Will Davis

Publisher and Editor at Monroe County Reporter

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Articles

Yes, you can appeal both assessments

1 week ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

Monroe County homeowners can appeal either of the 2 assessments they have received in the mail in recent weeks, the county decided this week. All Monroe County property owners should have received revised assessments this week of last year’s property assessment. The county decided to revert to those 2024 assessments this year after a county-wide re-assessment of all homes jacked many property values by 50-100 percent.
Ex-Forsythian in Israel as bombs fall

1 week ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

A man with deep Monroe County ties is stuck in Israel with a volunteer group as the Iranian bombs fall. Cameron Joyner, who lived in Forsyth but now lives in Atlanta, is married to Forsyth native Amber Sawley Joyner. He leads a Friends of Israel ministry that serves messianic Jews in the Atlanta area. As part of their mission, he leads friends aged 18-28 to Israel on 19-day trips, twice a year.
ON THE PORCH: Should seniors pay property taxes?

1 week ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

We’ve been talking about property taxes a lot lately in Monroe County. So much so that Monroe County commissioners chucked their entire 2025 tax assessments to defuse a tax revolt. Even after the capitulation, we still hear a lot of Monroe County Baby Boomers asking, nay, demanding, that they be exempted from property taxes. Chief among them is our fearless founder and columnist, Don Daniel.
Acquitted in bloody assault

1 week ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

A Bibb County jury acquitted a Macon man on Thursday, June 12 on charges that he beat a Kathryn Drive couple into a bloody pulp in their home before stealing a cell phone and wallet in 2022. “I honestly can’t believe it,” a Kathryn Drive neighbor of the victims told the Reporter.
One not guilty in 2018 murder

1 week ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

A Bibb County jury on Tuesday acquitted two men of all murder charges related to the 2018 shooting death of Danny Causey behind Raffield Tire on MLK Drive. Jeffery Hunter Jr was found not guilty on all charges and his co-defendant Kaylen Johnson was found not guilty of murder but guilty of 3 lesser counts of aggravated assault. Bibb County superior court judge Connie Williford sentenced Johnson to 25 years to serve in prison for the 3 aggravated assault convictions.
ON THE PORCH: Our interns learn from the best: me

2 weeks ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

One of the best parts of owning the Reporter is that every summer, we get to hire an intern to teach to fetch coffee, deliver newspapers, chase wrecks, run errands and do all the menial jobs in the office the full-time staff doesn’t want to do. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, we also teach them the old-fashioned art of creating good content and a great newspaper.
Mayor: Bibb to fund ankle monitors to let 150 non-violent inmates out of jail

2 weeks ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

Macon Mayor Lester Miller announced on Tuesday, June 10 that Bibb County will pay for ankle monitors so that 150 non-violent inmates can be released from the troubled Bibb County Jail and get a job. “We want to give them the opportunity to support themselves,” said Miller. “We want to get the non violent out of the jail and back to their families.”Miller outlined the plan as part of 6 priorities aimed at improving conditions at the Bibb County Jail.
County mailing new tax assessments Thurs.

2 weeks ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

Monroe County will mail out kinder, gentler property tax assessments on Thursday, June 12, two weeks after homeowners began getting much higher assessments that set off a tax revolt. County officials say the new tax assessments should look the same as their 2024 notices. Monroe County commissioners and tax assessors backpedaled on big hikes in taxable values after hearing loud and prolonged protests from homeowners.
ON THE PORCH: Five years since the world lost its mind

3 weeks ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

Iwant to speak this week to someone who’s having a hard time. Perhaps you are facing opposition that seems overwhelming. Maybe you don’t see a way out of your current situation. This column is for you. I have a friend who’s in a very tough industry that seems to be drying up. The technology is changing, and fewer customers are using his kind of product. If that wasn’t hard enough, then, 5 years ago this week, COVID and the George Floyd race riots made the country go mad.
Mercer to host LA’s World Cup team

3 weeks ago | mymcr.net | Will Davis

Macon-Bibb and Mercer University announced on Tuesday, June 3 that they will host the Los Angeles Futbol Club for the next few weeks as they prepare to face Chelsea FC in Mercedes Benz Stadium on June 16 in the FIFA World Cup. “It’s a great day to be in Macon,” said Mayor Lester Miller.