MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Good afternoon, today we will see mostly cloudy skies with temperatures making it in the the mid 50s this afternoon. A pretty robust system is on it’s way towards middle Georgia overnight and tomorrow. As we head into the evening hours rain will start to move into our southern counties. The entirety of middle Georgia will…
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Houston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Sunday night shooting in Bonaire. A sheriff’s office news release says deputies responded to a shots fired call at 177 Oakwood Drive just before 10 p.m and found two homes and a vehicle damaged by gunfire. Shortly after, an unidentified male victim with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound arrived…
UPDATE (5:38 p.m.): Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones has confirmed the person found dead Sunday afternoon is 18-year-old Luis Marco Hernandez, who was reported missing last month after last being seen on December 19. Jones says the body was found “about a mile and a half” back in the woods. He says crews went in off Greentree Parkway near the…
UPDATE (1/6/24): The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man found dead in Forsyth Friday as 21-year-old Rashid Khalid Ivey of Macon. The GBI says police in Forsyth received a 911 call around 9 a.m. “about an unknown person found dead inside their home.” Forsyth Police responded and found Ivey dead from a gunshot wound. A GBI Medical Examiner will…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 7-year-old boy accidentally shot his 12-year-old sister with a .22-caliber handgun Saturday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were dispatched to a home in a subdivision off Sanders Road around 11 a.m. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Anna Watkins said in an email to 41NBC the boy mistakenly believed he was handling an air-soft…
Stephen Nicholas Bennett (Photo: Jones County Sheriff’s Office)UPDATE (1/6): Deputies say 39-year-old Stephen Nicholas Bennett has been located and Is safe. ORIGINAL STORY (1/5): GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Jones County deputies are looking for a man who hasn’t been seen since around 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. A Jones County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post Friday said 39-year-old Stephen Nicholas…
CORDELE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigating needs your help in a deadly shooting in Cordele on Friday. According to the Cordele Police Department, officers were called to Hilltop Apartments on W. 24 Avenue in reference to a shooting. When they arrived, officers found a 30-year-old man with a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to Crisp Regional…
Ja’Quan D’Oderick Andrews (Photo: Bibb County Sheriff’s Office)MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man is in custody after Bibb County deputies say he shot into a vehicle Friday night at Walmart on Harrison Road, leaving a man hospitalized. It happened just before 6:30 p.m., according to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release. Deputies say a man was sitting in his…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man who was recently released from the custody of Georgia Department of Corrections is now back behind bars. Jones County Sheriff Butch Reece wrote in a Facebook post on Friday that deputies received a report on Thursday of a stolen vehicle and firearm from a home on McKay Road. Later that afternoon, Jones County investigators…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Atrium Health Navicent marked the one-year anniversary Friday of a program designed to help kids learn and grow. For parents of young children, it can be hard to find the resources they need to help their kids reach developmental milestones. That’s where Social Butterflies comes in. It’s a free program in Macon for kids between the ages…
Smith (top) and Earven (bottom). (Photos: Bibb County Sheriff’s Office)MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Interdiction Unit deputy was injured during a high-speed pursuit late Thursday. Deputies say it all started on Hillcrest Avenue when a S.R.T. Unit deputy initiated a traffic stop on a white Cadillac SRX. The driver, identified as Willie Dante Smith, sped…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Middle Georgia State University (MGA) in Macon has once again received recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation for its exceptional efforts in managing trees and educating students on environmental issues. This marks the 15th consecutive year MGA has been named a Tree Campus USA, making the school one of only two University System of Georgia institutions…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A low pressure system coming up from the gulf will bring rain to the Peach State tonight before conditions work to clear out Saturday. The Rest of the Evening Cloud cover will continue to grow around Middle Georgia ahead of tonight’s rain. Winds will become variable overnight after coming from the east most of today. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon is experiencing a major business boom thanks to new developments in the area. The city has once again captured the attention of several national travel publications, including Travel and Leisure’s Top 50 Best Places to Travel in 2024, AARP’s Eight Affordable US Destinations for 2024 and Southern Living’s 12 Southern Trips We Can’t Wait to…
UPDATE (1/5): Perry Police said Friday a 16-year-old is now in custody in connection with a shooting Wednesday that left two people hospitalized. The teen is charged with criminal attempt to commit armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Police say he is being held in the juvenile detention…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – This morning we saw temperatures in the low to mid 30s. We are currently seeing sunshine across middle Georgia as expected how ever we will be partly cloudy this afternoon. Upper 50s will be todays high temperatures across the area. Rain will move in late tonight with a 90% chance of rain overnight in to Saturday….
Preslee Jackson (Photo: Kelli Jackson)ROCHELLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Wilcox County community is grieving the loss of Preslee Jackson, a second grader whose life has touched people across the globe. Kelli Jackson, Preslee’s mother, has been vocal on Facebook this week, sharing the journey of her daughter’s health crisis that began with a brain bleed on December 31. Despite being…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office needs your help finding a man deputies say entered vehicles belonging to Macon-Bibb County firefighters. According to investigators, a man broke into vehicles at multiple fire stations last month. The first break-in happened on December 6 at Station 11 on Riverside Drive. The second happened less than a week later on…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – If you’re interested in buying a home but have concerns about the cost of home ownership, the city of Warner Robins wants to hear from you. Owning a home is expensive. For low-income families, home ownership may even seem out of reach. That’s why the Director of the Warner Robins Community and Economic Development Office,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day less than two weeks away, the Macon community is coming together to honor the legacy of Dr. King and all the civil rights leaders of the past and present. The Martin Luther King Jr. Commission and other partner organizations held an annual wreath laying ceremony Thursday at Rosa Parks…
Paul Carroll (Photo: Stratford Academy)MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Stratford Academy has named Paul Carroll as its new head football coach, following the departure of Chance Jones after this past season. Jones was 14-10 in two seasons as Stratford’s head coach, including a record of 5-6 in 2023. Carroll, who will be Stratford’s ninth different head coach since 1970, has led…
Carey McLeod (Photo: Georgia Department of Corrections)MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) says an officer was assaulted on Wednesday while attempting to escort an inmate into Atrium Health Navicent. It happened around 11:30 a.m., according to Joan Heath, the Director of the GDC’s Office of Public Affairs. Heath said in an email Central State Prison inmate…
Photos: Bibb County Sheriff’s OfficeMACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A woman is in jail after Bibb County deputies say she was caught speeding in a stolen vehicle. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy witnessed Cassidy Burney driving in excess of 100 miles per hour on I-75 and 95 miles per hour on the Hartley Bridge Road exit ramp. Deputies…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Skies will remain clear tonight and into tomorrow before clouds return ahead of overnight rain. The Rest of the Evening Skies will remain clear as frigid conditions fall back into place with the clouds from yesterday gone. Temperatures will bottom out in the upper 20s and lower 30s ahead of Friday morning. Overnight winds will mainly…