MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Here are Middle Georgia’s high school football scores from the GHSA football playoffs: Games featured on The End Zone: Cartersville – 10 Warner Robins – 35 Central Fellowship – 46 Brentwood – 7 Deerfield-Windsor – 0 John Milledge – 49 Schley County – 35 Johnson County – 6 Stratford – 0 Pacelli – 10 ***For highlights…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)–The Warner Robins Police Department is advising residents to be aware of a recent scam. It comes after an incident Monday, when an unknown caller posing as a Sergeant with the Warner Robins Police Department, telling the victim they missed their court date. The scammer gave the victim the option of jail time or paying a fine. The…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)–The Otis Redding Foundation is starting the Christmas season while showcasing the talent from students from the music programs. The Foundation will host the “O-tis the Season” holiday fundraiser and concert on Saturday, in support of music and arts programs for their students. The concert will feature several Georgia artists, along with students and coaches from the Otis Redding…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)–The Boys and Girl Club of Central Georgia is giving students a chance to express their passion through art, while showcasing their talents. The organization in partnership with Macon magazine held an art gallery at the McEachern Art Center on Second Street Friday to showcase art made by twelve elementary school students of the boys and girls club’s “Heart…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Springdale Elementary is lending a hand to those without books. As part of Springdale Elementary School’s Annual Leadership Day, the school’s third graders were tasked with collecting and donating books to the Macon-Bibb Mayor’s Literacy Alliance (MLA). The school says it collected more than 250 books, along with 90 bookmarks handmade by the students. Holley Lightsey is…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Herschel Walker making several campaign stops across the state today in the last day of early voting and one of those stops was in Warner Robins. Supporters were on hand to hear Herschel Walker speak just days away from the election. Walker had some choice words about his opponent Raphael Warnock and the Democratic party….
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Temperatures around Middle Georgia will continue to warm until a cold front passes through Saturday night. Today It was another cold start around Middle Georgia to begin our Friday, however most locations stayed above the freezing point. It also was not clear out there this morning; a few clouds still lingered from last night. For most…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The John Milledge Academy Trojans defeated Deerfield-Windsor 49-0 to claim their fourth consecutive GIAA, previously GISA, 3A state title. The Trojans went up 21-0 at halftime and added another four touchdowns in the second half. The only chances the Knights had to score were on two long field goals, which both were no good. With the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As you start Christmas shopping online, it’s important to keep your packages safe. During the holidays, a lot of people send packages and letters to loved ones. “Because there’s not a lot here in Warner Robins, I do a lot of my stopping online,” Warner Robins resident Karen Blackwell said. “Plus our family is out…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) – December 1 is World AIDS Day, and the Houston County Health Department is spreading awareness about the disease. This is the second year the health department partnered with Warner Robins Parks and Recreation to host the event at Deloris Toliver Park. The event offered free HIV and AIDS testing, education, resources and flu and covid-19 vaccines….
It is a cold night in Middle Georgia under partly cloudy skies. Lows will be falling into the mid 30s by early Friday, but sunshine will help us warm into the mid 60s by the afternoon. We will see some increase in our cloud cover, with mostly cloudy skies possible by early Friday evening. Saturday, a cold front will approach…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A body was found inside a house that caught fire Thursday night on Zebulon Road. A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the sheriff’s office and Macon-Bibb Fire Department responded to a call of heavy smoke in the 5200 block of Zebulon Road just after 5:30. “When they arrived, they found a house on fire,”…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Middle Georgia man is sentenced to prison for threatening to kill the president and blow up the White House. This follows an investigation that included multiple death threats against Middle Georgia judges, law enforcement and a threat letter containing a white powdery substance sent to the U.S. Courthouse in Macon in 2021. A judge sentenced…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Disney On Ice returns to the Macon Coliseum with “Let’s Celebrate.” The show kicks off Thursday, December 1st and runs through December 4th. “Let’s Celebrate” includes more than 50 Disney characters, with Mickey and Minnie as host. The show takes you on an adventure through 14 of the greatest Disney stories ever told. Tickets range from…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A new trash center is now open in west Macon to help cut down on illegal dumping. Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller, along with county commissioners, the solid waste department, and Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday. It’s located on Fulton Mill Road behind the Animal Welfare Center. The site is the county’s second…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The City of Perry is hosting a Christmas parade this weekend. The parade, set for this Saturday at 10 a.m., will start on Kellwood Drive. The route will continue to Macon Road via Carroll Street through downtown and it will finish at First Baptist Church. The parade will have 60 participants ranging from local high schools…
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC) — The Detention Captain of the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, Corey King, has been charged with several crimes after turning himself in to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. According to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, King turned himself in on November 28th, 2022 after an incident in Culloden while King was off duty riding a four-wheeler. King…
The Georgia Bulldogs are headed back to the SEC Championship game against LSU this week. Bill Shanks wants you to know how this match up looks compared to last year, and what you should watch out for from the Dawgs. Categories: Sports Tags: Bill Shanks, Bulldogs, Championship, Georgia, LSU, SEC
After a stormy start to our day, skies cleared this afternoon across Middle Georgia. Overnight temperatures will cool into the low 30s by early Thursday. Sunshine will prevail for much of the day, but highs will only be warming into the upper 50s. Friday will bring another nice day with a slight warm up into the mid 60s. Conditions will…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The holiday season is here, and it’s time to shop for Christmas presents for your kids. For Father Goose International Toy store on Forsyth Road in Macon, the Christmas season is the busiest time of year. However, store owner Susan Westmoreland Dann says one of the best things about being a specialty store is that each…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Taste of Perry returns Thursday for its 10th year. The event will take place at the Muse Theatre at 906 Ball St in downtown Perry. The event is a chance for Perry Chamber of Commerce members to try Perry restaurants as well as listen to a live band and to have a chance to talk with…
Saturday afternoon the Gazebo in Washington County is going to be the location of a very important event. It will be the latest in the series of Stop the Violence events to be held in Washington County. The event was started by Pastor Carl Williams as a partnership between several churches and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. “After we had…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Monroe County deputies track down two car theft suspects after a chase along Interstate 75. On Tuesday night, cameras helped investigators locate a stolen Honda Civic with an Indiana license plate in a parking lot next to the Johnsonville Road exit off I-75. Monroe County deputies arrived on scene and tried to block in the vehicle….
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County School District is alerting the community there have been no active shooters at Bibb County schools Wednesday. The school district says it is aware of trending phone calls and social media threats of active shooters at schools throughout the state and the Southeastern U.S. In an email, the school district said the following: “Please…