UPDATE (8/18/26): The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Fort Valley man in connection with the 2025 shooting death of 30-year-old Devonte Denzell McMillian. The GBI says 25-year-old Justin Jaleel Clark is charged with murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Anchor Glass Container Corporation plans to permanently close its Warner Robins location, according to a public WARN notice filed with the state of Georgia. The notice lists the company’s Warner Robins worksite at 1044 Booth Road.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two suspected explosive devices found in a backyard on Metro Way on Monday were determined to be inert training devices, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said in a social media post…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will push 100 degrees across Middle Georgia again Wednesday as rain chances remain very low. This Evening It's been a hot afternoon across Middle Georgia with all but the northern reaches of the region…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Diabetes can develop without obvious warning signs, making prevention and regular health screenings important, according to Dr. Vivian Sachs. Sachs said people who…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A free STOP THE BLEED class Friday at the Perry branch of Houston County Public Libraries will teach people how to respond to life-threatening bleeding during an emergency. The class will be held from 1 to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - This week's Restaurant Report Card provides food service inspection scores across Middle Georgia, as released by the Georgia Department of Public…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The City of Cochran will hold two public meetings Tuesday for homeowners interested in housing rehabilitation assistance through the city's 2026 Community HOME Investment Program (CHIP) grant. The meetings will be held at 11 a.m. and…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Students at Warner Robins High School returned to campus Monday for the first time since last Wednesday's…
UPDATE (8/18/26): The family of Sidney “Sid” Wainwright has launched a GoFundMe to help cover cremation expenses after authorities identified his body Monday. According to the fundraiser, Wainwright did not have life insurance or money set aside for funeral or…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Houston County school resource officer was suspended without pay Monday pending termination after the sheriff’s office said an internal audit found she misused Flock Safety license plate reader data. The Houston County Sheriff’s Office…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to first-degree vehicular homicide in connection with a 2023 crash that killed a motorcyclist, according to the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. Caleb Levi Hendrix entered the guilty plea Friday,…
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Georgia Department of Transportation crews will make nightly concrete repairs along Interstate 75 South near exits 187 through 189 in Monroe County from August 21 through August 31. GDOT says the work will include concrete…
UPDATE (8/17/26): The City of Warner Robins will hold a community input session Monday, August 24, for residents to share ideas for the future redevelopment of Perkins Park. The session will begin at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A welfare check at a Hawkinsville hotel led to the safe removal of a victim and the arrest of a man on kidnapping, false imprisonment and other charges, according to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. In…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia voters who plan to vote by mail can begin requesting an absentee ballot Monday, August 17, for the November 3 General Election. Georgia allows voters to cast an absentee ballot even if they will be…
UPDATE (8/17/26): A woman who died after being struck by a van on Houston Avenue has been identified. Bibb County Deputt Coroner Lonnie Miley identified the woman as 42-year-old Janita Parker. Miley said Parker was pronounced dead at the hospital.…
UPDATE (8/17/26): The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Sunday's shooting happened around 2:52 a.m. at a home in the 2000 block of Beulah Highway. According to preliminary information, a caller reported that several people had shot multiple people at a…
TENNILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — All residents of the Tennille Assisted Living Facility were safely evacuated and reunited with their families Sunday after a fire that preliminary reports suggest was caused by lightning, according to Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran. Cochran…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Warner Robins High School will increase its school officer presence and hallway monitoring when students return Monday as Houston County school leaders consider weapons detection systems and metal detectors following Wednesday's campus shooting. Principal Dr.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —The Macon-Bibb County Emergency Management Agency is accepting student artwork for its 2027 Emergency Preparedness Calendar. The annual Children's Art Contest is open to all Macon-Bibb County students in kindergarten through 12th grade, regardless of where they…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon-Bibb County Emergency Management Agency will give away free weather radios later this month as part of an effort to help residents prepare for severe weather. The giveaway will take place Wednesday, August 26, from…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Installation is underway on new and upgraded outdoor emergency sirens across Macon-Bibb County. The nearly $3 million project will upgrade the county's tornado and severe weather warning system using voter-approved Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — All Jones County schools are dismissing students early Friday because of a city water main break, according to district Communications Director Adam Gilhouse. Parents and guardians can begin checking students out at their schools immediately. The…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Jones County law enforcement is urging parents to stay involved in their children's lives as students return to school following an increase in juvenile crime over the summer. Over the summer break, Jones County responded to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Macon man was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to aggravated stalking while prosecutors say he continued contacting the victim as his case was going to trial. Jonathan Vincent Roland entered the guilty plea…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Pulaski County Schools will begin daily metal detection for all K-12 students Friday as an additional school security measure, according to the district. The district announced the change Thursday, calling it a proactive step aimed at…
