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Macon-Bibb Coroner: Man drowns in Ocmulgee River
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 30-year-old man drowned in the Ocmulgee River near Amerson River Park Sunday night. That's according to Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, who identified the victim as 30-year-old Larry Rainey. Jones says Rainey's body was pulled from…
2-year-old drowns at Lake Tobesofkee's Claystone Park
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 2-year-old is dead following a water rescue Sunday at Lake Tobesofkee. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. near the beach swimming area of Claystone Park, according to a witness, who said she saw first responders…
Woman dead after overnight shooting in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A woman is dead following a shooting in the 300 block of Leaf Court early Sunday morning. A Bibb County Sheriff's Office news release says deputies responded to a call of a person being shot during…
Bibb deputies: Man dies after being shot by sister Friday night
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 32-year-old man died Friday night after being shot by his sister. That's according to a Bibb County Sheriff's Office news release, which said Dontarrius Durell Holloway was found dead in the doorway of his home…
Business shower hopes to help entrepreneur
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— If you've ever opened a business you know just how hard it can be. Javarious Knight is the owner of Plus Shirt, where "you dream it and…
Senator Warnock shares thoughts on gun reform
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Friday U.S. lawmakers passed a bill on federal gun restrictions. It ended a decades long grid lock on the matter. This follows the bill the Senate…
Mom to Mom: Fourth of July marshmallow delight
(41NBC/WMGT) — If you have a July 4th party coming up, you're going to want to bring a dish. Try this fun holiday themed 4th of July dessert, especially…
Local reactions to the overturning of Roe V. Wade.
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- Nearly 50 years of guaranteed abortion protection have now been rolled back. Friday morning the United States Supreme Court officially overturned Roe V. Wade…
Return of Lake Tobesofkee fireworks
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- For the first time in 2 years Lake Tobesofkee is holding its Sparks at the Park Fourth of July celebration. This is the 26th year for the celebration. The…
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. Friday’s outcome overturning Roe v. Wade…
Several cars broken into at Macon fire station
MACON-BIBB COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Several cars were broken into this morning while parked at a local fire station. The Bibb County Sheriffs Office confirmed that around 3am this…
Sen. Warnock's insulin cap included in bipartisan bill
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Law makers in Congress are working together to make insulin more affordable. One of the law makers is Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock. He proposed the Affordable…
BCSO and Piedmont share the dangers of leaving kids, pets in a hot car
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— It's officially summer, and temperatures are reaching the 100 degree mark. With it being that hot outside, a parked car's inside temperature can soar. Dr. Gary Godlewski, Emergency…
Circle K on Gray Highway in Macon robbed at gunpoint
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at a Macon gas station Thursday night. It happened at the Circle K on Gray Highway just after 10:30 p.m. Investigators say a man wearing all black, entered…
Rain chances increase Friday
A weak front is pushing through Middle Georgia this evening, bringing scattered showers back to the forecast. Behind the front we will see highs in the mid 90s and easterly winds. The…
Georgia State Patrol, GDOT share summer travel safety tips
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Georgia Department of Transportation is promoting safe driving with their slogan 'Arrive Alive'. Distracted driving, DUI's, and reckless driving all factors that can lead…
Salvation Army of Macon cooling center seeing hundreds a day
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The heat is impacting everyone throughout Middle Georiga. As a result, the Salvation Army says hundreds of people are taking advantage of its cooling center.…
Dublin VA offers tips on how to celebrate July 4th with veterans
DUBLIN, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- The Dublin VA Hospital is offering tips on how to celebrate Independence Day with veterans who may deal with PTSD. Clyde Anderson…
UPDATE: Warner Robins man killed in accident on I-16
UPDATE: The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says 58-year-old Richard Dudley of Warner Robins has been identified as the driver who died at the scene. The next of kin has been notified. MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office…
UPDATE: 17-year-old dead after Sunday shooting in Warner Robins
UPDATE (6/27): A 17-year-old boy is dead after a shooting Sunday night. Police say the victim died at the hospital Monday morning. ORIGINAL STORY (6/26): WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One person is in critical condition at the hospital after…
Man shot in drive by
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred at the intersection of Blue Bell Street and Poppy Avenue Sunday evening. Deputies arrived at the scene and found 41-year-old Antonio Harris with a gunshot…
Macon-Bibb Coroner: Man drowns in Ocmulgee River
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 30-year-old man drowned in the Ocmulgee River near Amerson River Park Sunday night. That's according to Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, who identified the victim as 30-year-old Larry Rainey. Jones says Rainey's body was pulled from…
2-year-old drowns at Lake Tobesofkee's Claystone Park
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 2-year-old is dead following a water rescue Sunday at Lake Tobesofkee. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. near the beach swimming area of Claystone Park, according to a witness, who said she saw first responders…
Woman dead after overnight shooting in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A woman is dead following a shooting in the 300 block of Leaf Court early Sunday morning. A Bibb County Sheriff's Office news release says deputies responded to a call of a person being shot during…
Bibb deputies: Man dies after being shot by sister Friday night
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 32-year-old man died Friday night after being shot by his sister. That's according to a Bibb County Sheriff's Office news release, which said Dontarrius Durell Holloway was found dead in the doorway of his home…
Business shower hopes to help entrepreneur
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— If you've ever opened a business you know just how hard it can be. Javarious Knight is the owner of Plus Shirt, where "you dream it and…
Senator Warnock shares thoughts on gun reform
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Friday U.S. lawmakers passed a bill on federal gun restrictions. It ended a decades long grid lock on the matter. This follows the bill the Senate…
Local reactions to the overturning of Roe V. Wade.
