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Laura Corley
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Senior Accountability Reporter, The Macon Newsroom
Macon
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I can cover pretty much anything but I usually never write about sports.
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By Laura Corley| The Macon Melody Verified The Macon Water Authority Board chairman decided last Thursday to stop live streaming the board’s monthly meetings on Facebook, a practice it began five years ago when the governor declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19. “We had some complaints about not being able to hear everybody and things like that due to the microphones and everything and then they started looking into some drop-down mics,” authority board chairman Gary Bechtel told The Melody in a phone call Friday.
By Laura Corley| The Macon Melody Verified The Georgia General Assembly adjourned last week leaving two bills related to the controversial school zone speed cameras on the table until next year. One of the bills, introduced by Rep. Dale Washburn, R-Macon, would ban the cameras. “I am not giving up on this,” Washburn said.
By Laura Corley, Casey Choung| The Macon Melody Verified Macon-Bibb County has collected more than $8.9 million from citations issued to motorists for speeding past the controversial automated school zone speed cameras, Mayor Lester Miller said Tuesday. Altumint, the Maryland-based company that owns the cameras and contracts with the county, kept $2.78 million of the total $11.2 million paid by drivers ticketed in Bibb County as of Feb. 7, according to public records. The first speed cameras were installed early in 2022.
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The Macon Newsroom
Macon, Georgia, United States
+1 478-301-2700