place this weekend (12/12-12/14)

11/12/2025

The annual Gray Christmas Parade took place this week on Tuesday, December 9th. The parade included many creatively designed parade floats as well as vehicles lit up by festive Christmas lights, with several Grinches menacingly frowning at the cheery crowds and at least two floats that paid homage to the classic film “A Christmas Story.”

Awards for Best Use of Lights and Best Use of Theme were given out to participants in both community and commercial organizations.

Gray Methodist Church won the award for Best Use of Lights and the Jones County Board of Commissioners won the award for Best Use of Theme in the Community Division while Town Creek Portables won the award for Best Use of Lights and Asplundh Tree Experts won the award for Best Use of Theme in the Commercial Division.

Celebrate Recovery at New Haven Baptist Church won the Best Overall award.

09/12/2025

As comedian/philosopher George Carlin once said, "Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."

For all those who want to get out and hear the music this week, Jim Webb's latest Middle Georgia Live Music Report is now on the Middle Georgia Times website!

Live music will be heard throughout the heart of Georgia this week (12/9-12/14)

08/12/2025

Prepare for chilly weather and some rain this week in Macon and Middle Georgia.

Read the day-by-day forecast on the Middle Georgia Times website.

Chilly temperatures dropping below freezing and several days with chances of rain are in the weather forecast this week (12/8-12/14)

08/12/2025

Middle Georgians might have chilly and wet weather this week, but there are plenty of ways to escape the dreariness, including telling a story at Storytellers Macon's latest event at Grant's Lounge on Tuesday, attending a showing of the Middle Georgia Nutcracker from Wednesday through Sunday, and much more.

Read the latest article on the Middle Georgia Times website for more details about things to do from Monday through Thursday this week.

Adventurers will find plenty of excitement this week in the heart of Georgia (12/8-12/11)