2020 has been a weird year. A bad year. And in Macon – some disturbing numbers might make it one of the worst on record. The city recorded 31 homicides by July 5th, a total that exceeds the full-year number for every other year in the past decade but one. It also puts it on pace to surpass the modern-day high of 43 in 1992, (there were 42 in 2018). Between COVID-19 stress and unemployment and the protests and riots surrounding the BLM movement it’s no secret that 2020 has been a stressful and uneven year, but any way you slice it a record-high murder pace in Bibb County has Macon’s ship SINKING…
Meteorite lands in Georgia
On Thursday afternoon many Georgians noticed a blaze of light flash across the sky. It wasn’t a bird or a plane – it was a meteorite plummeting to earth. And starting on Friday a very specific breed of tourists descended on the state; meteorite hunters. Armed with rare mineral magnets, the hunters searched fields and construction sites in and around West Forest, in Henry County, searching for chunks of space rock that can be sold for more than $100 a gram. Dozens of chunks have been found and more remain, leaving meteorite hunters RISING…
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