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‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ town faces questions over coal, water | Behind the Investigation
As data centers and other industries drive demand for electricity, Plant Scherer is set to remain open. Atlanta News First Investigates examines what that means for nearby Juliette residents.
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Macon Telegraph
After fire destroys Billy's Clubhouse in Macon, regulars and business owners reflect
On Monday night, the parking lot of 20’s Pub in Macon was filled with more cars than usual. Inside, a few more barstools were occupied than on your typical weeknight. The bar on Riverside Drive was still serving its ordinary patrons, but there were some additional drinkers in the crowd. They were there to mourn the loss of one of their favorite local watering holes — a spot just five minutes up the road owned by the same folks that run 20’s Pub. Billy’s Clubhouse, located on Forest Hill Road just off Northside Drive, was destroyed early Sunday morning in a fire that also razed other businesses in a shopping plaza. The cause of the inferno was unclear as of Monday evening, as was the bar’s future. But regulars from Billy’s Clubhouse made their way to 20’s Pub instead, using the sort of sister location as a de facto headquarters to imbibe and remember the spot on Northside Drive. “When you look at the parking lot tonight, it is nothing but packed and it’s double the size, but when you walk in, it’s all Billy’s people,” said Danielle Bone, a regular at both Billy’s Clubhouse and 20’s Pub. When word
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Macon Telegraph
New director of Mercer's McDuffie Center for Strings makes Macon concert debut
Those planning to attend the second Fabian Concert Series event of the 2026-27 season on Tuesday, or those still after tickets, will have the opportunity to hear violist Emily Brandenburg’s first Macon appearance since returning to Mercer University as director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings. The chamber music concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Mercer’s Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building. Tickets are available at mcduffie.mercer.edu/events . International performers in an intimate setting The 200-seat Neva Langley Fickling Hall provides an intimate setting for such an evening, and its acoustics are ideal for soloists, chamber groups, large ensembles and performances of all kinds. Tuesday, it will not only showcase Brandenburg on viola but also feature Macon native and violin virtuoso Robert McDuffie, who has just returned from a European tour. In Italy, he brought McDuffie Center students Hanami Froom, violin, and Kathryn Fakeley, cello, to perform. “It was 23 days in Europe, two weeks in Paris, and in Rome I brought Hanami and Kathryn to play during celebrations of the reopening of a refurbished Teatro Valle, considered the oldest operating theater in Rome and one of the oldest in Europe,” McDuffie said. “It will be home
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Remembering 'Star Trek' actor Patrick Stewart
Stewart, who died Oct. 28, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company before becoming famous as Star Trek's Capt. Picard. Critic David Bianculli has a tribute, and we listen back to a 2020 interview. Support Local Journalism. GPB believes that everyone should have access to trustworthy, fact-based stories that connect them...