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Third Street Festivities begin in downtown Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrating in the streets of Macon. People braved the cool temperatures Monday for the Third Street Festivities, and those who showed…
New 3D mural on display outside Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There's a new 3D art installation outside the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, and it has a Cherry Blossom theme. It's a…
Warner Robins celebrates its 80th anniversary
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The City of Warner Robins is celebrating 80 years. City leaders gathered Monday to announce a proclamation dedicated to the progress over the last eight…
Twiggs to vote on Public Schools ESPLOST
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Tuesday, Twiggs County voters will be voting on an ESPLOST that-- if passed-- will continue to support Twiggs County students. According to a news release from…
Middle Georgia to see cool temperatures for the first day of spring
MACON, Georgia - (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will only reach into the upper 50s across Middle Georgia later this afternoon. Today It will be a cool and…
Riverside Circle K robbed
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Circle K, located at 2580 Riverside Drive was robbed Monday morning around 2am. It was reported that a male subject entered the store and passed a note to…
Macon man in jail after shooting his wife
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is behind bars after shooting his wife during an argument. According to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office it happened…
Award winning hairstylist takes his talent to the international stage
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A local award winning hair stylist from Houston County is preparing for one of the biggest stages in the business! He's competing in…
'The Pinkest Party on Earth has arrived!' Macon-Bibb starts 41st annual International Cherry Blossom Festival
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 41st annual International Cherry Blossom Festival has officially begun, and people across the state are excited…
Carl Vinson VA Medical Center working to address wait times, work shortages
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announced new solutions Friday to improve wait times and work shortages with the aim of providing better…
Macon-Bibb Fire Department preparing for Saturday's Cherry Blossom bed race
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb Fire Department is practicing for the annual Cherry Blossom bed race this weekend. The fire department has a long history of…
Cooler conditions expected for St. Patrick's Day weekend
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will return to the 50s in the afternoon over the weekend following Friday's cold front. Tonight Rain is likely to hang around…
Panda Express improves musical playground at children's hospital
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Patients at the Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital will have an improved place to play. Panda Express restaurant group committed to raise $441,992 to improve the existing musical playground outside the children’s hospital.…
Fort Valley receives $50,000 T-Mobile grant for Discovery Lab
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Fort Valley is receiving a $50,000 grant from T-Mobile. The city is one of the company’s 25 new Hometown Grant recipients. This brings the total to 175 small towns since launching the initiative in April…
Fort Valley State University hit with 3rd watchdog complaint
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A national watchdog is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue a more than $350,000 fine against Fort Valley State University. According to a nonprofit that investigates animal abuse and illegal activities at U.S.…
Twiggs County Sheriff's Office launches "Operation Wrong Exit" to ensure highway safety
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is implementing "Operation Wrong Exit" this weekend to ensure the safety of drivers and pedestrians…
RV enthusiasts gather at Georgia National Fairgrounds for 106th International Convention and Expo
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The 106th International Convention and RV Expo is underway in Perry, with more than 2,500 recreational vehicles on display at the Georgia National Fairgrounds. This…
Georgia residents warned of potential threat from coyotes as weather warms up
GORDON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As the weather warms up, Georgia residents should be aware of the increased activity of coyotes, a non-native predator that…
Bonaire teacher cancer free: 'Early detection saved my life'
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. While talking about cancer may be an uncomfortable subject, one middle Georgia woman says it saved her life.…
Warm weather returns to Middle Georgia this week
We saw clear skies and cool conditions across the southeast for the first day of Spring. Overnight, cold conditions will continue, with lows dropping into the 30s…
Middle Georgia Regional Library forms African American History Committee to help archive Macon's Black History
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Middle Georgia Regional Library wants to help gather and document Macon's African American history in light of…
Heart and Soul Workshop holds Spring Break art, community camp for Bibb County students
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County students are out for spring break, and the Heart and Soul Workshop is giving kids opportunities to…
Third Street Festivities begin in downtown Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Cherry Blossom Festival is celebrating in the streets of Macon. People braved the cool temperatures Monday for the Third Street Festivities, and those who showed…
New 3D mural on display outside Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There's a new 3D art installation outside the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, and it has a Cherry Blossom theme. It's a…
Warner Robins celebrates its 80th anniversary
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The City of Warner Robins is celebrating 80 years. City leaders gathered Monday to announce a proclamation dedicated to the progress over the last eight…
Twiggs to vote on Public Schools ESPLOST
