Photo Credit to THE WEST COLLECTIVE JUBILEE AND 420 FORUMMACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The West Collective Jubilee and 420 forum presented by the Mockingbird Group in Macon kicked off at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Many vendors came selling art, music, and promoting alternative medicines. We spoke with Tansy Salzman of Perry’s Herb and Tonic Apothecary about how cannabis use has made…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Keep Warner Robins Beautiful is celebrating both earth day and arbor day by planting Cherry Blossom trees at Warner Robins City Hall. They also plan to work with Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful to expand environmentally across the county. KMBB says it’s grateful for the partnership. “We all need our city or surrounding town to be able…
WASHINGTON (NBC News) – The Republican-led House passed a bill today aimed at banning transgender athletes from playing women and girl’s sports in federally-funded schools. Republicans argue that the measure is about fairness, but Democrats say it’s just another target in the GOP culture wars. Similar bills have already passed Republican-led states, and the measure applies to federally-funded schools. Democrats…
Around 2:00pm on April 19th, deputies responded to a call about a person stabbed in the back at Windy Hill Manor. When deputies arrived on scene, they located the victim. The victim told deputies that Adams entered his apartment and confronted him over a ride. The victim says he could not give Adams a ride at the time and Adams…
PHOTO: Destruction from tornado in Oklahoma, Photo Date: 4/20/2023Debris stretches for miles, with neighborhoods left in ruins. Every building on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University was damaged during the overnight storms. “Last night OBU campus experienced the worst natural disaster in its 113-year history,” said Dr. Heath Thomas, the university’s president. As many as eight tornadoes ripped across Oklahoma,…
Meta told its north America-based employees to work from home this week. This as it began a second round of layoffs that will immediately cut 4,000 jobs. Meta plans to eventually cull 10,000 jobs. Bloomberg reports that the job cuts will affect Meta’s flagship social network, Facebook, along with Instagram and WhatsApp. The Reality Labs Virtual Reality Division will also…
Photo Credit to Keep Warner Robins BeautifulWARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Keep Warner Robins Beautiful and Houston County are teaming up for a Tire Disposal Event. Residents of Houston County are invited to participate in the Tire Amnesty Event, which is set to run on Friday and Saturday, April 21st and 22nd from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both…
Facebook will have to pay $725 million to users in a class action settlement. Users who were active on the site between May 2007 and December 2022 can file a claim through facebookuserprivacysettlement.com. The settlement is centered around Facebook’s relationship with Cambridge Analytica, which harvested data from 87 million users. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, did not admit to any wrongdoing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Just three girls’ soccer teams from Middle Georgia remain in the 2A, 4A and 6A state playoffs, and their scores for the Sweet 16 are below. 2A ACE 2 Pierce County 1 4A Perry 1 Lagrange 6 6A Houston County 0 North Atlanta 9
Despite losing some key players early in the season, the Braves continue to dominate. Bill Shanks looks at the players that have stepped in to fill the gaps and what the next few weeks will look like. Categories: Sports Tags: Atlanta Braves, MLB
44-year-old Priscilla Parker is charged with four counts of Theft by Taking, three counts of Identity Theft and two counts of Financial Card Transaction Fraud. Parker was also wanted for an outstanding probation violation warrant out of Houston County. She’s being held at the Bibb County Jail, waiting extradition to Crawford County. Categories: Bibb County, Featured, Local News Tags: Crawford…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Middle Georgia Gang Task Force is moving to a permanent facility in downtown Macon. Representatives from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies spoke at the new facility Wednesday about their efforts to improve public safety in middle Georgia. According to Bibb County Sheriff David Davis, the new location will help strengthen collaboration between agencies….
In January, the transit authority announced plans to raise fares from $1.25 to $1.75, but the Commission’s decision on Tuesday night will ensure the current rates remain in place. “This is something that we have heard from people here although it is out of our direct responsibility with the transit authority, we are a funding source for them,” Mayor Lester…
MACON, Geogia (41NBC/WMGT) – Lake Tobesofkee is set to host a new jet ski competition this weekend, potentially bringing thousands of visitors to the area for the first event of its kind in 20 years. The 2023 Summer Series Jet Ski Competition, hosted by the American Jet Ski Sport Association (AJSA), will take place at Sandy Beach Park from April…
UPDATE: The Otis Redding Foundation has announced that a public visitation will be held on Monday, April 24th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Macon City Auditorium, and that funeral services will be held at a later date. It has also been confirmed that Hutchings Funeral Home is handling the arrangements for Redding III’s funeral. In Redding III’s…
We saw a slight warm up today across Middle Georgia, with highs warming into the mid 80s. Overnight, with clear skies, we will see lows cooling into the mid and low 50s. Thursday will continue our warming trend, as much of the area warms back to the upper 80s by the afternoon. By Friday we will start to see our…
The Reel Grill is inside a century-old building. Though it may look like there’s a dress code to dine in, business partners Michael Taylor and Ben Cook say everyone is welcome as they are. The restaurant participated in Burger Week last year but came up short of winning the competition, so they’ve been waiting for another opportunity to take home…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Wesleyan College’s 26th president, Meaghan Blight, took over the reins in May 2022, and was officially installed during the Honors and Awards Ceremony held on Wednesday. Blight pledged to increase recruitment and awareness for the college and other women’s-only institutions. She expressed gratitude for the support she received during the ceremony and emphasized the importance of…
That’s according to a Facebook post by Telfair County Sheriff Sim Davidson, which said shortly after 10 a.m., a 911 call reported the shooting on Highway 280 towards McRae-Helena. Davidson wrote that deputies from the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office, along with McRae-Helena Police Department, quickly responded to the scene. A deputy encountered the victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to…
According to a release from District Attorney Anita Howard’s office, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office was alerted of a possible child molestation case in October of 2022 that led to an investigation in which it was discovered that a 10-year-old child was being inappropriately touched by her mother. Facts from forensic interviews with the child and law enforcement interviews with…
Rontavious Jackson – File: April 2023 (Photos: Crisp County Sheriff’s Office)CORDELE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – About half of the 60+ firearms stolen from Howard’s Pawn early in April have been recovered after a search warrant was executed at a home on Sheppard Drive. According to the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office, on April 12, the CCSO, in collaboration with the Bureau of…
The sale will be held in the Georgia Grown building at the Georgia National Fairgrounds from April 20th through the 22nd. Average book prices range from ¢0.50 cents to $3.00, and they will also have CDs, DVDs, and board games. Since 2005, the Friends of the library has given more than $460,000 to the Houston County Library System. Their goal…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)– Macon-Bibb County and Visit Macon announced Wednesday that a new jet ski competition event is coming to Lake Tobesofkee that will bring in hundreds of people from out of town. Visit Macon along with Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller held a press conference at Sandy Beach Park at Lake Tobesofkee, to announce the competition that will take place Friday…
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, a masked suspect walked into the lounge area of the Red Roof Inn and brandished a firearm at an employee, the suspect led the employee to the front desk and demanded money from the cash register, took the cash from the employee, led them back to where he made entry and then fled…