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Macon LGBTQ+ community hosts second "Pride in Your Park" clean-up event
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Macon Pride organization is celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride month by giving back to the community with its 2nd annual “Pride…
Local health department recognized for public health service
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb County Health Department is being recognized for good public health service. The department was named a Healthy People 2030 Champion. The…
Old Bibb Mill demolished, opens opportunities in East Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Old Bibb Mill was demolished Thursday, opening doors for economic opportunity in east Macon. The mill represents demolition number 536 in the…
Trump charged over classified documents in first federal indictment of an ex-president
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he…
Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana. They have staged walkouts in Oregon and filibusters in Nebraska, where interactions are so fraught that some…
New manufacturing facility to bring jobs to Dublin
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A new automotive parts manufacturing facility is on it's way to Dublin and is bringing plenty of job openings with it. According to a…
Man sentenced to 20 years for 2021 shooting incident
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A man has been sentenced to 20 years for an incident in 2021, in which he shot at law enforcement officers. According to…
More storms likely in Middle Georgia tomorrow
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An incoming cold front from the north will elevate storm odds Thursday afternoon. Tonight Storm activity around the region has subsided, however plenty of cloud cover remains early. A lot of it will clear overnight, however…
31 organizations awarded $860,500 in grants to reduce crime in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Community Foundation of Central Georgia is investing in alternatives to law enforcement as a long-term solution to violent…
Suspect takes Apple phones, watches in AT&T Store armed robbery
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the man who used a firearm to rob the AT&T Store located at 1530…
Lifeguard hiring event held to keep Macon pools open
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — In order to open more pools around Macon-Bibb County this summer, there needs to be more lifeguards. That's why Aquatics Management held a…
Permanent fixtures add safety, comfort to Cotton Avenue Plaza
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Visitors and businesses in downtown Macon are enjoying the newest additions to Cotton Avenue Plaza. The renovated Plaza was first opened to the…
UPDATE: Man killed in accident on Hartley Bridge Road identified
(UPDATE: 5:45 p.m) - The driver killed in the accident on Hartley Bridge Road this morning has been identified. According to Deputy Coroner Luanne Stone, his…
Four arrested for drive-by shooting at Pendleton Homes
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Four people have been arrested, three of which are teens, in connection to a drive-by shooting that took place at Pendleton Homes Monday afternoon.…
Dump truck hit by train
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Monroe County Deputies are investigating after a dump truck was struck by a train this morning. According to a post on the sheriff's office's social media…
Trucks stolen, money taken from Bolingbroke bank
BOLINGBROKE, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two incidents that happened early Tuesday morning. The first incident was reported by Michael's Asphalt Paving Company located…
Forest Ranger dies while monitoring Washington County fire
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – The Georgia Forestry Commission is mourning the loss of a colleague, who suffered a medical emergency on Sunday while monitoring a contained wildfire…
2 teens injured in Tindall Fields shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that sent two teens to the hospital. Deputies responded to the Tindall Fields Community around 8:45…
2nd annual memorial pageant to honor local law enforcement
CORDELE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A pageant in support of law enforcement was so successful, a Middle Georgia community is holding it again. The second annual Miss MS16 Pageant is a non-profit event in memory of Crisp County Sheriff's Office Lieutenant…
Drier conditions to take over Middle Georgia ahead of the weekend
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Drier conditions as well as some wildfire haze will move into Middle Georgia following the passing of a cold front Thursday. Tonight Mostly clear conditions are likely overnight tonight following a weak cold front passage this…
Dodge County arrest leads to major drug bust
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Deputies in Dodge County arrest a wanted man and end up making a major drug bust. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says deputies spotted Michael Spires sitting in a vehicle in his driveaway around 3:15 Tuesday…
Perry Police Department awarded $1.5 million to improve public safety with technology
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The City of Perry is turning toward technology for preventing and solving crimes. And a big grant is helping the Perry Police Department reach its goals. Technology is the future of public safety for the city…
Macon LGBTQ+ community hosts second "Pride in Your Park" clean-up event
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Macon Pride organization is celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride month by giving back to the community with its 2nd annual “Pride…
Local health department recognized for public health service
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb County Health Department is being recognized for good public health service. The department was named a Healthy People 2030 Champion. The…
Old Bibb Mill demolished, opens opportunities in East Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Old Bibb Mill was demolished Thursday, opening doors for economic opportunity in east Macon. The mill represents demolition number 536 in the…
New manufacturing facility to bring jobs to Dublin
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A new automotive parts manufacturing facility is on it's way to Dublin and is bringing plenty of job openings with it. According to a…
