UPDATE (5/21/26): A Butts County jury has convicted Nathan Shane Upchurch in the death of Brooke Bedard Sides, according to the Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. The DA's Office says Upchurch was convicted Wednesday in Sides' hit-and-run death. Following…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Robins Air Force Base is paying tribute to fallen service members as we approach Memorial Day Weekend. The base held its…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Board of Education is continuing discussions on how to address a projected $23.8 million budget deficit…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A rezoning request tied to a proposed Costco development in north Macon is scheduled to go before the Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning Commission…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Houston County families will once again have access to free meals for children this summer through the Houston County School District’s Summer Feeding Program, according to the Houston County School District. Free meals will be…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The FPD baseball team has reached the state championship series in back-to-back seasons, and the Vikings are hoping the third time is the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man is dead after a vehicle struck a pedestrian on Moody Road, according to the Warner Robins Police Department. Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to the area of Moody Road and Leisure Lake…
UPDATE: The cleanup is complete and all lanes are back open, according to 511ga.org. ORIGINAL STORY: MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Traffic is backing up…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Three people were hospitalized after a crash involving a Bibb County school bus and a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon on Heath Road,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — 41NBC and the American Red Cross are encouraging people in Middle Georgia to donate blood during the 14th annual 41NBC Memorial Blood Drive ahead of the Memorial Day…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The hot and humid conditions will continue Thursday as afternoon and evening storm chances ramp up. This Evening A partly sunny afternoon will become a partly cloudy night across Middle Georgia. A stray shower or storm…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Byron senior center is working to combat senior isolation by giving older adults a place to connect, build friendships and stay active in the community. …
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Financial pressures are affecting Georgia families and the local economy. From the high costs keeping kids out of summer programs to rising…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – No candidate won the Macon Water Authority District 2 race outright Tuesday night, sending the election to a runoff between the top two candidates. According to unofficial election results, Marshall Talley received 1,844 (32.20%) votes, while…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Incumbent Lisa Garrett-Boyd won reelection Tuesday in the Bibb County Board of Education At-Large Post 8 race, according to unofficial election results provided by…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Incumbent Gary Bechtel has won re-election as chairman of the Macon Water Authority, securing another term in office. Bechtel secured 55.14% of the vote in his…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Mayor Lester Miller is proposing a new budget for fiscal year 2027 that prioritizes public safety while keeping taxes steady.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Mental Health Awareness Month aims to break the stigma surrounding mental health and encourage people to seek help and support when they are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Amy Morton won the Bibb County Board of Education Post 7 at-large race Tuesday night, according to unofficial election results. Morton received 14,998…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Frank K. Patterson Jr. won the Macon Water Authority District 4 race Tuesday night, according to unofficial election results. Patterson received 4,309 votes in the race (53.98%) to avoid a runoff. De'Ron Rogers received 23.61% and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Historic preservation leaders across Georgia say Governor Brian Kemp’s veto of House Bill 376 could slow revitalization projects and leave historic buildings vacant across the…
ATLANTA (AP) — Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson have advanced to the June 16 Republican runoff for Georgia governor, extending a bruising campaign battle. President Donald Trump endorsed Jones last year, and a Jones win would…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Middle Georgia pageant title holders are preparing to compete in the upcoming Miss Georgia and Miss Georgia’s Teen competition June 17-20 in Columbus.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller presented his proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget Tuesday, outlining increased funding in several areas without a proposed millage rate increase. According to Macon-Bibb County Government, the proposed budget includes increased funding for…
DAVISBORO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Four men are facing charges after Washington County investigators uncovered what they describe as a prison contraband operation Tuesday afternoon. According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, deputies were alerted to a suspicious vehicle driving around…
DAVISBORO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two men were arrested Tuesday after deputies say a stolen vehicle from Washington County was tracked to Eatonton. According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, a vehicle was reported stolen before noon from the Dollar General…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Humidity will continue to increase Wednesday leading to a chance for a shower or a storm in the afternoon/evening. This Evening A mostly sunny and warm afternoon will become a mostly clear and muggy night across…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new historical marker is now in place in Milledgeville that highlights a complex part of Georgia's past. The Georgia Historical Society…
UPDATE (5/19/26): Three more defendants tied to the federal "Operation Mobile Order" drug trafficking investigation have now been sentenced to prison, according to the U.S.…
MCRAE-HELENA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Department of Corrections confirms two inmates at McRae Women’s Facility died within days of each other this month. According to the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Warner Robins man pleaded guilty to trafficking fentanyl and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, according to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office. 61-year-old Michael Jay Jackson pleaded guilty Monday in Houston County…
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…
UPDATE (5/18/26): A woman has died after a shooting earlier this month on Westminister Drive, and the man accused of shooting her is now charged with murder. According to an update from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, Coroner Leon Jones…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon Regional Crime Stoppers is spotlighting five individuals wanted by law enforcement agencies across Middle Georgia as part of its ongoing effort to encourage community involvement in locating fugitives. Crime Stoppers partners with media outlets and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will climb into the 90s across Middle Georgia Tuesday afternoon. This Evening A sunny and very warm afternoon will become a clear and somewhat muggy night with temperatures likely to valley in the low to…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Deputies investigated a threat Monday morning at Warner Robins High School, leading officials to temporarily move more than 100 students outside the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Drivers in Warner Robins should expect traffic delays Tuesday morning on Houston Lake Road due to scheduled roadside maintenance. In a news release, the City of Warner Robins said the northbound right lane of Houston…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Peach County Schools says a firearm was recovered from a student vehicle Monday afternoon at Peach County High School during a disciplinary investigation. According to the Peach County Schools, school resource officers and administrators recovered…
TWIGGS COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Interstate 16 westbound is shut down in Twiggs County after a crash involving a semi-truck and several passenger vehicles, according to…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Sen. Raphael Warnock is criticizing a reported U.S. Air Force plan to retire the E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node aircraft currently stationed at Robins Air Force Base. According to Warnock’s office, the Air Force plans to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A person was hospitalized after a fight in downtown Macon early Sunday morning, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff's office says Macon-Bibb E-911 received a call just after 2 a.m. about an unresponsive…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Ice Cream, seasoning, noodles and children’s stools: Consumers are being urged to check their homes after a series of new…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —"Please avoid the area of Warner Robins High School at this time". That is the message Monday afternoon from the Houston County Sheriff's Office. According to the Sheriff Matt Moulton, deputies are on scene working with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect connected to a commercial armed robbery at a Family Dollar on Mercer University Drive, according to a news release. The incident happened just after 7:30 p.m.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - For more than a century, the Piedmont Grand Opera House has been an iconic presence in downtown Macon, Georgia. Its stage has been graced by…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man found dead Saturday morning at a Motel 6 on Riverside Parkway. According to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an executive order extending Georgia’s gas tax suspension for two additional weeks. According to the governor’s office, the suspension will begin at 12:01 a.m. on May 20 and continue through June 3.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- A Georgia manufacturing company plans to expand in Macon with a new $125 million facility and 500 new jobs…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Middle Georgia nonprofit focused on supporting local youth is asking the community for financial support as it prepares for its largest outreach events of the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An 18-year-old has been arrested after deputies say he robbed someone at gunpoint Friday afternoon and led deputies on a foot chase…