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Macon-Bibb Mayor's Literacy Alliance holds its first luncheon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb Mayor's Literacy Alliance held its first literacy luncheon on Monday. Guests in attendance included Mayor Lester Miller and Bibb County Superintendent Dr.…
BOLO: Monroe County Sheriff's Office looks for escapee from Dept. of Corrections
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is warning people to be on the lookout for an escapee from the Department of Corrections. According to a Sheriff's office Facebook post, Robert Jenkins was on a department of corrections…
Police: 2 students hurt in attacks at Georgia bus stops
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Attacks at school bus stops in a south Georgia city left two students wounded Monday morning after one boy was stabbed during a fight and another got shot walking to the bus, police said. Valdosta Chief…
Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Cat 4
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to hit the western tip…
Sunshine sticks around to begin the final week of September
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The sunny conditions will continue today in Middle Georgia. Today It was a slightly muggy morning around Middle Georgia, however the skies were clear…
Man dies after being shot in May
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC 67-year-old Phillip Wynes died Saturday from complications following a shooting injury. Wynes was shot on Bailey Avenue while he…
Two dead after car wreck in Washington County
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two men are dead after a wreck in Washington County Saturday night. According to the incident report by the Georgia State Patrol, Briant Ware of…
THE END ZONE SCOREBOARD: Scores from Week 6 of high school football
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Here are Middle Georgia’s high school football scores from Week 6: Games featured on The End Zone: Howard - 0 Perry - 49 Southwest - 27 Northeast - 67 Warner Robins - 8 Houston County -…
Nice weekend on the way
What a change from yesterday for our weather in Middle Georgia! Highs today topped out in the low 80s and upper 70s across the area with low humidity and clear skies. Overnight we will see our temps fall into the…
Macon family still searching for family member missing since April
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— A Macon family is urging the community to help in the search of their loved one. We sat down with the family who says…
Macon-Bibb donates 250 acres to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)-- Macon-Bibb County announced this week, it donated several land parcels to the Ocmulgee Mounds Historic National Park. The 250 acres located off of Ocmulgee…
Georgia Military College breaks ground on new annex
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)--Georgia Military College broke ground Friday, on a plan to renovate and expand one of its buildings for its preparatory school. Cadets have trained at Historic Wilder…
Museum of Aviation dedicates new engine display
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Museum of Aviation received a special exhibit for one of its older aircraft. It held a celebration event to showcase the acquisition of…
FVSU names Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The 2022 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal has been named for Fort Valley State University. FVSU says that internationally renowned plastic surgeon and FVSU alumnus Dr. Wright Jones will be the Grand Marshal for the upcoming…
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce names new President and CEO
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Friday, September 23rd, the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce wrote that Macon native Jessica Walden would be the new President and CEO of the chamber. A press release from the chamber says the board of directors…
US Sen. Warnock: Electric car tax credit needs 'flexibility'
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock urged the U.S. Treasury secretary Friday to use “maximum flexibility” in implementing a revised tax credit for Americans buying electric vehicles, a perk that Hyundai stands to lose as the automaker invests…
Hooked on Science: Foam monster
(41NBC/WMGT) — Science Guy Jason Lindsey shows us how a Foam Monster is made. Inside of the cup, there are two liquids. When they're mixed together you'll get to witness a…
Cool, dry air returns for Friday
Today was the first day of Autumn and in Middle Georgia that meant near-record high temps (98° in Macon!). A more fall-like pattern is on the way overnight tonight and…
Temps cool ahead of potential Ian impacts
Fall weather is back in Middle Georgia for the start of the week behind a cold front that pushed through today. Lows overnight will be falling into the mid and low 50s thanks to a push of dry air. Tomorrow…
Cherry Blossom Festival named 'Best Festival in the World'
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The International Cherry Blossom Festival is named "Best Festival in the World." The festival recently received more than 20 awards from the International Festivals & Events Association. In addition to that prestigious title, the festival brought home…
Local emergency management agencies preparing for possible severe weather from Ian
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Several middle Georgia Emergency Management Agencies are staying weather aware ahead of the possible impact of Ian. As Hurricane Ian nears Florida, middle Georgia could possibly be impacted by the end of the week. With weather being…
Bobby Jones Performing Arts Center removed from Historic Macon's Fading Five list
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Historic Macon announced the removal of the Bobby Jones Performing Arts Center from its Fading Five list. The Bobby Jones…
