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Census: Minority Population Growing

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 1:22pm

Laurens County's minority population has reached 40.4 percent, according to Census Bureau statistics and USATODAY research.

By Greg Toppo and Paul Overberg, USATODAY (Click for the full, interactive map)

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Free Summer Meal Program for Children

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 3:10pm

This summer, the Dublin City School nutrition program serves free meals to kids between ages 1 and 18.

That's from June 3 through June 28 and again from July 8 through July 24.

See locations, as provided by the Dublin City Schools website:

See the locations in this listing.

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Tim Tebow's Mother to Speak at Dublin Church

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 8:48am

Tim Tebow's Mother to Speak at Dublin Church

NFL star Tim Tebow's mother Pam Tebow is scheduled to speak at a Dublin church in May.

She speaks at First Baptist Church in Dublin on May 2 to benefit SAV-A-LIFE Ministry of Dublin.

Pick up free tickets at the following places:
-ABC Women's Clinic in Dublin
-Olive Branch in Dublin
-First Baptist Church in Dublin
-Cochran Eye Center in Cochran
-Piddlin Peddler-Eastman
-Jet Corporate Office- Sandersville

For more information, call 478-275-9455.

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Fairview Park Hospital Recognized on Quality Honor Roll

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Friday, April 26th, 2013, 1:11pm

Fairview Park Hospital Recognized on Quality Honor Roll

Dublin's own Fairview Park Hospital made the honor roll.

They've been named on the Georgia Hospital Assocation's Partnership for Health and Accountability Core Measures Honor Roll, according to a release.

The hospital is one of 17 Georgia hospitals to be in the chairman's category, the highest on the list.

Read the full release:

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Pollen Count 'High' in the Macon Area

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 10:23am

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.

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Laurens County Jobless Rates Above Georgia Average

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Thursday, March 28th, 2013, 1:36pm

Laurens County Jobless Rates Above Georgia Average

Laurens County jobless rate in February was 10.8 percent compared to Georgia's 8.6 percent and metro Macon's nine percent.

The Georgia Department of Labor says February unemployment declined to nine percent in metro Macon.

According to a release, that's down from February 2012, when unemployment for metro Macon was 10 percent.

Georgia's February unemployment rate is 8.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted.

From January to February, metro Macon gained 500 jobs and fewer people were laid off.

Most jobs were added in the professional, business, education, health care, trade, transportation, warehousing, leisure and hospitality industries as well as in in local government.

Metro Macon includes Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs counties.

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How to Write for 13WMAZ's Where You Live

Submitted by Jacqueline Harnevious, 13WMAZ Community Web Producer

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013, 7:00am

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 obins AFB

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
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