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Laurens County works to find solutions for stray animals
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Many counties deal with stray animals, and Laurens County is no different. County Administrator, Bryan Rogers, says they're attempting to shrink the numbers through spay and neuter programs. "We've funded grants for spay and neuter programs because…
Atrium Health Navicent hosts annual mammogram marathon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Atrium Health Navicent hosted its annual Mammogram Marathon on Thursday. The event is designed to help spread awareness of breast cancer, and encourage women to get screenings done. Dr. Paul Dale, Director of the Peyton Anderson…
Gallery West shows the 'Art of Dr. Seuss'
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— If you're a fan of Dr. Seuss, get excited! Beginning Friday, you could have the chance to own some of his famous artwork. 'The Art of Dr. Seuss' will be shown at Gallery West on 3rd Street…
Morning Business Report: Oil prices expected to be higher after OPEC Plus cut oil production
OPEC Plus will be producing less oil soon, driving prices higher. The cut of two million barrels a day represents about 2 percent of global oil production. Calls back to the office for…
Bibb County Sheriff's Office investigating shots fired near Pierce Avenue
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is reporting an incident of shots fired near the interstate in the Pierce Avenue area. According to an operator with BCSO, multiple calls came into the sheriff's office around 10:30 a.m.…
Fantastic weather on deck for Thursday; opening of Georgia National Fair
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Sunny skies will stick with Middle Georgia Thursday afternoon as the Georgia National Fair kicks off. Today Sunny conditions will stick around Middle…
Sunny and warm weather returns Thursday
Dry weather has been the trend for the week here in Middle Georgia and it will be sticking around for much of the week. High pressure Thursday will continue to keep skies clear and allow highs to warm into the…
City of Perry prepares for crowds ahead of Georgia National Fair
PERRY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The 33rd Georgia National Fair opens it's gates Thursday October 6th. The City of Perry is preparing to welcome visitors near and far.…
Macon Fire Department partners with Atlanta Gas Light to host emergency preparedness drill
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)-- Atlanta Gas Light has partnered with the Macon Fire Department to prepare for company response and damaged gas line underground. Atlanta…
Oglethorpe Power donates land for new Monroe County fire station
SMARR, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Oglethorpe Power donated land to Monroe County so they could build a new fire station in place of the one that burned down last year.…
Macon man charged with Murder for August shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Macon man has been charged in connection to the August shooting death of an 18-year-old woman. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office,…
Visit Macon announces recipients of over $500,000 in relief funds
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Thanks to the American Rescue Funds Act, more than $500,000 in relief funds are on the way to Macon-Bibb. According to a release from Visit Macon, the money was awarded to a second group of Macon-Bibb…
Single vehicle accident in Monroe County leaves man dead
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A single vehicle accident in Monroe County left a man dead Wednesday morning. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a single vehicle accident at GA 87 mile marker 3 around 7:43 a.m.…
Wonderful Wednesday afternoon on deck
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Only a few clouds will dot the sunny skies over Middle Georgia Wednesday afternoon. Today It will be, as the title says, a wonderful afternoon around Middle Georgia…
Man's body recovered after drowning in Centerville pond
CENTERVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man's body was recovered from a small pond in Centerville after a 4-hour search Tuesday afternoon. Houston County Coroner James Williams tells 41NBC that around 2 p.m., 58-year-old Richard Wayne Doherty of Warner Robins was…
Morning Business Report: Twitter up 22% after Elon Musk deal is revived
Twitter shares up 22% after Elon Musk deal revived. A deal could happen as soon as Friday, sources told CNBC. Goodwillfinds.com is a new website that sells used items. It currently has 100-thousand…
Driver killed in single vehicle accident on Hartley Bridge Rd.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— A man is dead after hitting a tree early Wednesday morning. According to a press release, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a single vehicle wreck in the 4800 block of Hartley Bridge Road just after 12:00…
Warner Robins mayor details decision of selecting short-term police chief
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Wayne Fisher is now taking on the role of short-term interim police chief of the Warner Robins Police Department. We asked Warner…
Bibb County School District increases graduation rate to all-time high of 80.98%
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County School District's high school graduation rate increased to 80.98% in 2022, up from 76.1% in 2020 and from 52.3% in 2012. It's an all-time high for the District since the state began using…
Friday brings a warm end to the week
