MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — It is a busy shopping time at Bass Pro Shops just off of Bass Road, and with the holidays right around the corner, the Georgia Department of Labor predicts stores like Bass Pro Shops across the Macon area will be hiring. For the Macon metropolitan area, statistics show the most jobs have been added each year…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – The Ronald McDonald House of Central Georgia got a big donation from Wells Fargo Bank, Thursday. They gave a thousand dollar check to help pay for families who stay at the home while their children are in the hospital. Brian Route is among the families staying at the Ronald McDonald house. His 13-year-old daughter, Lauryn,…
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Firefighters in Monroe County are asking for the public’s help. They’re looking for volunteers to help battle blazes. Fighting fires and saving lives is something Chad Longo takes pride in. He’s a part-time firefighter in Juliette. Chad has bounded around in Monroe County, fire station to fire station, for a little less than a year….
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A teenager at Georgia Military College Preparatory School is recovering in the hospital after she over exerted herself during a military style form of physical punishment. Now the school is conducting an investigation into the case. 41NBC spoke to the teen and her mother who say this shouldn’t have happened in the first place, but are…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The owners of Pansy’s Corner Store in Forsyth have been fighting city council for a liquor license for years, and Wednesday night they were finally granted one. Attorney Jim Rockefeller represented the owners Tonia and Walter Mays. According to Rockefeller, council has repeatedly denied the license based on the fact that members from the community have…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The holiday season is upon us and the Museum of Arts and Sciences is kicking things off with it’s Festival of Trees. Co-chairs for the event Leigh Glenn and Mollie McNeel shared details on the museum’s largest fundraiser, which features a luncheon and gala. The main event features a variety of decorated trees designed by participating…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Do you have a camellia growing in your yard? You can show it off this weekend and possibly win a cash prize! Camille Biebly from the American Camellia Society and Tommy Alden from the Middle Georgia Camellia Society stopped by Daybreak to tell us more about the fall show. The Middle Georgia Camellia Society Fall…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Wednesday marked a fresh start in Forsyth as two city council newcomers were sworn in. Greg Goolsby and Jimmy Jones took the oath of office at the start of the council meeting. The two men are taking over the vacant seats; just months after their predecessors were arrested. In September, former councilmen Desi Hansford and James…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – The man arrested for running over Macon Bibb County firefighter Sergeant Eric John, was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday. Nayef Mohammed Al-Shroof, 18, of Warner Robins, was driving his 2009 Toyota Camry 10 miles over the posted speed limit on I-75, when he hit the firefighter, according to the indictment. The incident happened Aug….
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A nonprofit organization is getting a head start on making the season brighter. Bikes Plus Kids organization is donating 60 bicycles to the Boys and Girls Club of Central Georgia. Dr. Laura Reed of Cardio Thoracic Vascular Surgery Associates started the group to provide bikes to low income families in Middle Georgia. Each year Reed chooses…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Bibb County man accused of shaking and choking an eight month old, baby was indicted Tuesday. Kendall Mesean Spivey was indicted by a Bibb County Grand Jury for maliciously causing bilateral bleeding on the baby’s brain and retinal hemorrhages. According to the indictment Spivey used cruel and excessive physical and mental pain to the child….
MACON, Georgia ( 41NBC/WMGT) – Eight people have been indicted in connection with the murder of 17-year old Jamonni Bland, who was shot and killed outside of the Zodiac Lounge. Andre Bonner, John Hollingshed Jr., Miranda Pettiway, Johnifer Barnwell, Arthur Freeman III, Percy Welch Jr., Jimmy Scott III, and Kiyo Johnson, were all indicted Tuesday by a Bibb County Superior…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Bibb County high school student is out of jail on bond after allegedly bringing a knife inside his classroom on Monday. Officials with the Board of Education say 17-year-old Andrew Wheeler had the knife in his book bag at Westside High School. He’s charged with carrying a weapon inside a school safety zone. Campus police…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Barbara Williams is a familiar face to Fort Valley, but she has a few new tricks as Mayor up her sleeve, including adding recreational facilities for young people and more sit-down restaurants throughout the city. Her 16 years of leadership on Fort Valley’s city council provided Williams with enough experience to see that this year,…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two political newcomers are meeting in a runoff in the mayoral race in Warner Robins. Mayoral candidate Randy Toms is already hitting the phones pushing for more support. He finished first in Tuesday night’s race and is heading into a runoff “The plan is to try to get as many people back on the team…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Middle Georgia native returns home with a very special art exhibit at the Tubman Museum. The museum’s Director of Exhibition, Jeff Bruce, stopped by 41 Today to tell us more about the artist and his work. Ulysses Marshall is a native of Vienna but now works in Maryland. The Tubman Museum is showcasing his exhibit…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — This week on Studio 41, Shadow Sound Studio’s Joey Stuckey gets to know musician Matt Moncrief. Moncrief grew up singing at his family’s church in Macon and shares a little bit of his acoustic guitar playing and vocals. To learn more about this week’s artist, head to www.reverbnation.com. Categories: Joey Stuckey Presents
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Memories of Georgia’s service men and women captured in time, brought some people to tears as they looked back at fallen heroes today. Bellevue University and the Central Georgia Woodmen of the World sponsored ‘Remember Our Fallen’, a touring photo display, to honor the military who gave their lives for our country. More than 200 soldiers…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – For the first time in his 16-year mayorship, Fort Valley mayor John Stumbo had a challenger–veteran councilwoman Barbara Williams. Williams had been a member of the city council for 16 years, and decided to run for mayor this year. After the results came in at the Fort Valley courthouse, Williams celebrated her win at Central…
ELKO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An expert gardener is giving advice to people looking to grow plants and vegetables during the fall harvest season. Tim Lewis owns a Lewis Farms on Georgia Highway 26 in Elko. Lewis has extremely large heads of cabbage, along with other vegetables and plants. He specializes in poinsettias and uses his green thumb to create poinsettia…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A group of Baldwin County teens are dancing their way into the national spotlight with hopes to make their city proud. Walt Disney said all our dreams come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. And six Baldwin High School students are doing just that. The dance group ‘Silence’ is a hip-hop, pop-locking team…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Polls opened bright and early Tuesday morning across Middle Georgia. Voters went out to cast their ballots in local elections. 41NBC stopped by Feagin Mill Middle School in Warner Robins. The cold weather didn’t stop campaigners from hitting the streets or the community from going out to vote. There was a steady flow of voters…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month and the Medical Center of Central Georgia is raising awareness for the disease with various events around middle Georgia. MCCG’s Director of Oncology, Nancy White said the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men and women in the U.S. is lung cancer. On Thursday, November 14th a seminar will…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Charley Toole wasn’t alarmed when he first heard about the construction of the Burpee-Scott Memorial Chapel on Highway 41. But when he learned the funeral home would include a crematory, he got fired up. And Toole isn’t alone. Hundreds of people from the Rose Hill subdivision have signed a petition opposing the crematory construction. Toole…