[1] Beginning in Statesboro in 2001 as a newsletter on bars and nightclubs, it developed into a full-scale A&E publication, featuring leisure events in the college town.

With its growing popularity, the newsweekly expanded distribution of the Macon version to the surrounding Middle Georgia cities of Milledgeville and Warner Robins.

The website Go Round Town for Middle Georgia, describes The 11th Hour as one of the best sources of arts and entertainment information, including reviews of restaurants and culture.

Interviews in The 11th Hour have included nationally known actors, writers and musicians, such as Billy Bob Thornton, George Jones, Mr. Food, R.E.M.

The 11th Hour staff (with help from Bibb Music and the Georgia State Fair) gathered people to reach the Guinness Book of World Records for "Largest Kazoo Ensemble," but fell short.