Man sentenced to 20 years for 2021 shooting incident
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A man has been sentenced to 20 years for an incident in 2021, in which he shot at law enforcement officers. According to…
More storms likely in Middle Georgia tomorrow
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An incoming cold front from the north will elevate storm odds Thursday afternoon. Tonight Storm activity around the region has subsided, however plenty of cloud cover remains early. A lot of it will clear overnight, however…
31 organizations awarded $860,500 in grants to reduce crime in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Community Foundation of Central Georgia is investing in alternatives to law enforcement as a long-term solution to violent…
Suspect takes Apple phones, watches in AT&T Store armed robbery
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the man who used a firearm to rob the AT&T Store located at 1530…
Lifeguard hiring event held to keep Macon pools open
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — In order to open more pools around Macon-Bibb County this summer, there needs to be more lifeguards. That's why Aquatics Management held a…
Permanent fixtures add safety, comfort to Cotton Avenue Plaza
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Visitors and businesses in downtown Macon are enjoying the newest additions to Cotton Avenue Plaza. The renovated Plaza was first opened to the…
UPDATE: Man killed in accident on Hartley Bridge Road identified
(UPDATE: 5:45 p.m) - The driver killed in the accident on Hartley Bridge Road this morning has been identified. According to Deputy Coroner Luanne Stone, his…
Four arrested for drive-by shooting at Pendleton Homes
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Four people have been arrested, three of which are teens, in connection to a drive-by shooting that took place at Pendleton Homes Monday afternoon.…
Dump truck hit by train
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Monroe County Deputies are investigating after a dump truck was struck by a train this morning. According to a post on the sheriff's office's social media…
Trucks stolen, money taken from Bolingbroke bank
BOLINGBROKE, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two incidents that happened early Tuesday morning. The first incident was reported by Michael's Asphalt Paving Company located…
Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights
ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Young’s first thought when he heard the Voting Rights Act had been signed into law was not celebratory. It was strategic. “Where are we going to get the money to get the country mobilized to register these voters?”…
New manufacturing facility to bring jobs to Dublin
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A new automotive parts manufacturing facility is on it's way to Dublin and is bringing plenty of job openings with it. According to a…
Braves' Marcell Ozuna benched after not hustling on 415-foot single
PHOENIX (AP) — Marcell Ozuna stayed at home plate way too long admiring his 415-foot single. The Atlanta Braves slugger spent most of the rest of the game watching from the bench. Ozuna was removed from the Braves' 8-5 victory over…
State leaders tout success for Georgia business following 2023 Legislative Session
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - State leaders are boasting about business in Georgia. That was the big news from Bibb County delegates during a community discussion…
Regents confirm Georgia Tech administrator as new University of North Georgia president
DAHLONEGA, Ga. (AP) — A high-ranking Georgia Tech administrator will become the next president of the University of North Georgia beginning July 1. The Board of Regents voted Thursday to name Mike Shannon as president of the 18,000-student university, which…
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia
(41NBC/WMGT) -- The Carter Center is reporting that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. The Center's post came around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30th. The Carter Center…
How busy will Atlantic hurricane season be? Depends on who wins unusual battle of climatic titans
Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically…
Murder, cruelty charges dismissed in Georgia toddler's hot car death
ATLANTA (AP) — A father from Georgia will not face another trial over his toddler's death in a hot car, prosecutors said Thursday, after the Georgia Supreme Court last year reversed his murder and child cruelty convictions. Justin Ross Harris, 42, was found…
Georgia woman shares warning after nearly dying from miscarriage
ATLANTA (CNN)- A woman from Georgia who experienced a life-threatening miscarriage is now speaking out about her harrowing ordeal. Melissa Novak, accompanied by her husband Stewart Day, has revealed that her doctor failed to prescribe a specific drug that is…
Hyundai and LG announce $4.3 billion plant in Georgia to build batteries for electric vehicles
ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced Thursday they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant as part of Hyundai's new electric vehicle assembly plant in southeast Georgia. The companies will split the investment, starting…
Death of Macon woman linked to high-profile serial killer Samuel Little
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The death of a Macon woman is linked to high-profile serial killer Samuel Little, more than 40 years later. The Bibb County…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp plans economic development trip to Israel
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is making an economic development trip to Israel. Kemp spokesperson Garrison Douglas confirmed the trip Wednesday. Douglas said…
Georgia parents accused of starving 10-year-old child to near death
GRIFFIN, Georgia (CNN/WXIA)- In a shocking case just south of Atlanta, two parents are facing charges for allegedly intentionally trying to starve their ten-year-old child to death. The incident has left neighbors and authorities appalled, highlighting the gravity of…
Police release edited body camera video of Deion Patterson's arrest following Atlanta shooting
ATLANTA (CNN/WXIA)- Police have released edited body camera footage capturing the arrest of Deion Patterson, the man facing murder and other charges in connection with a shooting at a medical office building in Atlanta earlier this month. The footage reveals…
Georgia peach industry faces trying season: "This is the worst crop I've ever seen."
