WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Mercer University’s Educational Opportunity Center is working to move more people from poverty to prosperity. This weekend, the organization hosted its second “College Day Sunday” event at Christian Fellowship Church in Warner Robins. Dozens of vendors were at hand helping families with everything from financial aid to college applications. “We know that in Houston County…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Losing a limb hasn’t stopped Cory Cochran from enjoying life, in fact, he’s are diving right in! When he was four, Cochran was run over by a riding lawn mower, struggling for years on the wounded leg. This October, after nearly 20 years of suffering and unsuccessful surgeries, his leg was amputated. This weekend, for the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Movie goers were evacuated from AmStar 16 in Macon after a backpack was left inside a theater. Lieutenant Sean DeFoe with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says the backpack was full of childrens clothing and books. Around 3:30 pm Sunday, DeFoe says an AmStar employee called 911 to report a backpack that was left on a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After 15 years of service and sweet music, Senior Master Sergeant Bill Granger took the stage for one final selection. On Saturday, the Band of U.S. Air Force Reserve performed its last public show with the Macon Symphony Youth Orchestra. Granger, a concert band tuba player, spent his final show playing alongside his daughter. “We put…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An old tradition returns once again, as the Georgia State Fair began Thursday at Central City park in Macon. The fair runs through the weekend, ending Sunday night at 10pm. Nick Harmeier, Vice President of Business Development for the company that runs the fair, says there will be several different kinds of attractions for people to…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Old Book Sale is on again at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. The Houston County Friends of the Library is once again holding the book sale to benefit the county’s several libraries. Georgette Lipford, president of the organization, says the libraries are in need of funding to purchase new books, as money from the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Students honored one of their teachers at a surprise assembly at First Presbyterian Day School in Macon Thursday. After 50 years of teaching, 8 years at Riley Elementary and the last 42 years at FPD, English teacher David Walton will be retiring at the end of the school year. Several of his students took turns sharing…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — From Genesis to Revelation, Dodge County residents read every word of the Bible this week in the county’s first ever Bible reading marathon. “I’m just that vessel being used by him, and it’s not about me, it’s about all of us,” said organizer Lydia Daniels. Daniels said God called her to organize Dodge County’s the reading…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) -National Prayer Day in Macon was a chance for believers to recognize how important prayer is, and the people at city told 41 NBC how it impacts their daily lives. It was a ceremony filled with passion, performances, and prayer. Bruce Leicht is on the National Day of Prayer committee in Macon and opened the ceremony…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The recent compromise on air traffic control in Congress gives one Georgia congressman hope that partisan politics can be put aside to tackle national budget cuts. Congressman John Barrow says this is great example of prioritizing. He believes the problem could have been solved before the furloughs and thousands of flight delays if congress originally did…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Joey Stuckey headed to Nashville, Tennessee for this week’s edition of Studio41. Stuckey sat down with country music legend Razzy Bailey to find out how he got his start in Macon. Rasie Michael “Razzy” Bailey cut his first recordings in 1949 at the age of ten. In 1966, he contributed a number of songs to Atlantic…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – Elderly abuse cases are now a top priority for the Macon Judicial Circuit and District Attorney David Cooke appointed a new man, Will Johnson, to take on those cases. District Attorney David Cooke “wanted someone who had a strong work ethic and a heart for ministry, I see this as a type of ministry.” Assistant…
LIZELLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A dangerous roadway in Bibb County has residents demanding officials take action to make it safer. People who live off Eisenhower Parkway in Lizella say accidents happen on that stretch of highway too often. Plans are in the works to deter speeding in that area, but residents say it is taking too long and it is…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As fire crews worked to contain the flames that erupted at a manufacturing plant in Bibb County on Wednesday; many employees worry if their jobs would be salvaged. Pactiv Advanced Packaging Solutions appears to be a total loss. Majority of the building was gutted after a massive fire started Wednesday morning around 6 a.m. So far,…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – Middle Georgia State College Police need your help looking for a missing Middle Georgia State College student. Jmaal Keyes was last seen on the Cochran campus of Middle Georgia State on April 25, 2013. Keyes family filed a missing persons report on April 29, 2013. He was last seen wearing a yellow and white…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Middle Georgia’s premier garden event is happening this weekend.Macon Gardens and Historic Interiors has been named one of the top 20 events in the Southeast and it is in it’s 20th year. Starting Friday, May 3rd some of the most beautiful gardens and historic homes will be available to tour with an opportunity to check out…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Flames are coming from the roof of a packaging plant near the Middle Georgia Regional Airport. Pactiv, a paper plant which primarily makes recycled egg cartons caught fire. Workers say the fire started around 6 o’clock Wednesday morning. Workers started to fight the fire, but couldn’t contain it. Firefighters showed up and tried to contain the…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Another Middle Georgia community is considering consolidation. Milledgeville and Baldwin county leaders are getting a first look at a plan to combine the two governments. “It’s been talked about for years, debated about, starts and stops, stops and starts,” Ken Vance, chairman of the Milledgeville-Baldwin County, Georgia Unified Government Charter Writing Committee, said. But now it…
VALDOSTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County’s new interim school superintendent tells us he feels he was called to come back to the community that gave him his start. 41NBC spoke with Dr. Steve Smith at his home Tuesday. Monday night, board members approved Smith for the job. Smith served as principal at Central High School in Macon from 1995 to…
BOLINGBROKE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After a six hour search, Monroe County deputies arrested three people who tried to flee the cops during a traffic stop. Jonathan Irving, Racheal Gerald and Christopher A. Snelson are all behind bars after deputies say they were speeding on I-75 heading south around 11am. They say Gerald was driving and she refused to stop, reaching…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – Officers from the Macon Police Department and members of the Macon community met for a training session on racial profiling and cultural professionalism on Tuesday. Walter Atkinson of the community relations service for the U.S. Department of Justice opened the meeting and made a point to address that he and his colleague Suzanne Buchanan were invited…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – Warner Robins and its Police Department have completed its new law enforcement center. The project has taken years to complete and hundreds of city officials took part in Tuesday’s ribbon cutting ceremony. Warner Robins Mayor Chuck Shaheen spoke on the process that was taken to complete the project and why the city appreciates its police…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The city of Forsyth is trying to figure out a way to get out of debt. As of today, the city owes about $430,000 in unpaid bills, but right now, the mayor and council say, there’s not enough cash coming in to break even. “I think we need to make some tough decisions that nobody wants…
MONTEZUMA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Montezuma City Councilman Bobby Lewis has filed a lawsuit against the city and the mayor over a letter; claiming it was used to ruin his character. Lewis’s attorney David Bowers states his client was falsely accused of “undermining a narcotics investigation, videotaping a property under surveillance, and having and exhibiting ‘deep seated racism’”. The suit filed…