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Pollen Count 'High' in the Macon Area

Pollen Count 'High' in the Macon Area

Some mixed news for allergy sufferers:

While the tree pollen count is still high at 1420, that's down from last Wednesday's 3,600 count, according to Dr. Plaxico's Allergy and Asthma Clinic in Macon.

Weeds and grass pollen count is now in the moderate range. That count is up from last week when the weed pollen was absent and the grass count was observed as low.

Book Character Parade Caps Celebrity Reading Day at Bleckley Primary

Book Character Parade Caps Celebrity Reading Day at Bleckley Primary

Bleckley County Primary School held "Celebrity Reading Day" Friday.  Various guests read to students including State Represenative James "Bubber" Epps and wife Kathryn, Cochran Police Chief Key McGuire, and represenatives from the Bleckley County Sheriff's Office. 

The day concluded with the annual book character parade. 

Students and teachers marched around the track as characters from their favorite books.

BCHS Ninth Grade Drama Academy To Present The Little Mermaid, JR.

BCHS Ninth Grade Drama Academy To Present The Little Mermaid, JR.

The Bleckley County High School Ninth Grade Drama Academy presents The Little Mermaid, JR, based upon the Hans Christian Anderson Story and Disney film.  

Showtimes are April 7 at 3 pm, April 8 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium.  Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students.

Turkey Season Opens Saturday

Turkey Season Opens Saturday

If you are a turkey hunter, you don't have long to wait for the opening day of the 2013 Turkey Hunting Season.  The 54-day season opens Saturday, March 23 and doesn't close until Wednesday, May 15... Read More

There and Back Again: From Drug Abuse to Faith

There and Back Again: From Drug Abuse to Faith

 

Kayla Williams grew up in a Christian home and attended church every time the doors were open. Even on vacations, she remembers the family would look for a church to attend "so I could keep up my perfect attendance in Sunday School. I didn't miss a Sunday for seven straight years."

Then, Kayla got older, and she began to drink during my high school years, later experimented with pot, pills and finally cocaine.

She said, "looking back, there was nothing traumatic in my childhood that 'led' me to abuse drugs. I hadn't been molested nor abused, but made some bad choices and wrong decisions."

And then Kayla found the Potter's House.

How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

Where You Live is WMAZ's hyperlocal feature. This means that we are helping bring you more community-specific news more often.

We have websites for these communities:

Dooly-Macon County
Hancock-Putnam
Bleckley-Dodge-Pulaski
Twiggs
Sandersville
Milledgeville
Peach-Crawford
Gray-Jones
Forsyth-Monroe
Dublin
Perry 
Warner Robins
Macon
R
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These community websites are a place for you and your community members to share information.

To join our team and share with folks just like yourself, all you have to do is email us your email address and name whereyoulive@13wmaz.com

From there, we set up an account for you. This account lets you log in to your community site and post photo galleries, concerts, community events, 100th birthday parties, your concerns, latest creative projects, how-to advice and anything else you want people in your area to know.

Once you have an account, here are some examples of how you can stay involved Where You Live:

(These are just ideas to get you started. Feel free to come up with your own blog ideas!)

  • Post about your hobby: 
    Exercise 
    Photography 
    Scrapbooking 
    Hunting 
    Fishing 
    Couponing 
    Music reviews 
    Movie reviews 
    Local fashion

 

  • Are you that person who always takes photos at the high school's football games or at community festivals?  You can log in with your new account and create a gallery to show off your photos on our site.
  • Have a story idea that may need a reporter in our newsroom? Send us a news tip by emailing eyewitnessnews@13wmaz.com
  • Where You Live is your space for public conversation.  Feel free to comment on others' articles. New ideas can crop up just from simple conversations with others.
  • See something bizarre around town? Take a (cell phone) photo and post it to your community site! Maybe someone else will know the background story.
  • Add an event to our community calendar. Click "Add an Event"  on your community site's event section.
  • Like" us on Facebook to include your local news, breaking news and weather warnings and watches in your Facebook feed.
  • Follow us on Twitter for breaking news and weather updates.

PHOTO: Ocmulgee Rises in Pulaski County

PHOTO: Ocmulgee Rises in Pulaski County

The Ocmulgee River was still rising in Pulaski Co. over the weekend.