(NBC News/WXIA)- Farmers across the state of Georgia are bracing for a challenging peach season due to adverse weather conditions earlier this year. Consumers may face…
Georgia Public Service Commission approves 12% increase in Georgia Power bills starting in June
ATLANTA (AP) — Electricity bills for Georgia Power Co. customers will be going up 12% beginning in June after Georgia’s elected utility…
Anovion, maker of graphite for electric batteries, plans $800 million factory in southwest Georgia
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — A company that's trying to become a major American-based supplier of graphite for electric batteries announced Monday it…
Police charge Georgia woman in death of toddler daughter
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman was charged with felony murder for the death of her toddler daughter who was found in a retention pond at a metro Atlanta office park, police said Friday. Sandy Springs police Sgt.…
Trump charged over classified documents in first federal indictment of an ex-president
MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, igniting a federal prosecution that is arguably the most perilous of multiple legal threats against the former president as he…
Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: “Your drugs could contain…
Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights
ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Young’s first thought when he heard the Voting Rights Act had been signed into law was not celebratory. It was strategic. “Where are we going to get the money to get the country mobilized to register these voters?”…
Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana. They have staged walkouts in Oregon and filibusters in Nebraska, where interactions are so fraught that some…
The Carters and the Kings formed an alliance for race relations though Jimmy and Martin never met
ATLANTA (AP) — The voice of Martin Luther King Sr., a melodic tenor like his slain son, carried across Madison Square Garden, calming the raucous Democrats who had nominated his friend and fellow Georgian for the presidency. “Surely, the Lord…
Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show 'Meet the Press' and being replaced by Kristen Welker
NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Todd said on Sunday that he'll be leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous near-decade of moderating the NBC political panel show, to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker. Todd, 51, told viewers…
Biden set for critical talks on Ukraine this week with Denmark's Frederiksen, UK's Sunak
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Denmark and Britain's prime ministers this week to Washington for talks that will focus heavily on what lays ahead in the war in Ukraine —including the recently-launched effort to train, and eventually equip, Ukraine with American-made…
No survivors found after plane that flew over DC and led to fighter jet scramble crashes in Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) — A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation's capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic…
DeSantis barnstorms New Hampshire and Trump returns to Iowa as rivalry intensifies
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off his first visit to New Hampshire as a declared presidential candidate Thursday by turning his focus to President Joe Biden, criticizing him for championing a move to demote the early-voting state from its prominent role…
Senate races to wrap up Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal before default deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days away from a default crisis, the U.S. Senate dashed on Thursday to wrap up work on a debt ceiling and budget cuts package that overwhelmingly cleared a House vote, aiming to send it to President Joe Biden's desk…
US companies, nudged by Black employees, have stepped up donations to HBCUs
Natalie Coles will never forget receiving an unexpected phone call in 2020. On the line was Virginia-based Dominion Energy, offering to give money to Wilberforce University, the small historically Black college where she is in charge of fundraising. The company’s…
Alabama deputies fatally shoot man who fired at utility worker, sheriff says
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Deputies on Wednesday fatally shot a man who earlier had fired a gun at a utility worker trying to shut off his water and later pointed a firearm at deputies, authorities said. The shooting happened…
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia
(41NBC/WMGT) -- The Carter Center is reporting that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. The Center's post came around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 30th. The Carter Center…
How busy will Atlantic hurricane season be? Depends on who wins unusual battle of climatic titans
Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be. An El Nino is brewing and the natural weather event dramatically…
Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included 'What's Love Got to Do With It,' dead at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to…
Prosecutor ends probe of FBI's Trump-Russia investigation with harsh criticism, but no new charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign with withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell…
Repelled by high car prices, Americans are holding on to their vehicles longer than ever
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — With new and used cars still painfully expensive, Ryan Holdsworth says he plans to keep his 9-year-old Chevy Cruze for at least four more years. Limiting his car payments and his overall debt is a…
FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. The panel of FDA advisers voted…
