Fireworks
Bibb County, Featured, Local News, WMGT

Fire Department shares tips on how to stay safe while using fireworks

Interim Chief Edwards says most of the injuries come from improper use of fireworks.
Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— July 4th is Sunday, and the Macon-Bibb Fire Department wants you to stay safe if you buy fireworks this year. While you may want to include fireworks in your plans, Macon-Bibb Interim Fire Chief, Shane Edwards, says you should follow these safety precautions: Wearing safety goggles Keeping your spectators at a safe distance Being at least 150…

Baldwin Animal Services
Baldwin County, Happening Now, Local News, Pets & Animals, WMGT

Baldwin County Animal Control receives ‘no kill’ status

Baldwin County Animal Control is officially a no-kill shelter thanks to years of hard work from staff and volunteers.
Ariel Schiller,

MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Baldwin County Animal Control is officially a no-kill shelter thanks to years of hard work from staff and volunteers. That means less than 10% of animals the shelter takes in are euthanized. It’s based on the shelter’s numbers from 2020. Out of almost 1,000 animals, only 43 were euthanized for medical or behavioral reasons. This doesn’t…

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Baldwin County, Local News, WMGT

Baldwin School District wraps first dance academy, will add dance program for all schools next year

Dance students in Kindergarten through 12th grade wrapped up the Baldwin County School District's first-ever dance academy with a performance Wednesday.
Lizbeth Gutierrez,

MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Dance students in Kindergarten through 12th grade wrapped up the Baldwin County School District’s first-ever dance academy with a performance Wednesday. The Baldwin Braves Summer Dance Academy, a four-week course, closed with a performance at Lakeview Academy. Dance instructor Crystal Williams says her main goal was to teach the students that dance is a fine art,…

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Local News, Weather

Scattered showers return Wednesday

Cecilia Reeves,

Our summertime pattern of pop up showers and storms will be continuing through much of this week thanks to a tropical air mass. High humidity will be sticking around for Wednesday as well as highs in the 90s. Once again, easterly winds will help to bring in showers and storms from the coast that will reach our area by the…

Senator Jon Ossoff
Bibb County, Featured, Georgia News, Local News, Politics, WMGT

Child tax credits are coming soon

The child tax credits are apart of the American Rescue Plan.
Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Senator Jon Ossoff visited Macon Tuesday, to announce that relief is coming for Georgia families. Senator Ossoff visited Jimmie Samuels Head Start at Agnes Barden Elementary school. He toured the school and visited several classrooms. After the tour, Senator Ossoff announced 90 percent of Georgia families will receive monthly tax refunds for the rest of the year….

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Featured, Houston County, Local News, WMGT

RAFB welcomes new Installation Commander

Colonel Lindsay C. Droz will lead more than 2,000 personnel.
Lizbeth Gutierrez,

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Robins Air Force Base gathered Tuesday morning for a ceremony welcoming its newest Installation Commander. Colonel Lindsay C. Droz is now in charge. She will lead more than 2,000 personnel, each of whom perform tasks such as civil engineering, medical, mission support functions, operations and more. “The men and women of Team Robins are integral to our…
Bibb County, Featured, Local News

Historic Macon impacting local neighborhood

Unionville resident uses free tool library to clean up neighborhood.
Peyton Lewis,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)–  When passing through Lilly Avenue in Unionville, you can see a lot of houses with friendly neighbors and an older gentleman outside doing yard work. “They want us to take care of our own neighborhoods. Take care of your house. Charity begins at home,” said Greg Albert. Since May, Albert has been helping clean up yards and…

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Bibb County, Business, Local News, WMGT

Macon Pride hosts ‘DineOut ShopOut’ Fundraiser

Money raised will go towards a pride week that will be hosted in September.
Lizbeth Gutierrez,

MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— As Pride month comes to an end, Macon Pride rallied the support of local businesses. 36 Businesses partnered with the organization to donate 10% of their sales to Macon Pride. Money raised will go towards a pride week that will be hosted in September. Scott Mitchell, President of the organization, says he’s thankful for all the businesses that…

Know Your Status Day
Bibb County, Crawford County, Health, Law Insights, Local News, Peach County, WMGT

District Attorney’s office cohosts ‘Know Your Status’ day

The office offered HIV testing, Covid vaccinations, and a food giveaway.
Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s office partnered with Compass Cares for ‘Know Your Status’ day. The office offered HIV testing, Covid vaccinations and a food giveaway. It also offered services for people to know the status of a case. District Attorney Anita Howard, says she often gets questions from people about their cases. She wanted to…
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Restaurant Report Card: Food service inspection scores June 21-25

Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, June 21 and Friday, June 25, 2021.
Tucker Sargent,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Here are Middle Georgia’s food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, June 21 and Friday, June 25, 2021. All scores of 75 and below are shown in red. All scores between 76 and 85 are shown in orange. All scores between 86-99 are shown in black. All scores of…

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Local News, Weather

TS Danny brings rain and storms to Middle Georgia

Cecilia Reeves,

In the period of just a few hours today we saw the strengthening of an area of low pressure into a depression and then a tropical storm. Tropical Storm Danny is the first June named storm to make landfall in South Carolina since Hurricane One in 1867. Danny shouldn’t be impacting us too much, but the track does push through…

Holiday travel
Bibb County, Featured, Local News, Money, Travel, WMGT

Preparing your car for July 4th travel

If you're planning on taking a road trip for the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend, you should make sure your car is in good shape.
Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — If you’re planning on taking a road trip for the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend, you should make sure your car is in good shape. According to AAA, more than 43 million Americans will drive for the July 4th holiday. AAMCO Transmissions and Total Car Care in Macon says if you have warning lights, you should…
Laurens County, Local News, WMGT

