Nearly 1,000 photographs. Several trips and over six hours spent at the library. Pages organized, indexed, and made accessible online. Approximately two-thirds of the Macon City Code is now available through Moonline Open Code on our website, free for anyone to use.

A tax receipt, a recorded deed, an election question and a court filing may all take a resident toward county government. They do not lead to the same desk. Understanding Macon County begins with recognizing how many different jobs are performed under that broad name.

A street needs repairs. A neighboring property has become a concern. A utility bill raises questions. Before a resident can get a useful answer, there is another question to settle: which part of government is responsible?

An issue can appear before the City Council after it has already passed through another public body. To follow the decision, residents need to know what happened before the final vote and whether the earlier body was advising, administering or exercising authority of its own.

When someone calls an ambulance, they are thinking about the person who needs help. Contracts, staffing schedules, and tax receipts can wait.

At a presentation concerning Macon's largest proposed infrastructure investment in generations, one councilwoman raised uncomfortable questions while much of the city's elected leadership was absent.

With winter approaching, a deteriorating Macon home at 207 Butler St. raises serious safety concerns for a neighboring family, while an estimated 20 or more cats and other animals shelter inside the derelict building. Removing the building may be the easy part.

A $3.3 million loan, more than $1 million in accounting corrections, and a school district contemplating spending cuts while taxpayers wait for answers.

Tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 13, I'll be attending the Macon City Council meeting with my recording equipment, cameras, and microphones. But what interests me most about this particular meeting isn't what I intend to bring into City Hall. It's what Mayor Talt Holman may finally be bringing to the council table.

Onshore was founded in Macon in 2005 with an ambitious idea: bring technology careers to rural America, train local workers and create opportunities that traditionally existed in larger metropolitan areas. For years, the company occupied a substantial building at 902 N. Missouri Street and became one of Macon's most recognizable economic-development stories.

This morning I decided to once again check on the status of the hiring of a new Executive Director of MCED. My assistant claimed there was a new female director and supplied me with a name that was unfamiliar to me. So, I called "Macon County Economic Development" and asked for the lady by name.

The school board points to construction costs and reduced state funding. District records raise further questions about budgeting, project timing, and the protection of operating reserves.

Millions in government incentives, hundreds of projected jobs, a $2.7 million federal loan and a corporate airplane. Macon Moonline Investigates is opening the files on one of Macon’s most interesting business stories.

There is NO Zoning & Planning Commission in Macon County Mo standing between a signed solar lease and construction.

We must upgrade our abilities to share high quality City Council meetings via the online portal. The livestream must be captured and posted online in the City Of Macon data-base for current and future reference.

Macon Mo Online has made the decision to take the next step with the investigative journalism division. We have come to a crossroads and have made the decision to stay on course and strive to keep us all informed.

The Macon Solar Project is quietly moving forward with road use agreements. This project may take up to 6 years to build. What does this mean.

The $80 million water treatment facilities are on hold but the project continues to move forward. A flow study has been contracted.

We are searching for the actual acting City Administrator of Macon, Mo. We also acknowledge a new City Clerk and City Council calls for a special session.

Macon has been without a permanent City Administrator for the past 30 out of 36 months. What does the City Administrator do?