UPDATE: A Hancock County jury convicted Vershaun Smith of malice murder Wednesday in the June 2025 stabbing death of fellow Hancock State Prison inmate Corey…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - High temperatures will reach the upper 90s around Middle Georgia Friday as another round of storms takes over in the afternoon. This Evening Isolated storms will continue around Middle Georgia under mostly cloudy skies. A couple…
UPDATE: The Milledgeville Police Department says former Major Brandon Sellers was terminated after an internal inquiry found he used his assigned Flock Safety camera account for non-work-related purposes. According to an incident report, Chief Dray Swicord notified Major L. Boyer…
UPDATE (8/13): The 14-year-old…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Piedmont Macon is marking five years as part of Piedmont Healthcare. Piedmont Macon CEO Stephen Daugherty says serving Macon residents for the past…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Houston County School District says it is reviewing its safety procedures and security measures after a firearm was brought onto the Warner Robins High School campus during Wednesday's shooting. According to the district, a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new social support group in Macon is working to make sure people living with HIV and those affected by…
UPDATE: The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says an autopsy determined a person found dead on Second Street Tuesday was a man, after authorities initially reported the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Cristobal becomes a tropical storm in the northern Atlantic Ocean while temperatures continue to climb in Middle Georgia. This Evening It’s been a hot afternoon across Middle Georgia and unlike yesterday there’s not a widespread round…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Macon man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole Wednesday after pleading guilty to malice murder in the 2023 shooting death of 21-year-old Zyshown Treortic Dunn. 33-year-old Torey Antwan Burnette entered…
UPDATE (8/12/26): Two Milledgeville defendants were sentenced Wednesday in a federal methamphetamine trafficking case involving drugs brought from Atlanta for distribution in Baldwin County. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, 35-year-old Desmond Glenn was sentenced…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - As Georgia’s business landscape continues to expand, the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce is taking proactive…
DOOLY COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 21-year-old Hampton man died Tuesday morning in a head-on crash after another driver struck a deer and crossed the center line on Georgia Highway 27, according to Georgia State Patrol. Troopers were called around…
PULASKI COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 75-year-old Uvalda man died and another man was seriously injured Tuesday in a crash involving two trucks pulling livestock and feed trailers in Pulaski County. Georgia State Patrol identified the man who died as…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County Sheriff David Davis is responding after the arrests of three former Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies who are facing charges after an…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and Piedmont Macon is reminding mothers that free breastfeeding resources are available in the community, even if they did not…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - As temperatures continue to heat up scattered storms in the afternoon will help some cool off. This Evening Several storms are ongoing around Middle Georgia with more expected through the evening and into early tonight. The…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - After a summer that put the Monroe County Animal Shelter under intense scrutiny, the shelter is working to move forward with new leadership, updated policies and additional staff. Jennifer McGettigan is the shelter's new office manager.…
UPDATE (8/11/26): The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission approved Randolph Gosyne’s conditional-use request Monday for a proposed country bar at 473 Second Street in downtown Macon. The approval allows a restaurant, bar and nightclub with extended hours but carries…
UPDATE (8/11/26): The Macon-Bibb County Planning and Zoning Commission approved Teramore Development LLC’s request Monday to rezone seven acres at 4111 Northside Drive from multifamily residential to neighborhood commercial for a proposed Dollar General. The commission's decision requires the developer…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new school in Baldwin County is opening this year, giving students a different path to success. School leaders say they want to change the way…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fifteen people received assistance from the American Red Cross after a fire at a Warner Robins apartment complex Sunday night, according to the Red Cross. The Warner Robins Fire Department responded to Village North Apartments…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Lawrenceville man will spend 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office. 33-year-old Miguel Angel Cortez pleaded guilty Monday…