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Laura Corley

@Lauraecor

Senior accountability reporter for @TheMaconMelody • https://xitter.cf/t.co/xR5NbdTbfX

 Macon, Georgia
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Joined February 2013
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We are celebrating 200 years of @telegraphga today at Shuster’s, 616 Poplar St. in Macon by giving away 200 free scoops of ice cream. Stop by before 6 p.m. to grab one!
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Joe Kovac Jr.@joekovacjrOct 12
Good day from Perry and the Georgia National Fair:
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Ex-Macon Code Enforcement officer indicted by grand jury for @telegraphga macon.com/news/local/crime/a…
Grand jury indicts ex-Macon Code Enforcement officer accused of sending himself videos from women’s...

Grand jury indicts ex-Macon Code Enforcement officer accused of sending himself videos from women’s...

The former MCE officer was first charged last September. The jury indicted him in May for his alleged misconduct during traffic stops.

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Three Bibb deputies charged with stalking, misusing traffic device #Macon macon.com/news/local/crime/a…

Three Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies charged with misusing Flock cameras

The arrests come a week after the sheriff’s office announced an internal investigation into the potential misuse of Flock cameras.

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Bibb County Sheriff's Office's wait time for public records? 60-90 days.... 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
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The grits were likely domestic.
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Georgia property tax assessment notices look different this year. Here's what changed and how to navigate the new form approved earlier this year by state lawmakers. @TheMaconMelody #gapol #Macon maconmelody.com/own-property…
Own property in Georgia? Here’s how to read your 2026 tax assessment

Own property in Georgia? Here’s how to read your 2026 tax assessment

Georgia's annual tax assessment forms look different this year. Here's how to read them.

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GDOT cam is spot on!
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.@MaconBibbCounty mayor introduces 2027 budget. Watch here: facebook.com/share/v/18emCMr… #Macon
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Proposed maintaining millage rate at 9.575 mills. #Macon
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Good day from the Macon bureau: @ajc
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Christmas 1972: ⁦@allmanbrothers⁩ donated 10 new TVs to the Bibb County Jail. #Macon
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Joe Kovac Jr.@joekovacjrApr 16
Fifty-one years ago this week in downtown Macon: Gregg Allman out for dinner with his mother, Geraldine, and soon-to-be wife Cher . . .
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I'm not sure why nobody wants to talk on the record about hospital authorities in Georgia, but here's my stab at an explainer with minimal on-record sources: maconmelody.com/who-runs-mac… #gapol
Who runs Macon’s biggest hospital? The answer is complicated

Who runs Macon’s biggest hospital? The answer is complicated

Here's how Macon's city-owned hospital became part of one of the largest nonprofit health care conglomerates in the country.

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Macon Water Authority board member Elaine Lucas announced her Leukemia is in remission.
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Lucas said anyone who knows how to boost red and white blood cell production, please reach out. In jest, Chairman Gary Bechtel said he heard that silence helps do that. All erupted in laughter.
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Early voting in special election for Macon-Bibb County Commission District 5 seat so far anemic. The district has a little more than 12,000 registered voters across Pleasant Hill, Unionville, Vineville, Ingleside, Naper Heights etc. ... Election Day is March 17.
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Here's the Macon Water Authority's proposed change to admissions fees for public fishing at Javors Lucas Lake.
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Dwight Jones wants to know why we're subsidizing public fishing when we're not meeting our core mission of providing water and sewer.
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Board member Desmond Brown proposes a $10 per car parking fee that would increase to $15 per car in 2027.
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