MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Parents like Bertha Benjamin are really excited about school starting again…especially because back-to-school items are tax free this weekend! “School supplies, bookbags and clothes and shoes,” she said with a grin. Her son Quinton is not so excited. “Yes and I do not want to do. Because I don’t want to go to school,” says Quinton….
41NBC’s “End Zone” host Bill Shanks sits down with Houston County High School football coach, Von Lassiter, to talk about the about the upcoming season. Part One: Part Two: Categories: Local Sports, Sports
41NBC’s “End Zone” host Bill Shanks sits down with First Presbyterian Day School football coach, Greg Moore, to talk about the about the upcoming season. Part One: Part Two: Categories: Local Sports, Sports
41NBC’s “End Zone” host Bill Shanks sits down with Jones County High School football coach, Dwight Jones, to talk about the about the upcoming season. Part One: Part Two: Categories: Local Sports, Sports
41NBC’s “End Zone” host Bill Shanks sits down with Tattnall Sqaure Academy football coach, Clint Morgan, to talk about the about the upcoming season. Part One: Part Two: Categories: Local Sports, Sports
The first annual Miss Imperial Peach pageant is coming — as the name suggests — to the Peach State. The Miss Imperial Peach Pageant will consist of four age divisions: Baby (0-18 months), Little (7-12 years), Teen (13-17 years), and Miss (18-24 years). The $100 registration fee and forms will be due August 30, 2013, with a $150 late entrance…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Dublin High School Fighting Irish are living up to their school color as they go green with a new solar energy power plant. You can’t tell be looking at them, but the classrooms at Dublin High are powered by the sun. “If its daytime and the sun shining, or even if the sun not shining,…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In support of furloughed employees at Robins Air Force Base and anyone who may be experiencing some hardship, the 21st Century Partnership and local businesses want to help you. Chrissy Miner with the 21st Century Partnership stopped by Dabreak to talk about the S.H.A.R.E. event. It will take place on Friday from 10 a.m. to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — In the wake of a complaint filed against him, challenging his residency, Al Tillman told a crowd of supporters he’s not backing out of the race for Macon-Bibb County Commission District 9. Tillman officially opened his campaign headquarters Thursday night. He threw a party at the space located on Bloomfield Road complete with free food and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Sweet Georgia peaches, and giving to those in need- what could be better? A local gallery has teamed up with the Georgia Peach Company to help 5 local organizations. Friday is the last day for the event, which has gone on daily from 10am to 5pm since Wednesday. If you’d like to take part, just head to…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Blizzard machines across the country were hard at work Thursday for Dairy Queen’s annual “Miracle Treat Day.” Stores were asked to donate at least $1 from each Blizzard sold to the Children’s Miracle Network. The Cochran store decided to double that donation. Its proceeds will go to the Children’s Hospital in Macon, which store owner Ali…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In a called meeting that lasted only ten minutes, Assistant Jones County Administrator Margie Tyson tried to get answers, but left with none. “If there’s something that I have done that they haven’t told me about, then of course, they need to tell me,” Tyson told 41NBC. She wants to know why Chairman Preston Hawkins, along…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One former middle Georgia woman used a popular moving website to move her house from Macon to California, but was left with the clothes on her back. Barbara Titus, her daughter, and their three pets wanted to surprise her elderly mother by moving back to her hometown of Folsom, California. She moved from her Macon home…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon City Council Member Henry Gibson is asking the Bibb County Board of Elections supervisor to disqualify Al Tillman from the race for County Commission District 9. According to complaint, Gibson says that Tillman claimed a homestead exemption for a residence located within District 8, which would prohibit him from representing District 9. It reads, “he…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Perry Police Department is investigating a string of burglaries at convenience stores in the city. Thieves aren’t going after cash, but other items behind the counter, leaving some store owners confused. Thieves covered in masks, arm sleeves, and t-shirts have broken into two convenience stores twice in the month of August. After police made arrests…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is in jail after Baldwin County sheriff deputies caught him pawning off construction tools that were stolen from Macon and Warner Robins, that’s according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. Captain Brad King tells 41NBC deputies arrested 46-year-old James Earl MaGee on Friday. He says MaGee broke into construction vehicles that were parked…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A family with ties to middle Georgia is seeking help from the community. Holly Graff is from Warner Robins. She and her husband Jonathan are currently stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Tuesday night, the family lost their 7-year-old son Jonny. Jonny was born with a major heart defect and complications from an…
ROCHELLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Virtual schools are expanding their reach into Middle Georgia, teaming up with school systems to offer families additional online options. Wilcox County is just one of the local systems partnering with the national online provider K12. Under the new curriculum, students will have combined enrollment at the county and online. This means families will have the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Downtown businesses are reacting to Macon City Council’s decision to allow open containers in sections of the city when the Mercer Bears play at home. Fans who want to drink outside before home games this fall–better known as tailgating–now have the green light. From 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on those eight Saturdays, fans can have…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – It might have been raining hard Wednesday afternoon, but it didn’t stop hundreds from showing up at the Bibb County School District’s Welcome Center for another school supply giveaway. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity teamed up with the Macon Bar Association to donate more than $2,500 for the supplies. Some of the money also covered the cost…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Warner Robins is making one thing clear, they’re ready to step up and help out if times get tough. After U.S. Defense officials announced the reduction of mandatory, unpaid, furlough days on Monday, civilian employees are breathing a sigh of relief. Warner Robins residents who live near the base say the news…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Schools is once again focusing on technology to enhance kids’ education, so they’re teaming up with a local business to make computers and internet access affordable for low-income families. It’s part of the Connect2Compete campaign, which just completed its pilot program. Karen Deaton finds it hard to keep up with the technology at Rutland…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Wednesday marked a small victory for the Forest Hill community. A group of regional leaders voted to temporarily delay the road expansion project which has been in the works for 20 years. It’s six-tenths of a mile between Vineville Avenue and Wimbish Road. Tha’ts just a small stretch of Forest Hill Road, but it was a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man was arrested Wednesday and charged with robbery after a north Macon Publix was robbed Tuesday. According to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, the Middle Georgia Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 40-year-old Daniel Bryan Koon of Macon around noon Wednesday. Koon was staying at the Villager Lodge, located at 5009…