We are finishing out a nice week with a warm day on Friday and plenty of sunshine. Highs will be warming into the mid and upper 80s by Friday afternoon under mostly sunny skies. A cold front will be pushing…
Georgia National Fair showcasing 13 new rides, safety measures
PERRY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — There are more than 60 rides to enjoy at the Georgia National Fair this year. The fair opened Thursday. For the past 33 years, Reithoffer Shows has provided the rides for the fair. President and CEO Richard…
Gates open at 33rd Georgia National Fair
PERRY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The annual Georgia National Fair is back in Perry for its 33rd year. The fair held its opening ceremony inside the Reeves Building Thursday. Several people attended to kick off 11 days full of fun. Governor Brian…
Laurens County works to find solutions for stray animals
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Many counties deal with stray animals, and Laurens County is no different. County Administrator, Bryan Rogers, says they're attempting to shrink the numbers through spay and neuter programs. "We've funded grants for spay and neuter programs because…
Atrium Health Navicent hosts annual mammogram marathon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Atrium Health Navicent hosted its annual Mammogram Marathon on Thursday. The event is designed to help spread awareness of breast cancer, and encourage women to get screenings done. Dr. Paul Dale, Director of the Peyton Anderson…
Gallery West shows the 'Art of Dr. Seuss'
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— If you're a fan of Dr. Seuss, get excited! Beginning Friday, you could have the chance to own some of his famous artwork. 'The Art of Dr. Seuss' will be shown at Gallery West on 3rd Street…
Bibb County Sheriff's Office investigating shots fired near Pierce Avenue
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is reporting an incident of shots fired near the interstate in the Pierce Avenue area. According to an operator with BCSO, multiple calls came into the sheriff's office around 10:30 a.m.…
Fantastic weather on deck for Thursday; opening of Georgia National Fair
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Sunny skies will stick with Middle Georgia Thursday afternoon as the Georgia National Fair kicks off. Today Sunny conditions will stick around Middle…
Sunny and warm weather returns Thursday
Dry weather has been the trend for the week here in Middle Georgia and it will be sticking around for much of the week. High pressure Thursday will continue to keep skies clear and allow highs to warm into the…
City of Perry prepares for crowds ahead of Georgia National Fair
PERRY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The 33rd Georgia National Fair opens it's gates Thursday October 6th. The City of Perry is preparing to welcome visitors near and far.…
Macon Fire Department partners with Atlanta Gas Light to host emergency preparedness drill
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)-- Atlanta Gas Light has partnered with the Macon Fire Department to prepare for company response and damaged gas line underground. Atlanta…
Oglethorpe Power donates land for new Monroe County fire station
SMARR, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Oglethorpe Power donated land to Monroe County so they could build a new fire station in place of the one that burned down last year.…
Macon man charged with Murder for August shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Macon man has been charged in connection to the August shooting death of an 18-year-old woman. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office,…
Visit Macon announces recipients of over $500,000 in relief funds
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Thanks to the American Rescue Funds Act, more than $500,000 in relief funds are on the way to Macon-Bibb. According to a release from Visit Macon, the money was awarded to a second group of Macon-Bibb…
Single vehicle accident in Monroe County leaves man dead
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A single vehicle accident in Monroe County left a man dead Wednesday morning. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a single vehicle accident at GA 87 mile marker 3 around 7:43 a.m.…
Wonderful Wednesday afternoon on deck
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Only a few clouds will dot the sunny skies over Middle Georgia Wednesday afternoon. Today It will be, as the title says, a wonderful afternoon around Middle Georgia…
Man's body recovered after drowning in Centerville pond
CENTERVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man's body was recovered from a small pond in Centerville after a 4-hour search Tuesday afternoon. Houston County Coroner James Williams tells 41NBC that around 2 p.m., 58-year-old Richard Wayne Doherty of Warner Robins was…
Judge rules against Abrams group in voting rights lawsuit
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday found that Georgia election practices challenged by a group associated with Democrat Stacey Abrams do not violate the constitutional rights of voters, ruling in favor of the state on all remaining issues…
Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend's abortion, report says
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009, according to a new report published late Monday. The candidate called the accusation…
Governor Kemp extends suspension of gas tax, supply chain state of emergency
(41NBC/WMGT) -- Governor Brian Kemp has extended the temporary suspension of state gas taxes and supply chain state of emergency in response to the impact Hurricane Ian has had on the region. According to a release from the Governor's office,…
