Macon News

Lebya Simpson and CJ Taylor join TV's Amazing Race
B.T.W. High School grads Lebya Simpson and C.J. Taylor have joined the 2015 cast of the television reality show, "Amazing Race". Their progress can be seen weekly on CBS.
B.T.W. High School grads Lebya Simpson and C.J. Taylor have joined the 2015 cast of the television reality show, "Amazing Race". Their progress can be seen weekly on CBS.
Tuskegee University Choir performs with Selma movie artists on Edmund Pettus Bridge
![]() The Tuskegee University Golden Voices perform "Glory" from the movie Selma, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. They are led by music artists, Common and John Legend.
Queen Mother Amelia Boynton Robinson's Homegoing![]() See how we celebrated Dr. Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson's Homegoing in September 2015.
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![]() SCABC secures private funding for broadband project
The South Central Alabama Broadband Commission announced that it has secured a private partner to help it move forward with a broadband project that will serve eight south central Alabama counties. (Click here for the latest updates on deployment) USDA Announces "Strikeforce" Initiative in Shorter, AL
![]() On May 2, 2013, officials of the United States Department of Agriculture, Alabama state agencies and community based organizations announced the launching of the Strikeforce for Rural Growth and Opportunity in Alabama. The announcement took place at Hooks Farms in Shorter, Alabama.
GE Aviation
![]() GE Aviation opened of its new $75 million jet engine components factory in Auburn, Alabama that is expected to eventually create more than 300 jobs in the region.
First Tuskegee merges with Liberty Bank
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![]() Vote for Rosa Parks to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill
Tuskegee's Rosa McCaulley Parks is one of several women suggested as the first woman to be featured on U.S. paper currency. Click the picture to learn more. Tuskegee University to regain property from V.A. Hospital after 90 years (read more)
![]() CSX Rail
![]() The CSX Select Site program was started in 2012 to work with economic developers in generating a list of properties with the potential for development that have direct rail service by CSX. The Macon County Select Site is only one of eight sites nationwide.
![]() New Industry for Shorter, AL
A new manufacturing facility planned for Shorter will create 70 new jobs, according to a report from the Alabama Department of Commerce. South Korean company Taesung will invest $6.6 million to build a new manufacturing facility in Macon County, its first plant in the U.S. The company currently has facilities in South Korea, Poland, Russia and Mexico. ![]() Check out VILLAGE CREED!
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