MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb County firefighters ruled Wednesday night’s apartment fire in North Macon as accidental. Lieutenant Ellen Kicklighter tells 41NBC cigarette butts in pine straw started the fire at Lullwater at Bass apartments. The flames were contained in the column of the apartment building. Kicklight says it took firefighters about an hour to put out the flames. Firewalls…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Milledgeville woman is behind bars after police say she beat her grandmother with a baseball bat. The incident centers around a family argument over who owns a piece of property. That argument came to blows Wednesday morning when Milledgeville police say the suspect picked up a baseball bat and started hitting her granmother. MPD spent…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In a written statement, Colethia Williams’ attorney Reza Sedghi calls the murder charges against his client “tragic”. Williams is charged with felony murder, child cruelty and felony false statements after three of her four children died in a house fire in February. Her youngest child was injured during the fire, but survived. For the first time,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — It’s supposedly the second biggest book sale east of the Mississippi. Friends of the Library President Andy Newton said, “We’ve checked in the past and we’ve found people come from 10 different states to our book sale.” The 2013 Old Book Sale opened it’s doors to the public Thursday morning at the Macon Centreplex and bookworms…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Maybe you’ve enjoyed a bit too much of the fair food this week at the Cherry Blossom Festival, so you’re feeling the need to get outside and exercise a bit! If that’s you, or maybe you simply enjoy running, this weekend is your chance to shine. The annual Cherry Blossom Road Race and Fun Run is…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — More than a dozen food vendors are springing into the season with blossoming hearts and donating to The Salvation Army. “One person can make a difference, one person can set the stage for the many others to come,” said Jerry England of Beaver Concessions. Beaver Concessions was the first vendor to donate food items to local…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An apartment complex in Bibb County caught fire early Wednesday evening, and fire officials are still trying to determine what caused it. It happened at Lullwater at Bass Apartments off Bass Road in North Macon around 6:30. Residents looked on as smoke billowed out of the third story roof. It appeared the fire started at the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A national campaign is helping smokers nationwide kick the habit and ‘kick butts’. Kick Butts Day, sponsored by Tobacco-Free Kids and the United Health Foundation, is an aggressive push to get youth to stand up and speak out against Big Tobacco. Now a new program and funding is helping more Georgians commit to putting down the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Rutland High School junior, Tyler Ragin ,wins medals for long-jumping and running. She’s a top student, and now she’s the Boys and Girls Club of America’s “Youth of the Year for the state of Georgia. As part of the competition, the candidates have to recite a speech. Ragin shared part of hers with 41NBC. She beat…
Well folks it’s that time of year when everyday young ladies and gents transform into royalty. It’s time for PROM!!!! The first step to prep for prom is getting the perfect dress or tux. I stopped by Ingleside bridal and formal to find out what the popular looks for prom are this year. The perfect dress is nothing without great…
HAMPTON, GA – The exhilarating Global Rallycross Championship will invade Atlanta Motor Speedway and compete on a custom-designed track in the Global Rallycross Atlanta event on Saturday, Aug. 10. A new era of racing, the Global Rallycross Championship combines the thrill of four-wheel racing with unique course designs featuring dirt and asphalt surfaces, drift turns, airborne jumps and water elements….
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — This week’s edition of Studio41 introduces us to the Lonesome Road Bluegrass Band. Joey Stuckey sat down with one of the band members to get more information on the group’s music and members. Categories: Joey Stuckey Presents
HAMPTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Anew motorsports experience is racing into Atlanta Motor Speedway this year. It’s called Global Rallycross. It’s a new era of racing. “It’s really a young lifestyle event,” Atlanta Motor Speedway president Ed Clark said. “This appeals to families, teenagers, young adults.” Born out of the X-Games, Global Rallycross is an action packed race on a unique…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – It may not be exactly Wild With Kyle, but this story was still enough to get my stomach to feel like it was going to come up into my throat! The staff of Wild Adventures Theme Park was kind enough to invite me to test ride their newest thrill ride, Tail Spin. It’s a ride that’s…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — If you’re planning to take a vacation, but you don’t know where to start when it comes to getting yourself together and organized – there’s help! Andi Willis from Good Life Organizing sat down with Daybreak Anchor Kyle Warnke to share tips on getting yourself and family ready for that well-deserved trip. For more tips on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 41NBC was out Monday night canvassing the storm damage and found the effects of high winds in north Bibb County. The storm took out two traffic lights at the intersection of Zebulon Road and Plantation Centre Drive. Drivers on the roadway were cautious driving through that area. Less than a block away at Sonny Carter Elementary…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One of the top manufacturing industries in aerospace plans to open a plant in Dodge County. On Monday, leaders with the heat treating company Aremac announced their plans to build a new location in Eastman. The California-based company works on a variety of materials and does everything from treating metals for pliers to hardening materials for…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC?WMGT) – A government funded program that has a huge impact on students across Middle Georgia is on the chopping block. STARBASE is funded by the Department of Defense, but a proposed amendment could shut it down. “To lose STARBASE would be an absolute disaster,” Pat Bartness, president and CEO of the Museum of Aviation Foundation, said….
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 5-year-old boy remains in critical condition after he was mauled by a pit bull. Now his neighbor is being credited as a hero. It was a few barks, a yelp and then a plea for help that caught Eddie Deeb’s attention on Friday afternoon. Deeb was in his home on Ousley Avenue in north Macon,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon activist delayed Mayor Robert Reichert’s speech today at the opening of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Anthony Harris, who’s been very outspoken through the entire Sammie Davis, Junior death case, showed up in his pink jacket with a sign, yelling for the mayor to talk to him throughout the ceremony at Central City Park. The…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – People from all over Laurens County descended upon Dublin’s annual Pancake Supper Thursday night. It’s just one of more than 50 events going on in the month-long St. Patrick’s Festival of 2013. Pancakes, pancakes. pancakes. Somewhere around 30,000 of them were served up Thursday night at Dublin Middle School. “We love it,” says Kelley Conner, who…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Law enforcement agencies say they want you to enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day, but don’t rely on luck to get you home safely. The Byron Police Department, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office, and the Georgia State Patrol are teaming up with the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to encourage drunk drivers to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — For the first time, we’re hearing Doctor Romain Dallemand’s thoughts on leaving his post as superintendent of Bibb County Schools. Georgia Public Broadcasting has aired and published on it’s website what amounts to his exit interview. On his last day on the job, Dallemand suggested he had no regrets about starting the Mandarin Chinese program and…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Robins Air Force Base is opening a new state of the art metal finishing facility, which is not only safer for employees, but better for the environment. “Anytime you get something new, this is like Christmas for us in the middle of March,” Brigadier General Cedric George, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex Commander, said….