MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia wants to make sure you don’t get scammed if you plan to buy a furry friend this holiday season. Kelvin Collins — president and CEO of the BBB Central Georgia — says consumers reported fewer than 1,000 scams in 2017. At the end of November 2020, nearly 4,000 scams…
UPDATE – Monday, December 7, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. 18-year-old Semaj Martin is now in custody. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Martin told investigators early Monday morning that he wanted to turn himself in. Investigators say they met Martin at the Sheriff’s Office and interviewed him. He was taken to the Bibb County Jail and is charged with…
UPDATE – Monday, December 7, 2020 at 8:45 a.m. 29-year-old Jeremy Brown is now in custody. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, Brown’s father took him to the Sheriff’s Office and he turned himself in at 4 a.m. Brown is now in the Bibb County Jail and is charged with murder. He’s being held without bond. ORIGINAL STORY: MACON,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office needs your help in finding a missing Macon woman in need of medical help. Deputies are trying to locate 73-year-old Sandra Joan Orr. They say she has a medical issue and may appear disoriented. Deputes say she was last seen getting into her friend’s 2013 Silver Toyota Corolla with a tag…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing man who needs medicine for his medical issues. Deputies say 81-year-old Albert Funchess walked away from his home in the 4100 block of Ayers Road around 4:30pm, Friday. Funchess is a bald man who is around 5’10” and weighs about 165 pounds. He was last seen…
The incident occurred Friday, just before 8:30 p.m.
56-year-old William Gregory Roberts was last seen on October 28.
Houston and Hancock counties are listed in the lawsuit.
“I have assured Georgians throughout this process I will investigate every credible allegation.”
The Georgia Department of Health has a Covid-19 Vaccine distribution plan ready to go.
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The event was called off due to the pandemic.
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Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigators made an arrest Thursday in connection to a November 22 shooting death at an apartment complex.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Four new Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority buses are in operation and running routes. The ENC Eldorado Passport-HDs are cutaway buses that have a nearly flat entrance to help with wheel chair entry and exit. The 35-foot long buses are also equipped with a front-end bike rack. “Out of necessity, over the past two-and-a-half years we have…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — When the temperature drops, residents turn on the heat. The Macon-Bibb Fire Department says that could mean trouble if you’re not careful. “We want to make sure those heating elements are used properly,” said Fire Safety Educator Jeremy Webb. “You want to give all those elements at least three feet clearance all the way around it…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— A new fruit orchard is growing on Hydrolia street near Taylor Avenue. The Macon-Bibb County Parks and Beautification Department partnered with the Arbor Conservation Board, Urban Development Authority, and Keep Macon Beautiful on the project. It takes the trees a few years to grow. “It shows great things can happen when people work together and realize that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Sundance Film Festival will partner with Macon Film Festival to bring movies to you. Due to the pandemic, organizers of the Sundance Film Festival selected Macon as one of its locations for satellite screenings. Screenings will show at the Douglas Theatre for an in-person experience. President of the board director for Macon Film Festival Steven…
The Uprights host drive-by Christmas light display to bring cheer FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — One Monroe County family hopes to spread cheer during the holidays with a light display. Eleven-year-old Trinity Upright says her family started hanging their Christmas lights on Nov. 1. “There’s a bunch of them,” Upright said. “There’s like 200 and some of them flash and move,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An economic forecast from the University of Georgia Terry School of Business predicts that Macon will have a slower recovery from the COVID-19 recession than the rest of Georgia. The forecast shows that Macon lost fewer jobs during the pandemic than the rate seen statewide. However, the city will experience a slower recovery from those losses…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Navicent Health named Delvecchio S. Finley as its next president and CEO. Finley has more than 15 years of leadership experience and is a graduate of Emory and Duke Universities, respectively. Subsequently, he is the current CEO of Alameda Health System in Oakland, California. This personnel change comes ahead of an anticipated name change for the hospital….
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigators are looking for a man who they say robbed a restaurant in Macon at gunpoint Wednesday night. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, the robbery happened at the American Wings Deli Faves and Mo Restaurant at 2420 PioNono Avenue just before 10 p.m. Investigators say a man went into the restaurant…
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