Dublin 12-year-old being charged in brother’s death

A Laurens County 12-year-old is being charged in connection to the shooting death of his brother.
Lizbeth Gutierrez,

DUBLIN, Geogia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Laurens County 12-year-old is being charged in connection to the shooting death of his brother. That’s according to Dublin Police Chief Tim Chatman, who says 13-year-old Travion D. Wright was killed Friday afternoon in an accidental shooting. Wright’s 12-year-old brother is being charged with involuntary manslaughter. Police say the 12-year-old initially said Wright was shot…

Mayoral Team Waste Management
Bibb County, Featured, Local News, Politics, WMGT

Macon-Bibb mayoral team helps with recycling pickup

The Macon-Bibb mayoral team is keeping their promise to take shifts helping Waste Management collect recycling throughout the county.
Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Macon-Bibb mayoral team is keeping their promise to take shifts helping Waste Management collect recycling throughout the county. Four members of the Macon-Bibb mayoral team, including Mayor Lester Miller, were out with waste management Monday morning. Mayor Miller says they’ll continue to take shifts until the whole county has been reset. He says the mayoral team…
Bibb County, Local News

UPDATE: Pedestrian killed by 18-wheeler on Vineville Avenue identified

Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says it happened just after 5 p.m.
Tucker Sargent,

UPDATE (6 p.m.) – A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the fatal collision involving a pedestrian happened near Vineville Avenue’s intersection with Forest Avenue. “It was reported that a tractor trailer was making a left turn off of Forest Avenue onto Vineville Avenue,” the release said. “A pedestrian started crossing the crosswalk as the 18-wheeler was making this…

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Bibb County, Local News, WMGT

Woman dies after incident at Macon warehouse

A woman died Monday after an incident involving a fork lift at a Macon warehouse.
Lizbeth Gutierrez,

MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — A woman died Monday after an incident involving a fork lift at a Macon warehouse. Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says 56-year-old Lawanda Hicks was killed at Gilmer Warehouse on Mead Road. Jones says Hicks was pinned between a forklift and a roll of paper just before 10 a.m. and that she was conscious after the accident but…
Entertainment, Featured, Houston County, Local News, WMGT

Perry hosts ‘Water Battle’ this weekend

There will be fire trucks and slip and slides on site.
Ariel Schiller,

PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Perry Water Battle is returning to Rozar Park tomorrow. The Water Battle is a water fight of epic proportions. The city encourages people to bring any water toys you might have, and to make sure you’re wearing a bathing suit and sunscreen. There will be fire trucks and slip and slides on site. Perry’s special events…

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Houston County, Local News

UPDATE: Warner Robins shooting victim now faces multiple charges, second victim still hospitalized

One of the victims in a Warner Robins shooting Thursday afternoon now faces multiple charges.
Tucker Sargent,

UPDATE (6/25): One of the victims in a Warner Robins shooting Thursday afternoon now faces multiple charges. A Warner Robins Police Department news release sent Friday afternoon says 23-year-old Hiram Jamal Johnson was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. 22-year-old Marquise Deviane…

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Bibb County, Featured, Local News

UPDATE: BCSO reports missing Macon man found unharmed

Family members locate 40-year-old Charles Cliatt
Tucker Sargent,

UPDATE (6/25): The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says it has located a missing Macon man. The wife of 40-year-old Charles Cliatt reported him missing Thursday after he did not return home for two days. Deputies say they located Cliatt’s vehicle in a parking lot in the 100 block of Spring Street. Friday morning, investigators contacted Cliatt’s family and discovered that family…

Rant and Rave
Sports

Rant and Rave: June 24th – One down, Three to go

It's all about the Hawks this week, after their first win against the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals
David Tufts,

Can this be happening?! After coming back from a deficit to clinch the first ever Eastern Conference Finals win in franchise history, this year’s Hawks have made it clear they are a force to be reckoned with. Bill Shanks and Tucker Sargent have a lot to say about it. It’s a long one, bring a snack. Categories: Sports

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Local News, Weather

Lower humidity returns Friday

Cecilia Reeves,

Humidity returned across Middle Georgia this afternoon, bringing increasing heat index values with it. Showers and storms stayed further south along a stationary boundary, and will be staying there for much of the day tomorrow as well. High pressure to our north will be setting up a wedge front, which will push in dry air, to limit our rain chances…

Garden
Bibb County, Featured, Local News

Macon church garden feeding community

The Link Baptist Church in Macon is using food to connect the community.
Peyton Lewis,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –  A local church held a friendly competition that quickly grew into something bigger than they expected. A friendly competition between the church’s seniors and young people started after the church planted a garden in March. Just three months after planting the garden, the land is now overflowing with fruits and vegetables to harvest. Terrance Denson has…

Overflowing trash
Bibb County, Business, Featured, Happening Now, Local News, WMGT

Mayor Lester Miller announces plan to relieve trash issues

Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — If you’ve been having issues with overflowing trash, Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller says relief should be coming soon. Mayor Miller says he and Macon-Bibb Commissioners have heard from people from all across the county for several months about trash and recycling pickup issues. Advanced Disposal Services (ADS) is the current contractor. Mayor Miller says while he…

Blood Shortage
Bibb County, Featured, Happening Now, Health, Health & Fitness, Local News, Medical, WMGT

National blood shortage felt on local level

Ariel Schiller,

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— There’s a blood shortage across the country and Macon is no different. The Red Cross collects blood nationally, but they say the blood shortage is unlike any other that they’ve seen. They think it’s due to the delays in care caused by the pandemic. In the last three months, they’ve distributed 75,000 blood products above normal. Dr….