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…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Shadow Sound Studio’s very own Joey Stuckey sat in the hot seat for a second week in a row. 41NBC’s Skyler Henry hosted this week’s edition of Studio41 and shared part II of Stuckey’s interview. To connect with Joey Stuckey head to www.41nbc.com/studio41. Categories: Joey Stuckey Presents
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is in jail and charged in the shooting death of a Lizella man that happened last weekend. According to Bibb County jail records, Quinton Jones was booked into the LEC around 1 a.m. Wednesday. He is charged with malice murder and aggravated assault. Macon police say 35-year-old Steve Johnson was found lying in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 17-year-old Rutland High School student Emily Pinson is getting ready to head south for the weekend, but it won’t be for vacation. We first told you about Emily in January. Back then, she was getting ready to represent USA Wrestling in Sweden. In July, she competed in the national tournament in Fargo, North Dakota. She finished…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Furlough days aren’t the only obstacle standing in some government employees way, scammers are going after them too. The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia is getting calls from worried employees after scammers contacted them saying their entitled to tax free grants, almost nine thousand dollars worth. The scammers are really after account numbers of furloughed…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Wilkinson county man is in custody after he barricaded himself inside his apartment and threatened to commit suicide. Officers spent 24 hours trying to convince an armed Austin Hendry to come out of his apartment after he threatened to take his own life if anyone tried to stop him. Irwinton Police, along with the Wilkinson…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia — If you’re in the mood for scandal, action, love, and gangsters all packed into two hours, you won’t want to miss the Milledgeville Players rendition of ‘Kiss Me Kate.’ The show is running from Thursday through Sunday, but on opening night there’s an added bonus. “We’re doing kisses for Josh on opening night,” said Sarah Stone, Director…
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A family in Oklahoma City with ties to Middle Georgia is turning to a local salon to help their little girl. Tristan Jade Kaminer has a disease so rare, it doesn’t even have a name. Ginger Huff, a family friend, owns Salon Fusion in Bonaire. She’s a master at her craft, with a clientele that includes…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Mercer football is almost back! The school hosted its media day Tuesday, and 41NBC was there to get a look at the school’s upcoming season. The Bears have actually been practicing since last year, but now, there’s an actual reason for all those long days of preparation. “We have a game,” says Corey Lockett, a redshirt…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Communities across the midstate gathered Tuesday night in celebration of “National Night Out”. The 30th annual event is dedicated to drug prevention, police-community partnerships and anti-crime programs. In Macon, Sergeant Wanda Ammons with the Macon Police Department partied and patrolled at the block party on Kitchens Road. “I’m just enjoying the kids and being in their…
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. defense officials say they will be able to ease the pain of mandatory, unpaid furloughs that civilian employees have had to bear for a month because of budgetary pressures. The Associated Press learned that civilians facing 11 unpaid days off will have those cut to six days. Officials say the Pentagon found sufficient savings in the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – If you stuffed your face with pink pancakes during the Cherry Blossom Festival, you helped out the American Cancer Society in a big way! Monday, the Macon-Bibb Fire Department, which hosts the annual pancake feast, gave the organization a check for $5,100. The money will go to fund several of the society’s programs, including the Bibb…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Soon the Warner Robins Police Department will be adding a thousand pound armored vehicle tank to it’s fleet. The Warner Robins City council members approved the agreement with the Georgia Municipal Association to purchase the bullet proof car. The city will take out a $251,000 loan to lease the 2013 Lenco BearCat armored vehicle. While…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Starting this fall, Mercer fans could be able to drink alcohol downtown on football gamedays. Macon’s Public Safety Committee voted Monday to allow open containers in Tattnall Square Park and in a section of Cherry Street when Mercer plays at home. Last month, the committee tabled an ordinance that would have allowed much more widespread drinking…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Warner Robins City Council members are looking to build off the Little League economic boost by scoring bigger tournaments in the near future. At Monday’s council meeting, officials discussed creating a separate sports authority, focusing on tourism and bringing additional sporting events to the area. Former athletes, community members and concerned citizens will be invited…
JULIETTE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Voters in Juliette will not have to travel to Gray to cast their ballot after all. The Board of commissioners has abandoned its plans to close the White and Sanders precincts in Juliette.That’s according to elections superintendent Marion Hatton, the person who proposed closing them. She claims the closures would have helped the county save about…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Macon is one step closer to seeing one of its streets get a burst of color in the coming months. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert and other city officials, met with representatives from Benjamin Moore Monday, as they get ready to start the Main Street Mattes revitalization project. A block of Second Street, between…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Monday was the first day of school for kids in Bibb County, which also was the first day for interim Superintendent Dr. Steve Smith. Lockers, book bags, new school supplies, and new outfits. That’s all a part of the first day of school in Bibb County. Interim Superintendent Dr. Steve Smith spent his first school day…
MACON,Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – Houston County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two women accused of identity theft and fraud. The women are suspected of stealing more than $20,000 of merchandise. According to Houston County Sheriff Sgt. Slate Simmons the women pose as clients to real estate agents and brokers. Witnesses told police the women roam from office to office stealing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- We all have to get prescriptions filled at a pharmacy at some point, but what if that pharmacy were mishandling your private information? A local whistleblower says Mike’s Medical Pharmacy on Pio Nono Avenue is doing just that. The man asked us not to show his face or say his name, but he claims Mike’s Medical Pharmacy…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A line of frustrated Bibb County parents and students wrapped around the Welcome Center Monday morning on the first day of school. Some waited for hours to sign up their kids as school officials tried to speed up the process. “When I first got here the line was wrapped around the building,” says Bibb County parent…