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Tuesday, Twiggs County voters will be voting on an ESPLOST that-- if passed-- will continue to support Twiggs County students. According to a news release from…
Middle Georgia to see cool temperatures for the first day of spring
MACON, Georgia - (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will only reach into the upper 50s across Middle Georgia later this afternoon. Today It will be a cool and…
Riverside Circle K robbed
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Circle K, located at 2580 Riverside Drive was robbed Monday morning around 2am. It was reported that a male subject entered the store and passed a note to…
Macon man in jail after shooting his wife
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is behind bars after shooting his wife during an argument. According to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office it happened…
Award winning hairstylist takes his talent to the international stage
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A local award winning hair stylist from Houston County is preparing for one of the biggest stages in the business! He's competing in…
'The Pinkest Party on Earth has arrived!' Macon-Bibb starts 41st annual International Cherry Blossom Festival
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 41st annual International Cherry Blossom Festival has officially begun, and people across the state are excited…
Carl Vinson VA Medical Center working to address wait times, work shortages
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announced new solutions Friday to improve wait times and work shortages with the aim of providing better…
Macon-Bibb Fire Department preparing for Saturday's Cherry Blossom bed race
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb Fire Department is practicing for the annual Cherry Blossom bed race this weekend. The fire department has a long history of…
Cooler conditions expected for St. Patrick's Day weekend
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will return to the 50s in the afternoon over the weekend following Friday's cold front. Tonight Rain is likely to hang around…
Panda Express improves musical playground at children's hospital
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Patients at the Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital will have an improved place to play. Panda Express restaurant group committed to raise $441,992 to improve the existing musical playground outside the children’s hospital.…
Fort Valley receives $50,000 T-Mobile grant for Discovery Lab
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Fort Valley is receiving a $50,000 grant from T-Mobile. The city is one of the company’s 25 new Hometown Grant recipients. This brings the total to 175 small towns since launching the initiative in April…
Trump lawyers attack Georgia grand jury and prosecutor
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District…
Fort Valley State University hit with 3rd watchdog complaint
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A national watchdog is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue a more than $350,000 fine against Fort Valley State University. According to a nonprofit that investigates animal abuse and illegal activities at U.S.…
Ex-sheriff convicted of civil rights abuses gets prison time
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia sheriff convicted of violating the civil rights of people in his custody by unnecessarily strapping them into restraint chairs was sentenced Tuesday to serve a year and a half in prison. A jury in October convicted Victor…
Indictment links 3 murders to southeast Georgia prison gang
GLENNVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Grand jurors have indicted three people in the murder of a guard at a troubled southeast Georgia prison, making it the third murder outside prison walls attributed to a gang. WTOC-TVreports that Nathan Weekes, Dennis Kraft and…
Federal officials pause plan to rename Georgia's Lake Lanier
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Federal officials are pausing a plan that could lead to new names for Georgia's Lake Lanier and Buford Dam after locals objected to changing the monikers of landmarks now named for Confederate soldiers. The U.S. Army…
2 road workers hit and injured in Atlanta suburb
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Two road construction workers were hit by a car and seriously injured in suburban Atlanta early Sunday. Police tell local news outlets that the men had gotten out of their vehicle under an overpass in Marietta…
Secretary Raffensperger announces new Georgia Registered Voter Information System
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Improvements to Georgia's voter registration process are on the way in the form of new technology. Thursday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced the launch of the new Georgia Registered Voter Information System-- or, GARViS. The…
Pastner's future at Ga Tech in question after losing season
ATLANTA (AP) — Josh Pastner is facing an uncertain future as Georgia Tech's basketball coach after another losing season and few signs of progress in the Atlantic Coast Conference program. The Yellow Jackets capped a 15-19 campaign Wednesday with an 89-81…
Georgia chief justice says lawyer shortage slows down courts
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's courts are working hard to dig out from under a backlog of cases created and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, but a shortage of lawyers is hindering some of those efforts, the state's top judge said…
Georgia lawmakers push vouchers, reject betting at deadline
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers pushed through a flurry of bills before a key deadline Monday, the last day for legislation to pass either the House or Senate and advance to the other legislative chamber for consideration this year. Lawmakers…
Indiana man arrested for 1989 cold case murder in Monroe County
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Wednesday, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested an Indiana man in connection to a cold case from 1989 that left a…
Georgia star Jalen Carter charged with racing in fatal wreck
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter, projected as one of the top players in next month's NFL draft, has been charged with reckless driving and racing in conjunction with the crash that killed offensive lineman Devin Willock and…
Sam's Club to open $142M fulfillment center in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Sam's Club plans to open a new $142 million fulfillment center in Georgia, creating an estimated 600 jobs. Executives for the Walmart subsidiary said the project in Douglas County along the Interstate 20 corridor west of Atlanta…