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- Nearly 50 years of guaranteed abortion protection have now been rolled back. Friday morning the United States Supreme Court officially overturned Roe V. Wade…
Perry Fire and EMS obtain new medical license
PERRY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The Perry Fire and Emergency Services Department now has a new medical license. It gives the department the ability to ensure effective medical care. Prior to…
Return of Lake Tobesofkee fireworks
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- For the first time in 2 years Lake Tobesofkee is holding its Sparks at the Park Fourth of July celebration. This is the 26th year for the celebration. The…
Peach County is home to Middle Georgia's first Megasite
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Middle Georgia officially has its first Megasite. The more than 1,000-acre property is located right off Highway 96, near I-75, in Peach County.…
Several cars broken into at Macon fire station
MACON-BIBB COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Several cars were broken into this morning while parked at a local fire station. The Bibb County Sheriffs Office confirmed that around 3am this…
BCSO and Piedmont share the dangers of leaving kids, pets in a hot car
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— It's officially summer, and temperatures are reaching the 100 degree mark. With it being that hot outside, a parked car's inside temperature can soar. Dr. Gary Godlewski, Emergency…
Circle K on Gray Highway in Macon robbed at gunpoint
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at a Macon gas station Thursday night. It happened at the Circle K on Gray Highway just after 10:30 p.m. Investigators say a man wearing all black, entered…
Rain chances increase Friday
A weak front is pushing through Middle Georgia this evening, bringing scattered showers back to the forecast. Behind the front we will see highs in the mid 90s and easterly winds. The…
Georgia State Patrol, GDOT share summer travel safety tips
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Georgia Department of Transportation is promoting safe driving with their slogan 'Arrive Alive'. Distracted driving, DUI's, and reckless driving all factors that can lead…
Murder conviction overturned in Georgia hot car death case
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court has overturned the murder and child cruelty convictions against a man whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours. The Georgia Supreme Court opinion released Wednesday says the…
WATCH LIVE: January 6 Committee Hearing on Capitol Attack
Click here to watch on a mobile device. WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is set to hear from local officials who fended off Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel investigating the…
UPDATE: Jury sentences Dubose to death
UPDATE (06/16/2022) -- T. Wright Barksdale III, the District Attorney for Jones County and the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit tells 41NBC that the jury sentenced Ricky Dubose to death Thursday afternoon. EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prisoner has been found…
Governor Kemp announces purchase of Megasite in Peach County
(41NBC/WMGT) -- Governor Brian Kemp announced the purchase of an over 1,100 acre economic development site between the state of Georgia and the Development Authority of Peach County…
GEICO celebrates Juneteenth by donating $25,000
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— GEICO is celebrating Juneteenth a little early by donating $25,000 to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta. This is the first time GEICO has celebrated Juneteenth, after the…
Atlanta-based Agile Cold Storage to build facility in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- An Atlanta-based company is working to build its 3rd cold storage warehouse in Macon, as an effort to invest into construction to support domestic…
Woman hospitalized, granddaughter drowns on fishing trip
LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman remains in critical condition, two days after she was injured and her granddaughter drowned while they were fishing on a lake. Sgt. Stewart Smith of the Troup County Sheriff’s Office says Monday that…
Georgia College will continue sexual assault nurse examiners training
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Specialized nurses are now working across Georgia as sexual assault nurse examiners thanks to a $803,000 grant that is now ending. The grant allowed more than a hundred Georgia nurses to receive extra training to conduct…
More charges for man acquitted of murdering Georgia teacher
FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — A south Georgia man has been indicted on new charges after a jury last month acquitted him of murdering a teacher in 2005. Ryan Duke was acquitted of more serious charges but convicted of concealing the…
Middle Georgia Family Rehab ordered to pay over $9.6 million after submitting hundreds of fraudulent claims
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Macon health care facility has been ordered by the court to pay over $9.6 million in damages and penalties for submitting hundreds of fraudulent TRICARE and Medicaid claims. According to a release from the United…
Trump election probe grand jury to hear from Raffensperger
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top elections official was expected to appear Thursday before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to meddle in the 2020 election in the state. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was…
First potential case of Monkeypox in Georgia discovered
(41NBC/WMGT) -- The first potential case of Monkeypox in Georgia has been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Georgia Department of Public Health announced…
Senator Warnock, other state leaders meet with farmers to discuss mental health
MUSELLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Farming isn't as simple as it used to be. Will Bentley, President of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, says there's lots of…
Georgia State Patrol offers reminders for holiday weekend
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Georgia State Patrol says it is all hands on deck this weekend to ensure drivers are being safe. AAA is expecting more than 1.2 million…
President Biden nominates Perry Police Chief for U.S. Marshal
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - President Biden has nominated Perry Police Chief Stephen Lynn to serve as a U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia. Lynn is one…
Conference aims to educate public on environmental health, climate change
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Dogwood Alliance and Science for Georgia came together Thursday to host the first Environmental Health and Climate Protection conference. The organizations want to share…
Gov. Kemp extends Georgia's gas tax suspension
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Governor Brian Kemp has signed an executive order extending the suspension of the state's gas tax until July 14th. The first suspension was scheduled to end on…
Blood donations needed heading into summer
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Blood donations have picked up in recent months but not enough to be fully back to normal. According to Evan Peterson, Regional Communications Manager for the Red…
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. Friday’s outcome overturning Roe v. Wade…
FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials have ordered vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market. It's the biggest blow yet to the embattled company that is widely blamed for sparking a surge in teen vaping. The…
Supreme Court strikes New York gun law in major ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down a New York gun law in a ruling expected to directly impact half a dozen other populous states. The justices’ 6-3 decision is expected to allow more people to legally carry…
Yellowstone park reopens after changes wrought by flood
WAPITI, Wyo. (AP) — Several thousand cars, trucks and recreational vehicles are backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopens following destructive floods that closed the park last week. Park managers raised the…
Man found not responsible for Times Square vehicle rampage
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who used his car to hit pedestrians in Times Square has been cleared of responsibility because of mental illness. The verdict came Wednesday at the New York City trial of Richard Rojas. The jury…
'Nowhere I feel safe': Election officials recount threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Georgia election worker in gripping testimony has told the House Jan. 6 committee about the onslaught of threats that she and her family received after former President Trump and his allies falsely accused her and…
Jan. 6 panel in possession of new Trump documentary footage
WASHINGTON (AP) — New footage of former President Donald Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6, 2021, is now in the possession of the House committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol. The revelation…
Walmart expands health services to address racial inequality
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, in an effort to address racial inequities in maternal care. After first offering doulas…
US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are…
We fought Trump pressure, GOP state officials tell 1/6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has opened, hearing from state and local officials who fended off Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack resumed Tuesday with testimony from…
Broadway theaters drop their mask mandate starting in July
NEW YORK (AP) — In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July. The Broadway League announced Tuesday that mask-wearing will be optional next…
Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an 'abject failure'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to…
Happy the elephant isn't a person, top New York court rules
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top court has rejected a closely watched effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo. The state Court of Appeals decided Tuesday that she does not meet the definition of a person…
Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona, California
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Wildfires burning throughout the American West are forcing evacuations as crews deal with more hot, windy and dry conditions. Residents were ordered to flee remote homes near a wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles.…
Yellowstone floods wipe out roads, bridges, strand visitors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Flooding has wiped out roads and bridges and closed off all entrances to Yellowstone National Park at the onset of the busy summer tourist season. Officials are evacuating visitors from the northern part of the park.…
Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Texas lawmakers and advocates are concerned that law enforcement authorities will use a legal loophole to block the release of further information related to the mass shooting at an elementary school. Legislators in both parties…
Takeaways: Trump's mind 'made up' on fraud ahead of Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its second day of June hearings, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection is making the case that Trump and his advisers knew that his claims of fraud in the 2020 election were false.…
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security says a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months. A…
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