July 2025 News

July 25, 2025

• Metro Macon Sees Rise in June Unemployment

• Bowden Golf Course Pavilion to be Dedicated in Honor of Jim Hickman

• Stuart Hardy Named District Teacher of the Year

• Television Show Continues Filming in Macon-Bibb County

• Events Happening in Macon: July 30th - August 9th

• 51st CBCS Supports Secret Service Training at Robins AFB

• Pinnacle Financial Partners & Columbus-based Synovus to Merge in $8.6B Deal

• Pilgrim’s to Build New Prepared Foods Facility, Creating 630 New Jobs in Walker County

• Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific Discussing Possible Merger

• Georgia DOT Honored for Land Donation to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

• Study: How Georgia Ranks in Middle-Class Family Tax Burden Analysis

• 2024 Georgia Quality Cotton Award Winners Announced

• Hiring Confidence Wavers as US Employers Reassess Growth Plans for 2025

• Mortgage Rate and Home Price Growth Forecasts Revised Lower

• The Confidence Gap: Americans Think They Are Better at Spotting AI Than They Are

July 24, 2025

• Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority Awarded National AARP Grant for Spirit of Macon Park

• Colony Bank to Acquire Thomasville's TC Federal Bank

• Milledgeville City Council Approves 11-suite Boutique Hotel Developed by Local Couple

• Warner Robins Mayor LaRhonda Patrick Selected as GMA Director at Large

• Audrey Young Joins Georgia Cotton Commission

• State Lawmakers Study Student Absenteeism, Lingering Problem Since Pandemic

• GaDOE Report: Literacy Coaches are Making an Impact

• TCSG, USG Sign First Articulation Agreement Since Passage of Top State for Talent Act

• How a First-time Entrepreneur Creates a Multimillion-dollar Business

• Delta Uses AI to Set Airfares. Some Senators are Worried.