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Otis Redding Foundation recognized as 'Southern Cultural Treasure'
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Otis Redding Foundation is now recognized as a "Southern Cultural Treasure." South Arts, a non-profit regional arts organization, made the announcement this week. The foundation is one of…
Bibb Clerk's Office starts 'Property Check' program
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb County residents now have the option to get alerts when documents are filed involving their property. The Superior Court Clerk's Office started a free service called "Property Check"…
Local health experts explain vaccine eligibility for monkeypox
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The CDC says the U.S. is making plans to distribute 300,000 monkeypox vaccines. The Georgia Department of Public Health says it's ordering the vaccine.…
Macon-Bibb Pedestrian Safety Review Board Chair responds to recent hit-and-run incidents
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is still looking for the people responsible for two separate hit-and-run incidents last week that resulted in…
GBI investigating explosion at Georgia Guidestones monument
ELBERTON, Ga. (AP) — A rural Georgia monument has been bombed, damaging one of four granite panels that some people have dubbed “America's Stonehenge.” The bombing comes weeks after a Republican candidate for governor claimed the Georgia Guidestones are satanic…
Police: Parade shooting suspect contemplated 2nd shooting
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin,…
Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the…
Man killed in Warner Robins hit and run
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man was killed Tuesday night in what police are calling a hit and run. According to a release from the Warner Robins police…
The hot week continues for Middle Georgia
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Heat Advisory is in effect for all of Middle Georgia until 8:00 PM EDT tonight. Today Following a sunny morning we…
Dangerous heat possible Wednesday in Middle Georgia
It was another hot day in Middle Georgia and Wednesday looks like it will be even warmer. Highs will be warming into the middle and upper 90s, with humidity…
WRFD: Lightning during Monday's storms caused 7 fires
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Warner Robins Fire Department says lightning strikes during Monday's storms resulted in more than half a dozen fires. The fire department says…
Robins Air Force Base hosting 'Adaptive Golf Clinic' for veterans
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Disabled veterans are getting a chance to improve their golf game. A six-week program at Robins Air Force Base is helping veterans stay active.…
Covid vaccines now available for Middle Georgia children 6 months and older
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The wait to get your youngest children vaccinated against the coronavirus is over. The North Central Health District and Atrium Health Navicent have…
Houston County teacher top finalist for skilled trades honor
KATHLEEN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Houston County teacher is a top finalist for the national Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The contest awards educators who prepare and inspire our next generation of tradespeople. Veterans High School agricultural…
GCSU generates $285M in local economic impact
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia College & State University reports its impact on the local economy is growing. GCSU states it reached an economic impact of more than $285 million…
Former NFL receiver Demaryius Thomas' family says he had CTE
BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who died last December at age 33, had CTE, his family said Tuesday. Boston University CTE Center researchers diagnosed the four-time Pro Bowler with stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy following a…
Morning Business Report: U.S. airlines cancel 1,200 flights over holiday weekend
The average car is getting less affordable for the average person with typical monthly payments hitting all-time highs. US airlines canceled over 1,200 flights from Friday to Sunday over the July 4th holiday…
Temperatures continue to climb heading into midweek
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Heat indices will be in the triple digits across Middle Georgia this afternoon. Today There were a good amount of scattered clouds to…
Strong storms possible Thursday
Storms popped up early this afternoon, bringing a nice cool down to the area. Highs still warmed into the mid 90s for much of Middle Georgia, with heat index values in the…
Former pastor sentenced after sexually assaulting underage Ugandan girl while conducting missionary work in 2019
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A federal judge sentenced a former pastor to 10 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised…
Robins Air Force Base requiring masks indoors again as Covid cases rise
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Robins Air Force Base is masking up once again. Public health officials on base are implementing safety measures in light of increasing Covid-19 cases. On Wednesday, the Georgia…
Houston County Sheriff's Office now offering special needs form to help with 911 calls
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Houston County Sheriff's Office is finding a way for law enforcement to better understand people who have special needs. Lieutenant Veronica Edens…
Otis Redding Foundation recognized as 'Southern Cultural Treasure'
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Otis Redding Foundation is now recognized as a "Southern Cultural Treasure." South Arts, a non-profit regional arts organization, made the announcement this week. The foundation is one of…
Bibb Clerk's Office starts 'Property Check' program
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb County residents now have the option to get alerts when documents are filed involving their property. The Superior Court Clerk's Office started a free service called "Property Check"…
Local health experts explain vaccine eligibility for monkeypox
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The CDC says the U.S. is making plans to distribute 300,000 monkeypox vaccines. The Georgia Department of Public Health says it's ordering the vaccine.…
Macon-Bibb Pedestrian Safety Review Board Chair responds to recent hit-and-run incidents
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is still looking for the people responsible for two separate hit-and-run incidents last week that resulted in…
Back to School Bash prepares families Twiggs County
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Twiggs County Health Department hosted the Back to School Bash event. The department along with other health care groups were out giving away school supplies as…
Man killed in Warner Robins hit and run
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man was killed Tuesday night in what police are calling a hit and run. According to a release from the Warner Robins police…
The hot week continues for Middle Georgia
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Heat Advisory is in effect for all of Middle Georgia until 8:00 PM EDT tonight. Today Following a sunny morning we…
Dangerous heat possible Wednesday in Middle Georgia
It was another hot day in Middle Georgia and Wednesday looks like it will be even warmer. Highs will be warming into the middle and upper 90s, with humidity…
WRFD: Lightning during Monday's storms caused 7 fires
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Warner Robins Fire Department says lightning strikes during Monday's storms resulted in more than half a dozen fires. The fire department says…
Robins Air Force Base hosting 'Adaptive Golf Clinic' for veterans