Keisha Lance Bottoms leaving White House, returns to Atlanta
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden has appointed former Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Steve Benjamin as a top White House adviser, taking over from Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor who had assumed the role in June. Both Georgia and South Carolina…
Bill that could let Buckhead split from Atlanta advances
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee has approved two bills that could allow the Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta, the first time that an issue freighted with fears about crime and racial and economic division…
Former Atlanta official to go to prison for accepting bribes
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Atlanta city official charged in a federal investigation into corruption at City Hall during the administration of then-Mayor Kasim Reed was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison for accepting bribes. Jo…
Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah
NEW YORK (AP) — A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran…
Yes, 'Cocaine Bear' is a real movie. It's also a true story
NEW YORK (AP) — On Dec. 22, 1985, The Associated Press reported the following from Blue Ridge, Georgia: “Investigators searching for cocaine dropped by an airborne smuggler have found a ripped-up shipment of the sweet-smelling powder and the remains of a…
With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
RENO, Nev. (AP) — State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year. Imposing longer prison sentences…
Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize surrounded by celeb pals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my sleep." A host of comedic and entertainment royalty gathered…
Amazon cuts 9,000 jobs; now at least 27,000 layoffs in 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to eliminate 9,000 more jobs in the next few weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday. The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the…
The maddest March ever? Underdogs head to the Sweet 16
We know you're upset. Underdogs have blown up every bracket in the country. An upside of the upsets: perhaps the maddest March ever. Defending national champion Kansas and fellow No. 1 seed Purdue are gone — the Boilermakers with a slice of unwanted history. The…
Trump lawyers attack Georgia grand jury and prosecutor
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District…
Silicon Valley Bank's demise disrupts the disruptors in tech
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse rattled the technology industry that had been the bank's backbone, leaving shell-shocked entrepreneurs thankful for the government reprieve that saved their money while they mourned the loss of a place that served as a chummy club of innovation.…
Biden issues order to strengthen gun background checks
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aiming to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out…
Novo Nordisk plans price cuts for several insulins
Novo Nordisk will start slashing some U.S. insulin prices up to 75% next year, following a path set earlier this month by rival Eli Lilly. The Danish drugmaker said Tuesday that pre-filled pens and vials of long- and short-acting insulins…
Lawyer: Over $6M verdict a powerful anti-hazing message
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A jury’s decision that a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge’s family is entitled to $6.1 million for his hazing-related alcohol death in 2017 sends a powerful message, the family’s attorney said Monday. Max Gruver, from the…
States shield addresses of judges, workers after threats
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Following threats and attacks on public officials, state lawmakers across the U.S. have stepped up efforts to shield personal information from being publicly disclosed about judges, police, elected officeholders and various public employees. The measures…
Biden OKs controversial, huge Willow oil drilling in Alaska
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, one of President Joe Biden’s most consequential climate choices that is likely to draw condemnation from environmentalists who say it…
Pfizer buys Seagen for $43B, boosts access to cancer drugs
Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to reach deeper into new cancer treatments that target tumor cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. The pharmaceutical giant said Monday it will pay $229 in cash for each share of Seagen Inc. Pfizer…
Standard time giving way to daylight saving in most of US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Standard time comes to an end in most parts of the United States this weekend. You'll lose an hour of sleep for one night but gain more daylight in the evening in the months ahead. The transition to…
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp arrested in drive-by shooting
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Tacoma, Washington, and was set to appear in court Thursday. Online jail records show Kemp was booked for investigation of felony drive-by…
Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A letter claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel blamed for abducting four Americans and killing two of them condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible.…
Norfolk Southern brings apology, aid to derailment hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern's CEO apologized before Congress on Thursday and pledged millions of dollars to help East Palestine, Ohio, recover from last weekend's fiery, hazardous materials train derailment. But he stopped short of fully endorsing a Senate bill to toughen safety…
Yeti recalls 1.9 million coolers and cases for magnet hazard
U.S. product regulators said Thursday that Yeti has recalled 1.9 million coolers and gear cases because magnets can come detached from them, posing a risk of serious injury or death. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said consumers should immediately stop…
Women's Day events highlight gaps in gender equality
MADRID (AP) — Demonstrations, conferences and artistic events around the world Wednesday marked International Women's Day, an annual observance established to recognize women and to demand equality for half of the planet's population. While activists in some parts of the…
