Carl Vinson VA Medical Center rolls out new app to help with the check-in processCarl Vinson VA Medical CenterDUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center is making check-in for appointments faster. A new app allows veterans to check-in the day of an appointment and even do a pre-check-in process up to seven days in advance. The process…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A local Vietnamese restaurant is wowing customers with a robot waiter. Dua Fish Tank, which started in Atlanta, recently expanded to Macon. Owned by Vietnamese immigrants, the restaurant features traditional Vietnamese cuisine. “We want people to come in here and know they’re eating real Vietnamese food,” General Manager Ethan Harpe said. “People from Vietnamese culture, they’re…
District 2 Commissioner Paul Bronson helping cleanMACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cox Communications and Macon-Bibb officials are helping clean up south Macon. Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful partnered with Cox Communications to spearhead a cleanup from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Volunteers from all levels of Cox Communications came out to help clean up the Lynmore Estates community and the area near…
(41NBC/WMGT) — It’s the middle of spring time and insects are out in full force, one such creepy crawly are those fuzzy little black and yellow friends we know as bees. Where there are flowers, these buzzy bumbles are hurrying from one flower to the next in their never ending quest to make honey. Though it might sound odd to…
(41NBC/WMGT) — You’ve heard about walking on water but have you ever heard of walking water? Science Guy Jason Lindsey shows us this week how to see “walking” water. You’ll need three clear cups, two paper towels and food coloring. In one cup on either the left or right side add yellow food coloring and in the opposite cup add…
MCRAE-HELENA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Telfair County deputy has been arrested after being accused of several crimes, including tampering with evidence. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, on May 20, the Telfair County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI investigate potential misconduct of 35-year-old deputy John Degolyer. The investigation revealed Degolyer had tampered with evidence during his duties and also…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man wanted in Fort Valley for a fatal shooting on Edward Street is now in custody. 26 year old Tyler Keondre Jones was arrested today by members of the United State Marshal Office and the Fort Valley Police Department for Muder, Aggravated Assault and Possession of Firearm during the commission of a crime. Jones…
Memorial Day holiday travel season brought a lot of frustration for travelers at the airport as many airlines delayed or canceled flight. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled due to weather, staffing issues, or air traffic actions. National average for regular gasoline rose to a fresh record of $4.62 a gallon on Monday. That’s up by a penny from Sunday and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Here are Middle Georgia’s food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, May 23 and Friday, May 27, 2022. All scores of 69 and below are shown in red. All scores between 70 and 99 are shown in black. All scores of 100 are shown in green. Click here to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an attempted commercial armed robbery that took place at around 10:15 p.m., Monday night, at the American Faves and Mo, located at 2420 PioNono Avenue. It was reported that a masked male wearing dark clothing, entered the store with a gun. He jumped over the counter and demanded money…
UPDATE (5/31): Macon-Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC the pedestrian struck by a vehicle Monday has died. According to Jones, Audrey Mack was the victim, and she was pronounced dead at 9:57 p.m. from multiple blunt force trauma at Atrium Health Navicent. The BCSO says Mack was 52 years old. ORIGINAL STORY: MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A pedestrian is…
Rutland High School Grad walks across stage for the first time since 8th grade to receive diplomaRutland High SchoolMACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Graduating from high school is a milestone, but for one graduate, walking the stage was a milestone on its own. Walking the stage marks the end of four years filled with laughter, joy and homework, but for Donnie…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Summer might not start for a few more weeks, but it already feels like summer here in Middle Georgia. As the Beatles song says, “Here Comes the Sun!” Dr. Paul Dale, the Medical Director for the Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, says you need to think of protecting yourself from the sun before you walk out the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — 41NBC is hosting the 10th Annual Memorial Day Blood Drive with the Red Cross on Tuesday, May 31. The summer months usually see a drop in donations, and donations are especially critical since the blood supply has not fully recovered from the pandemic. Hospitals also tend to see an increase in trauma cases in the summer…
UPDATE (5/31) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office identified the occupants of the vehicle that crashed Monday night. The driver, 46-year-old DeWayne Gibson, is listed in critical condition. A passenger in the vehicle, 25-year-old Summer Nicole Bennett, was pronounced dead. ORIGINAL STORY (5/30): MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One person is dead and another is in the hospital in critical condition…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A driver is in critical condition following a fiery, rollover crash in Macon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call came in around 5:00 Monday evening about a single-vehicle crash at the Taco Bell on Bloomfield Road. A BSO news release says, a vehicle overturned and collided with the outside patio area of…
Memorial Day at Historic Linwood CemeteryHistoric Linwood CemeteryMACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Communities across Georgia are remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. In Macon, a Memorial Day ceremony was held in the Historic Linwood Cemetery to remember those who died while serving our country. Historic Linwood is an area where several Macon soldiers are buried. During the ceremony, a wreath was…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center honored fallen soldiers during a Memorial Day service Monday. Gus Allbritton, a veteran who served two years in the military and received three Purple Hearts for his bravery in the Vietnam War, was among those in attendance. Allbritton has been volunteering at the Dublin VA for more than 30 years….
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Mayor LaRhonda Patrick and the City of Warner Robins held a moment of silence and a service honoring fallen veterans Monday. The event was held at Warner Robins City Hall. This is the first time Mayor Patrick has been a part of a memorial day service since taking office, and she says that growing up…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Scattered storms will stick around Middle Georgia the rest of the evening. Tonight Scattered storms began to fire up for Middle Georgia around 1:00 this afternoon, making their way in from the southeast. These will slowly continue to push northwest until they run out of steam as the sun sets. Clouds that filled in this afternoon…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two people are dead following a shooting at an ’80’s vs 90’s Freak Nik” block party in Washington County. According to Sheriff Joel Cochran, deputies responded to a shooting at the Larry Mitchell Ball Park on Suburban Drive around 9:30pm Sunday. Deputies found 17-year-old William Lowery of Louisville and 30-year-old Christopher Dunn of Wrightsville shot. Both…
Retail thefts are up in both total number and dollar amount, roughly 30 percent since the pandemic began. This upswing has hurt both big retailers and mom and pop stores. Walgreens head also said it was absorbing a 52 percent increase in shrink due to lost inventory. U.S. Chamber of Commerce also sent a letter to congress urging the passage…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death that occurred on Greter Street, in an overgrown field, between Broadway and Antioch Heights. The Macon-Bibb 911 Center received the call Saturday around 7:26p.m. It was reported that 46-year-old Abraham Lincoln Simmons , went missing on Thursday, May 26, 2022. He was last seen by family members as…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Around 2pm Saturday at the Dollar General, located at 1444 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Two masked males entered the store, one of them with a gun. The two males demanded money from the cash registers. Once the males received an undisclosed amount of cash, they fled the store on foot, in an unknown direction. No…