Joe Kovac Jr.
@joekovacjr.bsky.social
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Macon bureau chief, covering Middle Georgia 🗞️ Bylines: AJC.com, WashingtonPost.com, AtlantaMagazine.com, Macon.com 📧: [email protected]
Overhead-bin Jenga (advanced, two-player version):
July 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Overhead-bin Jenga (advanced, two-player version):
Fifty-one years ago today: “Midnight at the … ol’ Omni”
June 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fifty-one years ago today: “Midnight at the … ol’ Omni”
The phone was stashed in the closet of a back room in what amounted to a lost-and-found locker at a remote U.S. military outpost in the Jordanian desert. …
May 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The phone was stashed in the closet of a back room in what amounted to a lost-and-found locker at a remote U.S. military outpost in the Jordanian desert. …
An unclaimed iPhone with a cartoony, angel-winged teddy bear on its case kept catching the eye of Army Staff Sgt. Zach Winthers. …
May 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An unclaimed iPhone with a cartoony, angel-winged teddy bear on its case kept catching the eye of Army Staff Sgt. Zach Winthers. …
Forty-eight years ago tonight in Macon:
March 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Forty-eight years ago tonight in Macon:
Hypnotic South Georgia …
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Hypnotic South Georgia …
Video of Jimmy Carter funeral procession motorcade passing through Fort Valley in Middle Georgia on its way over to I-75 at Byron and then northerly toward Macon and Atlanta:
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Video of Jimmy Carter funeral procession motorcade passing through Fort Valley in Middle Georgia on its way over to I-75 at Byron and then northerly toward Macon and Atlanta:
Happy new year to Middle Georgia and the places I’ve roamed, from Garden Valley (hey, “BoontLoont”) to Sand Bed (love you, Aunt Frances) to Empire (hi, Chicken Road) to Willard (hey, Howard) to Lake Joy (yo, Rothwell) to Pabst (hi, cousins) on over to Oaky Woods (cheers, Kovac Road) …
January 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Happy new year to Middle Georgia and the places I’ve roamed, from Garden Valley (hey, “BoontLoont”) to Sand Bed (love you, Aunt Frances) to Empire (hi, Chicken Road) to Willard (hey, Howard) to Lake Joy (yo, Rothwell) to Pabst (hi, cousins) on over to Oaky Woods (cheers, Kovac Road) …
Forty-three years ago this week, a fan at a Falcons game dressed in red long johns bolted onto the field before an onside kick. He stole the ball off the tee and took off. He sprinted into the stands and vanished. I like to believe that ever since he has been running the team.
December 18, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Forty-three years ago this week, a fan at a Falcons game dressed in red long johns bolted onto the field before an onside kick. He stole the ball off the tee and took off. He sprinted into the stands and vanished. I like to believe that ever since he has been running the team.
Good day from Macon, Ga., and the west bank of the Ocmulgee River:
December 10, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Good day from Macon, Ga., and the west bank of the Ocmulgee River:
Dept. of Buried Ledes:
December 7, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Dept. of Buried Ledes:
Good day from Macon, Ga., where the gutting of the old Hilton hotel has begun. The long shuttered high-rise is set for demolition New Year’s Day.
December 4, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Good day from Macon, Ga., where the gutting of the old Hilton hotel has begun. The long shuttered high-rise is set for demolition New Year’s Day.
ICYMI: This stunning photograph from the AJC’s Hyosub Shin of Friday night’s postgame embrace between UGA football coach Kirby Smart and Georgia Tech’s Brent Key. Smoke, light, tears — a masterpiece.
December 3, 2024 at 3:39 AM
ICYMI: This stunning photograph from the AJC’s Hyosub Shin of Friday night’s postgame embrace between UGA football coach Kirby Smart and Georgia Tech’s Brent Key. Smoke, light, tears — a masterpiece.
Macon folks take their turkey seriously …
November 28, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Macon folks take their turkey seriously …
If today you’re hankering for something other than turkey, remember . . .
November 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
If today you’re hankering for something other than turkey, remember . . .
“Leg of Tennessee Lamb … Georgia Turkey … Bibb County Quail on Toast …” The Thanksgiving menu at Macon’s old Brown House Hotel on this day in 1902 was nothing short of exquisite:
November 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
“Leg of Tennessee Lamb … Georgia Turkey … Bibb County Quail on Toast …” The Thanksgiving menu at Macon’s old Brown House Hotel on this day in 1902 was nothing short of exquisite:
November 16, 2024 at 2:12 AM