Atlanta Motor Speedway offering campgrounds to those seeking shelter from Hurricane Ian
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Atlanta Motor Speedway is opening it's campgrounds to those seeking refuge from Hurricane Ian. The campgrounds will provide camping spaces free…
Georgia Department of Transportation prepares for impact from Hurricane Ian
Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has taken some actions to help prepare for the impact of hurricane Ian. According to a release from…
Governor Kemp issues State of Emergency due to Hurricane Ian
Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Governor Brian Kemp issued a state of emergency for all counties in Georgia Tuesday to prepare for hurricane Ian's impact predicted to take place…
Hearings begin on Georgia Power proposal to raise rates 12%
ATLANTA (AP) — State regulators began hearings Tuesday on Georgia Power Co.'s request to raise rates by 12% over the next three years, setting up clashes over how much profit the utility should earn, how much solar panel owners should…
Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale
ATLANTA (AP) — The tale of breached voting equipment in one of the country's most important political battleground states involves a bail bondsman, a prominent attorney tied to former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and a cast…
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…
Musk Twitter turnaround reflects legal challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk's sudden about face on a $44 billion agreement to acquire Twitter, reversing an earlier attempt to rescind that offer, came as a surprise even from the mercurial billionaire who loves to shock. It sent shares of the…
The Onion and the Supreme Court. Not a parody
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody. The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was…
In Ian's wake, Florida residents brave a slow wait for power
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian smashed into Florida and carved a path of destruction into the Carolinas, hundreds of thousands of people faced another warm day without electricity Tuesday as rescuers pressed on with…
Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend's abortion, report says
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009, according to a new report published late Monday. The candidate called the accusation…
Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was…
Kim Kardashian settles with SEC over crypto promotion
Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that she promoted a cryptocurrency on Instagram without disclosing that she’d been paid $250,000 to do so. The SEC said Monday that the reality TV…
Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and a new justice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a new justice on the bench, the public back in the courtroom and a spirited debate in a case that pits environmental protections against property rights. The new member of the…
Justice Jackson makes Supreme Court debut in brief ceremony
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony Friday, three days before the start of the high court's new term. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their…
Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A revived Hurricane Ian threatened coastal South Carolina and the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding Friday after the deadly storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and trapped thousands in their homes. With South Carolina’s coast under…
House approves scaled-down bill targeting Big Tech dominance
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday approved sharply scaled-down legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in antitrust cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The bipartisan measure, passed by a 242-184 vote,…
Virginia Thomas appears for interview with Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared on Thursday for a voluntary interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. The committee has for months sought an interview with…
States spend federal COVID aid on roads, buildings, seawalls
Standing 14 stories tall, the Docking State Office Building is one of Kansas' largest and oldest state workplaces. It's also largely vacant, despite a prime location across from the Capitol. So Kansas officials are planning to spend $60 million of…
'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said. Coolio died at the Los Angeles home of…
After Supreme Court backs praying coach, no sweeping changes
Across the ideological spectrum, there were predictions of dramatic consequences when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a public high school football coach’s right to pray on the field after games. Yet three months after the decision —…
Many trapped in Florida as Ian heads toward South Carolina
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews waded through flooded streets and used boats Thursday in a scramble to save people trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida and brought torrential rains that inundated more communities. The destruction began to…
Jan. 6 sedition trial underway for Oath Keepers leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale
ATLANTA (AP) — The tale of breached voting equipment in one of the country's most important political battleground states involves a bail bondsman, a prominent attorney tied to former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and a cast…
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…
