PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Russell Holt’s defense attorney has filed a change of venue motion seeking to move his client’s upcoming murder trial to a different courthouse. Holt, a former Georgia Department of Corrections probation officer, is charged with shooting his girlfriend Jessica Wolfe last March. Wolfe worked as a legal assistant in the Houston County’s District Attorney’s Office. The…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Board of Education voted to extend the current acting superintendent’s position. During a called meeting Monday morning, the BOE immediately went into closed session. According to the agenda, they were discussing “personal matters, future acquisition property, pending litigation.” The board met behind closed doors for more than two hours. When thy returned,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Our weekly Pet of the Week from Macon Purrs N’ Paws is not for the person who wants to be left alone while at home. Jack the cat is outgoing, friendly, curious, and loves to cuddle and purr with anyone willing to pay him some attention. He is about a year and a half old, fully…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A group of women across Middle Georgia are apart of a nationwide movement to battle obesity. The group is called Black Girls Run! The organization started as a blog in 2009 and has spread across the U.S. There are now sixty chapters including one in Warner Robins. “Since I’ve been with the group I’ve lost…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A new fast food restaurant in Fort Valley has an historic twist. The Wendy’s on Camellia Boulevard opens this week and in front of it is the sign from the old Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. Late last year, the former Coke building destruction caused a lot of controversy, after an address mix-up let to its demolition….
Wichita State senior Carl Hall’s family and high school basketball coach talk about his team’s unlikely trip to the Elite 8. COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Wichita State Shockers are heading to the Elite 8. A big reason for that is 6’8″, 238-pound Carl Hall. The senior is averaging 12 points a game in the Shockers’ shocking tournament run. “If…
The next step to prep for prom is to accessorize!! & one of my favorite accessories are my nails! I stopped by Design Geisha for must have prom nails. The head nail tech, Tyra, can do it all! This spring they have two great specials -a mani/pedi with a full set for $50 orbring 5people and your next session…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Just 5% of kids who enter the boy scouts program reach Eagle Scout status. Thursday night, two Cochran teenagers become a part of that elite fraternity. Jacob Echols and Ross Thompson are not only first cousins–they’re best friends, so it was only fitting for them to be honored as Eagle Scouts on the same night. “They…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The world famous POWER TEAM is in town through the weekend at Ekklessia of the Word Church in Warner Robins. The group is made up of men and women athletes who have performed some of the greatest exhibitions of power, strength, and motivation around the country for more than 30 years. Members of the group Aaron…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The world of education is changing every day, and in a world driven by technology, there’s a relatively new option for students in the Peach State. It’s called Georgia Connections Academy. “It’s a choice,” says the academy’s Outreach Liaison, Laura Berry. “I mean, not every single school works great for every single student. Brick and mortar…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Students at Middle Georgia Technical College are challenging the school’s grading policy.One student has created an online petition asking the school to change it, claiming it’s mathematically incorrect. After his 4.0 grade average started slipping at Middle Georgia Technical College, James Holden had questions. “I saw the grading policy and I knew something looked wrong…”…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Baldwin County leaders gathered around the breakfast table Wednesday morning to update the community on important issues concerning residents and businesses. Baldwin County leaders and residents filled up their stomachs and minds during this month’s “Eggs and Issues” meeting. The focus was the state of Baldwin County. “Baldwin county has had some really tough times over…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – During the Civil War, Macon played a huge role in hospitalizing thousands of wounded soldiers. 150 years later, the memories of the hospitals and doctors who treated those patients are alive and well. Wednesday, a historic marker was placed outside the former home of one of those doctors, Dr. James Mercer Green. The antebellum house, which…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Milledgeville police need the community’s help to find a woman they say lured a man to a church for sex and then robbed him. Major Reginald Hill tells 41NBC Ariel Williams told the victim, Lavoris Latoris Cummings, to meet her behind the New Beginnings Worship Center off Southside Drive on Monday, March 18th. Cummings told police…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — State Representative Jimmy Pruett says before the senate approved House Bill 284 Tuesday night, he was nervous. Pruett says the senate shot down several measures, but it did approve the bill that is aimed at protecting some of Georgia’s youngest athletes. HB 284 establishes protocol for dealing with concussions at school related sporting events. It mandates…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — This week’s edition of Studio41 introduces middle Georgia to the man with the magic fingers. Keyboardist Tom Rule sat down with Joey Stuckey to talk about their time together creating “Mixture.” Categories: Joey Stuckey Presents
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Residents at Falls at Spring Creek Apartments in north Macon say for the last few months, their water has been cut off multiple times. Sometimes it’s off all day, and sometimes, it’s turned off without any notice. Those we spoke to Tuesday tell us management at the complex has gotten better about letting people know when…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A state agency is stepping in to help the Macon community get homeless veterans off the streets and into homes. The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center out of Dublin is working to curb this nationwide problem here in our community. “I felt like I had to depend on other people. I lived in parks, I lived…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Mentors Project of Bibb County celebrated it’s 14th Annual Spring Break Cookout Tuesday. Members of the organization served food to hundreds of children and homeless people who lined up for hot dogs, hamburgers, baked beans, fried chicken, and ice cream. Executive Director June O’Neal said, “It’s all about teaching the children to give back to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A homeless man was found dead in his car early Tuesday morning. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC 59-year-old David Suttles died of natural causes, most likely a heart attack. The body was found around 9:30 a.m. in a car in front of 875 Burrus Road off Riverside Drive. A Macon Water Authority employee found…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (AP) – Georgia juvenile justice officials say a business manager at a youth detention facility is accused of stealing state funds. Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles said the case involves the suspected theft of more than $2,000 from deposits of meal sales at the Sandersville Regional Youth Detention Center. Niles said in a statement that James…
EAST DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Laurens County coroner ruled the death of a Johnson County sheriff deputy as a homicide. Coroner Richard Stanley tells 41NBC the victim, 23-year-old Khristal Wright, was shot in the head. Investigators arrested 21-year-old Davoris Hodges of Wrightsville and charged him with murder and armed robbery. GBI investigators say Wright and Hodges were driving to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A former Bibb County Commission chairman announces he’d like another chance to lead the City of Macon and Bibb County. Charles Bishop, chair of the board from 2004-2008, stopped by 41NBC Monday afternoon to tell us the community can rely on him to run the new consolidated government. “If they choose to elect Charlie Bishop to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb County’s Urban Development Authority is setting its sights on Broadway. The street is the newest addition to the groups plan for downtown revitalization, and the first people who will have a say in it’s transformation are the property owners. It’s a busy street, with a famous name, and Erica Louder believes all it takes is…