Macon-Bibb Mayor's Literacy Alliance holds its first luncheon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb Mayor's Literacy Alliance held its first literacy luncheon on Monday. Guests in attendance included Mayor Lester Miller and Bibb County Superintendent Dr.…
BOLO: Monroe County Sheriff's Office looks for escapee from Dept. of Corrections
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is warning people to be on the lookout for an escapee from the Department of Corrections. According to a Sheriff's office Facebook post, Robert Jenkins was on a department of corrections…
Sunshine sticks around to begin the final week of September
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The sunny conditions will continue today in Middle Georgia. Today It was a slightly muggy morning around Middle Georgia, however the skies were clear…
Man dies after being shot in May
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC 67-year-old Phillip Wynes died Saturday from complications following a shooting injury. Wynes was shot on Bailey Avenue while he…
Two dead after car wreck in Washington County
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two men are dead after a wreck in Washington County Saturday night. According to the incident report by the Georgia State Patrol, Briant Ware of…
Nice weekend on the way
What a change from yesterday for our weather in Middle Georgia! Highs today topped out in the low 80s and upper 70s across the area with low humidity and clear skies. Overnight we will see our temps fall into the…
Macon family still searching for family member missing since April
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— A Macon family is urging the community to help in the search of their loved one. We sat down with the family who says…
Macon-Bibb donates 250 acres to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)-- Macon-Bibb County announced this week, it donated several land parcels to the Ocmulgee Mounds Historic National Park. The 250 acres located off of Ocmulgee…
Georgia Military College breaks ground on new annex
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)--Georgia Military College broke ground Friday, on a plan to renovate and expand one of its buildings for its preparatory school. Cadets have trained at Historic Wilder…
Museum of Aviation dedicates new engine display
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Museum of Aviation received a special exhibit for one of its older aircraft. It held a celebration event to showcase the acquisition of…
FVSU names Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The 2022 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal has been named for Fort Valley State University. FVSU says that internationally renowned plastic surgeon and FVSU alumnus Dr. Wright Jones will be the Grand Marshal for the upcoming…
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce names new President and CEO
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Friday, September 23rd, the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce wrote that Macon native Jessica Walden would be the new President and CEO of the chamber. A press release from the chamber says the board of directors…
Cool, dry air returns for Friday
Today was the first day of Autumn and in Middle Georgia that meant near-record high temps (98° in Macon!). A more fall-like pattern is on the way overnight tonight and…
Stacey Abrams makes stop in Macon to address healthcare
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Democratic candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams stopped in Macon Thursday to talk healthcare. She held a news conference at Daisy Park across from…
Police: 2 students hurt in attacks at Georgia bus stops
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Attacks at school bus stops in a south Georgia city left two students wounded Monday morning after one boy was stabbed during a fight and another got shot walking to the bus, police said. Valdosta Chief…
Georgia board picks 2 companies to sell medical marijuana
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia board overseeing the state’s efforts to get patients access to medical marijuana has approved production licenses for two companies, a step to getting patients access to medication after a seven-year wait. The Georgia Access to…
Biden to host 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves at the White House. Biden is getting in the Sept. 26 visit with just about a week before the 2022 regular season wraps up and…
Sheriff: Slain deputies ambushed serving warrant in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Two deputies were killed in an ambush while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in a suburb near Atlanta, a sheriff said Friday. The two deputies had returned to their vehicle after knocking on the…
Video fills in details on alleged Georgia election system breach
ATLANTA (AP) — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. They were greeted outside by…
Stabbing, shooting at Georgia mall outside Atlanta
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — One person was stabbed Friday and an officer shot the suspect at the Mall of Georgia outside Atlanta, police said. The incident began when a suspected thief began smashing jewelry counters inside the Macy's store at…
Governor Kemp signs extension on gas tax suspension
(41NBC/WMGT) -- Governor Brian Kemp has signed 2 executive orders extending the temporary suspension of state taxes on motor and locomotive fuel as well as the supply chain state of emergency. According to the office of Kemp, the orders are…
Joint Agriculture Committee Chairmen Ag Issues Summit addresses issues farmers face
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Farmers always have to deal with issues like the weather, but according to farmer Knapp Boddiford, he's seeing more problems than…
Atlanta prosecutor: Gang targeted celebrities, influencers
ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor on Monday announced a sprawling indictment targeting members of what she said is a violent street gang that has been targeting the Atlanta area homes of famous athletes, entertainers and others who flaunt expensive possessions…
Judge delays Gov. Kemp's testimony in Georgia election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to influence the 2020 election in the state — but not until after the…
Senator Jon Ossoff pushing for military facility upgrades
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Senator Jon Ossoff and Senator from Texas, John Corryn, are pushing to get upgrades to military barracks, daycare centers, and other facilities. They hope to accomplish…
Police: 3 shot at warehouse south of Atlanta
McDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — Three people were shot at a warehouse south of Atlanta on Thursday, police said. Henry County police said on Twitter they responded to multiple calls of a shooting at the warehouse in McDonough just before 12:30…
City of Perry explains impact of being 'Broadband Ready'
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — If the pandemic taught us anything, it's that high-speed internet is essential. The City of Perry is now one of 50 cities considered a…
Former Georgia First Lady Sandra Dunagan Deal dead at 80-years-old
(41NBC/WMGT) -- The former Georgia First Lady Sandra Dunagan Deal has died. Governor Kemp made a post on social media mourning the loss of former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal's wife, Sandra Dunagan Deal, speaking on the impact she and her…
Atlanta police: 3 shot in Midtown neighborhood
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say three people were shot in the city's Midtown neighborhood, and the shooter remains at large. The department was advising people Monday afternoon to stay off the streets in the area, describing the situation as…
Kemp directs up to $37M in federal cash for learning aid
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday designated up to $37.4 million in federal COVID-19 relief money to private groups and public agencies to help students catch up on learning they missed during the pandemic. Kemp directed $12…
Ford to appeal $1.7 billion verdict in Georgia truck crash
WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, a company representative said Sunday. Jurors in Gwinnett County, just…
Court puts on hold Graham's testimony in Ga. election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald…
Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Cat 4
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to hit the western tip…
NY attorney general sues Donald Trump and his company
New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in state…
Arbiter in Trump docs probe signals intent to move quickly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team's reluctance to…
2 claim Mega Millions prize; 3rd-largest US lottery jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) — Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the late July drawing was sold in a Chicago suburb, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5…
Rapper Mystikal pleads not guilty to rape, drug charges
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges accusing him of raping and choking a woman at his home in Louisiana and of possessing several drugs. The 51-year-old performer whose given name is Michael Tyler…
US asks appeals court to lift judge's Mar-a-Lago probe hold
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Friday to lift a judge's order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month. The department…
How to get a student loan refund if you paid during pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive student loan debt, many borrowers who kept making payments during the pandemic wondered if they'd made the right choice. Borrowers who paid down their debt during a pandemic…
Biden to host 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves at the White House. Biden is getting in the Sept. 26 visit with just about a week before the 2022 regular season wraps up and…
Trump team, Justice Dept. to make new Mar-a-Lago filing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and Donald Trump's legal team are to stake out positions Friday on the precise role to be played by an independent arbiter who will review documents seized during an FBI search of the former president's Florida…
NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained engine trouble. The next launch…
Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this year contained documents with classification markings, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday explaining the justification for the search of the property…
Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents. The directive…
Letter: School shooter fixated with guns, dreamed of killing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist saying he was fixated on guns and dreamed of killing others and being covered in blood,…
Panel details pressure campaign for unproven COVID treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic. The…
Big student loan forgiveness plan announced by Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his long-awaited plan to deliver on a campaign promise to provide $10,000 in student debt cancellation for millions of Americans — and up to $10,000 more for those with the greatest…
Court puts on hold Graham's testimony in Ga. election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald…
Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than…
Russia probe memo wrongly withheld under Barr, court rules
The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memo Barr cited in announcing that then-President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice in the Russia investigation, a federal appeals panel said Friday. The department had argued that…
