On a family road trip, my parents pulled over and said, “Get out—we can’t afford to feed you this week.” I smiled, stepped out, and held up my phone. I’d been recording everything for child services. An hour later, the police arrived… and my parents never saw what was coming next. I remember the heat first. The kind that seeped into your bones, making the air shimmer just above the pavement. That was the Arizona sun in late July, and there I was, 16 years old, standing on the side of Interstate

Demolition is underway at a damaged bridge over Interstate 16 so the link to Georgia's coast can reopen next week. https://bit.ly/2Te4tEU | News 12 26 Augusta

UPDATE: Traffic Accident Investigation and Advisory The Interstate 75 North on ramp on Eisenhower Parkway has been reopened for traveling motorists. Media Release January 7, 2026 Traffic Accident Investigation and Advisory The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a single vehicle accident on the Interstate 75 Northbound on-ramp at Eisenhower Parkway. The call for assistance came into the Macon-Bibb Emergency 911 Center at 1:13 p.m., Wednesday. It was reported that a motorist in a semi c