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Disabled veterans are getting a chance to improve their golf game. A six-week program at Robins Air Force Base is helping veterans stay active.…
Covid vaccines now available for Middle Georgia children 6 months and older
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The wait to get your youngest children vaccinated against the coronavirus is over. The North Central Health District and Atrium Health Navicent have…
Houston County teacher top finalist for skilled trades honor
KATHLEEN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Houston County teacher is a top finalist for the national Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The contest awards educators who prepare and inspire our next generation of tradespeople. Veterans High School agricultural…
FVSU president visits Israel for academic, research partnership
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The president of Fort Valley State University is visiting Israel as part of a program to create new academic and research partnerships between American…
GCSU generates $285M in local economic impact
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia College & State University reports its impact on the local economy is growing. GCSU states it reached an economic impact of more than $285 million…
GBI investigating explosion at Georgia Guidestones monument
ELBERTON, Ga. (AP) — A rural Georgia monument has been bombed, damaging one of four granite panels that some people have dubbed “America's Stonehenge.” The bombing comes weeks after a Republican candidate for governor claimed the Georgia Guidestones are satanic…
Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the…
Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand…
Savannah police chief to resign amid uproar over shooting
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Savannah’s police chief says he soon will step down to focus on his nomination to serve as a U.S. Marshal. The Savannah Morning News reports that Thursday's announcement from Police Chief Roy Minter comes amid scrutiny…
Police: Georgia man stabbed 4 family members at his home
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police say a Georgia man stabbed four family members and himself during a domestic-related incident at his home in Savannah. Authorities on Friday said 31-year-old Roger Hendrix was taken into custody and faces numerous charges, including…
Governor suspends Georgia gas taxes through mid-August
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor is extending the suspension of the state’s motor fuel tax through mid-August. Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed an executive order extending the suspension for a second time. The order also suspends the state sales…
New Georgia laws aim at schools; some laws already in effect
ATLANTA (AP) — Most new laws traditionally take effect in Georgia on July 1. But this year, many of the most important measures became law as soon as Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed them. A few of the General Assembly’s…
Warner Robins shines at 'Miss Georgia' with seven candidates overall
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins native Kelsey Hollis took home the Miss Georgia title this year. However, she was not the only one representing the International City at the annual pageant and scholarship competition. In all, seven title…
Warner Robins native wins Miss Georgia, shares goals for year of service
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Miss Georgia 2022 is a familiar face who is also making history. Miss Capital City’s Kelsey Hollis is a Warner Robins native. And she earned the job of serving as Miss Georgia 2022. She is…
Senator Ossoff announces push to support poultry scientists of UGA, FVSU
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff has announced a push to get more resources for UGA and Fort Valley State University. The support comes in order to empower the schools to train the next generation of poultry…
Fiber internet on its way to middle Georgia through new partnership
(41NBC/WMGT) -- Ocmulgee EMC is planning to partner with Conexon Connect in order to provide more Georgians in rural areas high-speed fiber broadband service. According to…
Ludacris' manager and 2 others shot, 1 fatally, in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — A man was killed and two others were injured, including rap star Ludacris’ manager, in a parking lot shooting in an upscale neighborhood north of downtown Atlanta on Sunday night. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the men…
Reactions to overturning of Roe v. Wade continue
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —Americans and Georgians are still reacting to the overturning of Roe v. Wade last week. Several organizations are reacting to the ruling, including Georgia Right to…
3-Year-old dies in hot car in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A 3-year-old boy died inside of a hot car on Sunday when his grandmother took him and his siblings to go to church on Sunday. According to Kids and Car Safety, the child's grandmother didn't realize…
Ricky Dubose found unresponsive in cell, investigators look into apparent suicide
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating the death of inmate Ricky Dubose, who was found unresponsive in his cell Sunday afternoon. Dubose was being held at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia,…
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…
The next frontier for drones: Letting them fly out of sight
REMINGTON, Va. (AP) — For years, there’s been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. But that's starting to change as aviation authorities prepare to cautiously relax some of the safeguards they imposed…
Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs
After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where abortion…
Appeals arguments set on immigrants brought to US as kids
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrant advocates are hoping a federal appeals court will uphold an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children. A federal judge in Texas last year declared…
Police: Parade shooting suspect contemplated 2nd shooting
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin,…
Prosecutor: July 4 parade shooter confessed to police
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago confessed to police that he fired on the crowd. That's according to a…
Sen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina say he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating ex-President Donald Trump and his allies’ actions after the…
Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to testify before a special grand…
Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court
UPDATE: WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took…
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his R&B superstardom to subject young fans to systematic sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year…
Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide, now in spotlight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after completing a White House summer internship, Cassidy Hutchinson was in the room where the president’s top aides debated how they could overturn his election loss. The 25-year-old former aide to chief of staff Mark…
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Epstein
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. The sentencing Tuesday was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell…
50 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Fifty people have died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in the sweltering Texas heat. It's the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico.…
Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure. Memes and…
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…
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