The Social Security Cost-of-Living adjustment could be much smaller next year. Recipients saw an 8.7 percent bump this year, the highest in decades. Social Security benefits could increase by just 3 percent or less in 2024 as inflation fades. Regional Banks report earnings this week. Many say they are paying depositors more to keep them. Small and midsize U.S. banks…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — High school soccer teams wrapped up first-round matchup on April 14, and the scores for 2A, 4A and 6A girls and boys are listed below. Boys 2A Rutland 3 Jeff Davis 2 ACE 4 Dodge County 2 4A Perry 3 Hardaway 1 West Laurens 1 Shaw 0 Baldwin 2 Cairo 8 6A Veterans 2 Evans 0…
We saw the last of our rain and storms move out early this evening in Middle Georgia, leaving us with a nice, dry night. Tomorrow will bring a beautiful spring day to the area, with clear skies and highs in the 80s. By Saturday evening clouds will push in, ahead of our next round of showers. There is a chance…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — After storms swept through Middle Georgia on Thursday, some residents in Bleckley County are now cleaning up and assessing the damage caused by the severe weather. Among the affected areas is Bleckley County High School, where a confirmed EF-0 tornado hit the gym and tennis court. Despite the damage, Director of Operations Stanley Thompson remains optimistic….
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Langston Road Elementary School in Perry hosted a Purple Up Day parade on Friday to show support for children of military families in Middle Georgia. Parents serving in the military were invited to walk with their children as the school’s Military Kids Club hosted the event. The club holds monthly meetings for students with family members…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Susie Dasher Elementary School students were abuzz with excitement Friday as they got a rare opportunity to see a live beehive up close during the school’s Bee Day. Greg and Tracy Graham, beekeepers from Lime Sink Creek Honey, gave a presentation on the importance of bees and how they contribute to the environment. Students were able…
DAVISBORO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Deputies say they were patrolling the area of Davisboro Thursday when they noticed a suspicious vehicle in the 13000 block of Highway 24 East. That led to the arrest of three suspects for attempting to smuggle contraband into Washington State Prison. That’s according to a Washington County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, which says the investigation revealed…
According to cybersecurity company NordVPN, more than half of Americans says they have been the victim of sonic snooping. Sonic snooping is where apps on your smartphone listen in to background noise, including conversations, to gather more information about you. This common tactic can be spotted when an ad for something you recently talked about or watched on TV appears…
More women are out-earning their husbands, but still pick up a heavier load at home. The share of women who earn as much as or significantly more than their husbands has roughly tripled over the last half-century, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The report also found women are still doing about as much housework. Meanwhile, Wells Fargo…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The GHSA girls’ soccer state playoffs first round for 2A, 4A and 6A kicked off today and the scores are below. 2A Central 0 Jeff Davis 4 Washington County 2 Appling County 6 4A West Laurens 1 Shaw 3 6A Houston County 5 Evans 1 Categories: Across Georgia Sports, Local Sports, Sports, WMGT
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb’s Council of Clergy gathered at their annual luncheon Thursday to discuss issues in Macon and ways to solve them. The meeting featured speakers from various organizations, including Resilient Macon, Central Georgia Technical College, and U Create Macon. “We try to have multiple groups from within the community that are doing good work come and share…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Macon received a special delivery… of books! Faculty delivered books Thursday to each student as a reward for their participation in the school’s Book Blast fundraiser. Students sent out requests to the community to support reading by sponsoring a student or purchasing books. The school was able…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Food trucks, live music and family fun are all on the menu for “Picnic in the Park,” returning to Macon’s Carolyn Crayton Park this weekend. The event, hosted by Macon-Bibb Parks and Recreation, is happening on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Kalyn Collins, senior administrative assistant for Macon-Bibb Parks and Recreation, the…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Georgia College and State University made history on Wednesday with the announcement of its first-ever Truman Scholar. Colin Hall, a junior political science major, was surprised by faculty and staff with the news that he had been selected as a 2023 Truman Scholar. “When it was announced, I was speechless and so excited and proud to…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A deputy with the Jones County Sheriff’s Office was fired, taken into custody, and charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children. Sheriff Reece made a post on the JCSO’s Facebook page describing the incident, saying that Deputy Kevin Harden had been with JCSO since 2017. Reece thanks the Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit of the Georgia…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is working with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to offer a reward to whose who can help with the investigation involving 60 firearms stolen from Howard’s Pawn and Jewelry on Mercer University Drive on April 5th. The ATF is working to investigate the theft of the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Visit Macon announces the winners of the first-ever ‘Drink the Pink’ contest. The contest is part of the newly launched Pink Provisions Trail. It highlighted all of the pink-themed food and drinks from Macon businesses during the 10-day International Cherry Blossom Festival. In all, more than 20 businesses submitted nearly 40 pink-themed items. Voting for the…
Amazon is closing in on one of Walmart’s traditional areas of dominance, consumer spending on personal health items. PYMNTS tracking over the past four years show that Amazon has been rapidly closing the distance. Just four years ago, Walmart accounted for 6.4 percent of consumer spending and Amazon barely cleared 2 percent. Since then, Amazon has come on strong and…
A finance professor at the University of Florida, says that large AI language models may be useful when forecasting stock prices. He used ChatGPT to parse news headlines, hoping to see whether they’re good or bad for a stocks. He found that ChatGPT’s ability to predict the direction of the next day’s returns were much better than random. Warner Bros….
Moises, a music app powered by artificial intelligence, is gaining major steam among both users and venture capitalists. The start up reports it has surpassed 30 million registered users on its platform after raising some $10 million dollars from investors. Moises uses AI to offer artists a wide range of tools including the ability to separate or remove vocals and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon-Bibb County and Houston County NAACP branches held a joint news conference Thursday morning at Rosa Parks Square in Macon, to address hate speech expressed by a middle Georgia athletic trainer. The news conference comes as a response to recent viral videos of coach Mark Taylor, owner of Speed Edge Sports in Macon, using racial…
Inflation dropped in March for the ninth consecutive month. Grocery prices went down, but rent contributed the most to the monthly gain. Soon, the Federal Reserve may be able to wrap up its interest rate hiking campaign as inflation cools. Anheuser-Busch has seen its value nosedive nearly $5 billion since Bud Light’s polarizing partnership with transgender activist, Dylan Mulvaney. The…
The Biden Administration is considering AI regulations. The administration is examining whether checks need to be placed on artificial-intelligence tools such as ChatGPT. There are worries that the technology could lead to discrimination and other problems. Some propose that potentially risky new AI models should go through a certification process before they are released. Facebook is back online after a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A low pressure system originating in the Gulf of Mexico is driving a severe weather threat for Middle Georgia this afternoon. Today The Storm Prediction Center upgraded the severe categorical risk over the southern counties in Middle Georgia to a Level 3 “Enhanced” risk at 9 am this morning. It includes Wheeler, Wilcox, and…