MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Bibb County deputy is hailed a hero after saving a choking infant Wednesday morning. Officials offered tips on infant CPR procedures, in case of an emergency. “I looked at her skin, it was red or purplish,” said Bibb Sheriff’s Patrol Sgt. Reginald Washington. “Her tongue was sticking out, and her fingers were clenched. She absolutely…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon’s latest adventure park and party place opens this weekend, eliminating the need to travel to Atlanta for family fun. The grand opening of Urban Air happens Saturday. Owners Steven and Kyanne Jackson say they want people to look forward to coming to Urban Air on the weekends. “It’s for the community so when we brought…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Thursday night marks the first night of the Jewish holiday of Purim. Purim commemorates the events that happened in the Book of Esther. Temple Beth Israel President Betty Taylor compares Purim to Mardi Gras, Passover, and Halloween — all rolled into one. Usually, Temple Beth Israel hosts a Purim carnival open to the public. However, this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — District Attorney Anita Howard announced Thursday her office resolved 63 cases since January 15. Howard says she asked her leadership team to pull a list of people incarcerated at the Bibb County LEC on January 15. At that time, 794 people were list — some dating back to 2017. D.A. Howard says the pandemic “caused the…
Sisters Erica Pounds and Bridget Hogan, owners of Express RX Pharmacy, encourage customers to get vaccinated for extra protection against the COVID-19. MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two Macon pharmacy owners encourage people to consider taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Express RX Pharmacy owners — Erica Pounds and Bridget Hogan — say customers stopped picking up medicine, fearing contraction of COVID. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men at an apartment complex on Gray Highway Wednesday after seizing drugs and stolen guns. Deputies identify the men as: Brandon Pat’Shion Mitchell, 22 Dausha Verlyntae Mitchell, 26 Tadarrius DeShawn Antwan Berrian, 23 According to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release, the arrest happened after the search warrant at…
Mercer Medicine hosted a COVID-19 testing site in Sparta Thursday.
The Braves are in spring training preparing for their first game on Sunday. Bill Shanks gives us an update on their progress and their status heading into the season.
The district will require students get their temperature checked, and socially distance the best they can.
Sgt. Washington used life saving measures by turning the baby over and giving several palm blows to the infant’s back.
Jones Jr. told the deputy he was tired and pulled over to sleep.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Federal Relief Programs like the Paycheck Protection Program, are now available because of the economic aid to hard-hit Small Businesses Act passed by Congress last December. Josh Rogers, president and CEO of Newtown Macon says they’ve been offering free coaching and weekly webinars since the federal relief programs began last year. “It’s great to come talk…
A Warner Robins 15-year-old is in custody after police said the teen made a prank 911 call last week.
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man accused of posing as a teen to talk to underage girls as 44-year-old William Griggs of Metter.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center is partnering with the Macon Housing Authority to vaccinate more seniors. The hospital and the agency will provide on-site COVID-19 vaccinations. The goal is to help senior residents who might not have access to transportation to get to a vaccination site. So far, the effort has helped to vaccinate 41…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — A non-profit organization — Helping Mamas — is giving away diapers to mothers in need. Helping Mamas serves as a non-profit organization providing essential baby items and period products. The organization has been in service for around six years. Sherita Taylor — the operations manager for Helping Mamas — says after seeing a need for diapers in…
Phase I of the Juliette Water Project is complete. Phase II will start in the next couple of weeks.
They discussed moving the building from next to the existing home on the property, to across the street.
The farm has been working to prune the trees, remove excess wood and space out the limbs.
A second person is now in custody in connection to the November 28, 2020 homicide of Raiyawna Nibrea Moser-Powell of Byron.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Warner Robins man is behind bars for a weekend shooting that claimed the life of an Irwington teenager. According to a news release from the Warner Robins Police Department, 20-year-old Gregory Davis was arrested at home in Eatonton for the death of 19-year-old Deandre Pitts. Officers say they found Pitts with gunshots wounds at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Sheriff Investigators are searching for a man wanted in connection to a shooting outside of a bar in Macon in November. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, 41 year old Jovan Booze is wanted for aggravated battery and aggravated assault in connection to the shooting outside Billy’s Club House on Forest Hill Road…
A formerly homeless woman opened a transitional home for homeless women and children in Fort Valley.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– After several complaints from neighbors along Sardis Church Road, Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning is delaying their decision on a proposal for a new truck stop. Since Love’s Truck Stop on Sardis Church opened in 2017, Tom and Shelley Stahl say a number of issues started in their neighborhood. “We’ve seen a lot of non-residential foot traffic in…