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…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Warner Robins man will spend 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to child molestation and sexual exploitation of children in a case involving lewd images of a child, according to the 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 Health. The scores cover inspections conducted between Monday, August 3 and Friday, August 7. Understanding…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - El Amigo Mexican Restaurant in Milledgeville remains open after receiving two unsatisfactory health inspection scores in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County school board members pushed back Monday night against three consolidation options developed after the board directed the district to study…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Members of the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission toured Fine Fettle's Macon facility Monday, getting a firsthand look at how medical…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon officially launched the Advanced Manufacturing Pathway (AMP) program Monday morning, giving students at the Innovation and Technology Academy hands-on access to cutting-edge advanced manufacturing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The American Red Cross of Georgia is sharing safety reminders as students across the state return to school. The Red Cross recommends younger children…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The heat will increase throughout this work week with isolated afternoon storm odds. This Evening It’s been a hot day to begin the new work week as most heat indexes have reached 100 degrees around Middle…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Lorra Lynch Jones will become president and CEO of the Museum of Aviation Foundation on August 17, the foundation announced in a news release on Monday. Jones replaces Dan Rhoades, who retired from the position…
REYNOLDS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Flint Energies President and CEO Jeremy Nelms has resigned after being selected to become the next president and CEO of Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation. Nelms announced his resignation during Flint Energies' July board meeting, according to…
UPDATE (8/10/26): Warrants provided to 41NBC by the Georgia Department of Corrections say Alexis Lambry engaged in sexual intercourse with a Washington State Prison inmate while working as a correctional officer. According to the warrants, the contact happened between June…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two siblings were arrested after Bibb County investigators executed a search warrant at a home on Berkshire Drive, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The search warrant was executed August 7 by investigators with the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged threat reported to staff at Piedmont Occupational Health. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were called to the scene at 12:57 p.m. and assisted in clearing employees…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Three former Bibb County sheriff's deputies were arrested Monday after an internal audit found they used Flock camera license plate data for personal, non-law enforcement purposes, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A series of urgent product recalls are affecting consumers nationwide, involving everything from fresh foods to essential home equipment. Health and safety officials…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Seasonal temperatures and afternoon/evening storms will continue this weekend. This Evening A partly cloudy afternoon will become a partly cloudy night with a few storms likely around the region this evening. Storm odds should be lower…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Applications are now open for the next Miss Macon, Miss Macon's Teen, Miss Central Georgia and Miss Central Georgia's Teen. April Montgomery with Miss Macon joined 41…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A convicted felon was sentenced to 20 years after pleading guilty to drug and firearm charges stemming from a 2021 search of his Macon home, according to the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. Oscar Abram…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Macon Water Authority customers will see changes to water, sewer, and stormwater bills starting Jan. 1, 2027. The authority voted Thursday to approve its fiscal year 2027 operating budget, a five-year capital improvement plan, a three-year water…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Warner Robins man was sentenced to 30 years after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine, according to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office. 37-year-old Parris Dewayne Bighems pleaded guilty August 6 in Houston County Superior…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Pendergrass man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a domestic violence case and a high-speed chase through four Middle Georgia counties, according to the Houston County…
JONES COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 51-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 60 years after pleading guilty to three counts of child molestation in Jones County Superior Court. Brian Ross will serve the first 30 years of his sentence in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Monroe County family is leaning on community support after a 12 year old boy was recently diagnosed with cancer. Tybee Morgan…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The current pattern will continue with a handful of storms possible over the back half of the day Friday. This Evening It’s been a seasonal afternoon around Middle Georgia with many heat indexes in the upper…