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SPLOST Funds Used to Improve Intersection in East Macon

SPLOST Funds Used to Improve Intersection in East Macon

Road work in East Macon funded by the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) will begin on Monday, April 8, meaning road closures and detours. The construction will be to realign the intersection of Upper River Road, Twin Pines Drive, and Woodland Drive and is estimated to take three to four weeks to complete.

Upper River Road will remain open during the construction, but the intersection will be closed to thru traffic for Twin Pines Drive. To get onto Twin Pines from Upper River Road, or onto Upper River Road from Twin Pines, drivers will take Lincoln Road and Lincoln Circle.Signs will be placed designating the detour.

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How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

Where You Live is WMAZ's hyperlocal feature. This means that we are helping bring you more community-specific news more often.

We have websites for these communities:

Dooly-Macon County
Hancock-Putnam
Bleckley-Dodge-Pulaski
Twiggs
Sandersville
Milledgeville
Peach-Crawford
Gray-Jones
Forsyth-Monroe
Dublin
Perry 
Warner Robins
Macon
R
obins AFB

These community websites are a place for you and your community members to share information.

To join our team and share with folks just like yourself, all you have to do is email us your email address and name whereyoulive@13wmaz.com

From there, we set up an account for you. This account lets you log in to your community site and post photo galleries, concerts, community events, 100th birthday parties, your concerns, latest creative projects, how-to advice and anything else you want people in your area to know.

Once you have an account, here are some examples of how you can stay involved Where You Live:

(These are just ideas to get you started. Feel free to come up with your own blog ideas!)

  • Post about your hobby: 
    Exercise 
    Photography 
    Scrapbooking 
    Hunting 
    Fishing 
    Couponing 
    Music reviews 
    Movie reviews 
    Local fashion

 

  • Are you that person who always takes photos at the high school's football games or at community festivals?  You can log in with your new account and create a gallery to show off your photos on our site.
  • Have a story idea that may need a reporter in our newsroom? Send us a news tip by emailing eyewitnessnews@13wmaz.com
  • Where You Live is your space for public conversation.  Feel free to comment on others' articles. New ideas can crop up just from simple conversations with others.
  • See something bizarre around town? Take a (cell phone) photo and post it to your community site! Maybe someone else will know the background story.
  • Add an event to our community calendar. Click "Add an Event"  on your community site's event section.
  • Like" us on Facebook to include your local news, breaking news and weather warnings and watches in your Facebook feed.
  • Follow us on Twitter for breaking news and weather updates.

High Water at Lake Wildwood Subdivision

High Water at Lake Wildwood Subdivision

A road, Greentree Parkway, around a Lake Wildwood division has has high water Monday afternoon.

Leaf Driver Ready for New Charging Stations

Leaf Driver Ready for New Charging Stations

Bob Babyok of Warner Robins is the proud owner of a Nissan Leaf.

"It's like driving an iPod," he says.  The Leaf is a 100% electric car.  Babyok leases it for about $140 per month, including electricity.  He says enjoys being able to commute gas free.

"Normally, I would anticipate here in Warner Robins maybe 80 miles to a charge. My commute's about 40 so I only technically need to charge up every other night."

But traveling outside his commute is a different story.  In order to go for Atlanta for example, he had to charge up at home in Warner Robins, top off in Macon at the Bibb County Courthouse, home of the region's only charging station, again in Griffin, before reaching Atlanta.

Now, a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will place 100 more charging station across the Middle Georgia Clear Air Coalition's seven county region, which includes Bibb, Houston, Peach, Monroe, Twiggs, Crawford, and Jones Counties.

'I LOVE Macon" Campaign Nets 10,000 Signatures

'I LOVE Macon" Campaign Nets 10,000 Signatures

The movers and shakers behind the "i love macon" campaign announce that they've reached 10,000 signatures Tuesday.

In other words, 10,000 people have signed the "i love macon" pledge, "to stand up for the city we love, stop the negative conversation and to be the change we want to see in our city," according to  a release.

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Read the full release:

The i love macon campaign hit Macon streets

Middle Georgia Christmas Parade to Air on 13WMAZ-TV

The Middle Georgia Christmas Parade will air on 13WMAZ-TV on Saturday, December 15 at 1 p.m. and again on Saturday, December 22 at 1 p.m.

I-16W Lane Closure Planned Next Week

I-16W Lane Closure Planned Next Week

 

Georgia Department of Transportation  announces a lane closure on I-16 westbound.

From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., Monday, December 10 through Thursday, December 13.

That's near Exit 2 (SR 87/US 80/MLK Jr. Blvd)

Crews will be making road repairs as a "smoother ride is needed."