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Harvesting Happiness: Georgia farm's peach cobbler takes center stage
MACON, Ga. — Lanes Southern Orchard is one of many peach farms across Central Georgia. Jenny Arrington, the bakery manager at Lanes Southern Orchards in Fort Valley, manages a lot, but, "peach cobbler is probably one of the biggest things we produce here." She says 75 pans are made...
New jail in the works for Bibb, Commission approves several land purchases for potential facility
MACON, Ga. — A new jail is in the works for Macon-Bibb County. The Bibb Commission approved several land purchases on Tuesday, including several on lower Poplar Street. Mayor Lester Miller says that area, south of downtown, is likely their proposed jail site. Miller and Sheriff David Davis agree...
Taylor County man shares his recovery journey after stroke
MACON, Ga. — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke each year. And about 610,000 are people who are having a stroke for the first time, like Tim Bodrey from Taylor County. Bodrey told 13WMAZ in...
Macon-Bibb County working to restore services after breach
MACON, Ga. (WPGA) - Services in Macon-Bibb County slowly coming back online after a security breach over the weekend. The county said, as of Tuesday, office phones are restored but the internet, email, and network are still offline. If you have to make payments online to the courts, they take...
Proposed Bibb School District budget would boost salaries, but could also raise property taxes
MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County School District wants to be more competitive with their pay scale, so they're considering raises across the board. But to make that plan work, it may mean higher property taxes. Superintendent Dan Sims says the district is behind districts of similar size, so they want to bridge the gap.
Mystery Plant: Florida Betony, Rattlesnake weed, Stachys floridana
How could anyone not love this lovely little plant?. Its graceful stems are adorned with beautifully scalloped, bright green leaves. Rub the foliage and sniff: you’ll detect a charmingly spicy “earth odor.” Its little stems are perfectly square in cross section …so fun to feel! And its flowers! Each calyx is a miniature star-shaped chalice, the five points stretching out. The corolla is like a miniature orchid, a pale ivory pink, with plenty of darker purplish speckles, seducing the bumbling honeybees to follow the trail inside, where delicious nectar awaits!
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