Macon-Bibb Design Review Board approves design for new Otis Redding Arts Center
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb Design Review Board approves design plans for the new Otis Redding Arts Center in downtown Macon. The board's decision…
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Georgia National Fairgrounds hosting food drive Saturday
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Georgia National Fair is helping stock the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and it's asking for your help. The first 500 people who bring in…
NCHD: Upgraded vaccine booster formula better protects against Omicron variant
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The CDC is now recommending an updated Covid-19 booster after it approved the use of two boosters. The Pfizer booster shot has been…
SparkMacon receives more than $4,800 in funding to facilitate two new programs
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - SparkMacon is launching two new programs thanks to a $4,800 grant from the Central Georgia Empowerment Fund. The non-profit says it…
Man dies following shooting, crash in Dublin
UPDATE : The Dublin Police Department is releasing details involving the deadly shooting on Sunday night. According to Interim Police Chief Keith Moon, an officer was an officer was dispatched to the intersection of Academy Ave and Kingsby Street just…
Sunshine returns for Tuesday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - More pleasant conditions have returned to Middle Georgia after a relatively cloudy Labor Day. Today Sunny skies greeted Middle Georgian's this morning as…
Restaurant Report Card: Food service inspection scores August 29-September 2
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, August 29 and Friday, September 2, 2022. All scores of 69 and below are shown in red. All…
Macon resident opens long-term care facility to address Certified Nurse Aide need
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Patricia Duncan has lived in Macon her entire life, and she's been helping the elderly ever since she was a little girl.…
Ways to get involved in politics
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— No matter how you feel about the current political climate, there are ways to make your voice heard. One of them is voting, the other is getting involved with…
Just Walk Away: Anti-violence initiative looks to deter violence in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Local activist Herbert Dennard has started the Just Walk Away Initiative. Dennard is the Executive Director of Changing Mindsets, a non profit organization that looks to…
Participants take their mark in 45th annual Macon Labor Day Road Race
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Participants of the 45th Annual Labor Day Road Race started off their Labor holiday with a good run with friends.…
Staying hot Tuesday
After a rainy weekend across Middle Georgia, we saw an afternoon of sunshine and highs in the 90s today. Tomorrow will bring another nice day, but highs will again be warming into the…
Deputies search for auto theft, shooting suspect in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man involved in an afternoon shooting and auto theft in Macon. Deputies first responded to…
Mercer University starts concert season with Labor Day event
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Mercer University held its annual Labor Day concert Monday afternoon. The concert, which included pieces from Felix Mendelsshon, Florence Price and George Walker, featured students from Mercer as…
Driver dies in crash along Northside Drive in Macon
UPDATE: The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim as 66-year-old Jackie Polk of Macon. ----------------------------- MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A driver dies in a single vehicle…
Suspect wanted in connection to strong arm robbery at Macon Mall Jeweler
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is looking for a masked male suspect who's wanted for a commercial strong arm robbery that…
WANTED: Suspect drivers in shooting that left woman injured
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is currently searching for the drivers of the 2 vehicles pictured after a woman was shot while passing a shooting incident taking place between them. The incident…
GBI Investigates officer-involved shooting in Baldwin County
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The GBI is investigating it's 83rd officer involved shooting of the year after an incident in Baldwin County this weekend that left a man dead. The…
Mostly cloudy conditions to hang around for Labor Day
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Cloud cover will continue to stick around Middle Georgia following Sunday's wet weather. Today Conditions will remain mostly cloudy for much of the day,…
Crawford County gets new school, football field
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — You would never know by looking at the parking lot of Crawford County Middle and High School that the old high school used to stand in its place. The freshly-paved parking lot is in front of…
Juvenile arrested in Forsyth after law enforcement responds to burglary in progress
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A juvenile male is charged with burglary after the Monroe County Sheriff's Office says it was dispatched to a burglary in progress Friday. A sheriff's office Facebook post says deputies, along with Forsyth Police Department officers,…
Historic Cannonball House opens time capsules previously buried under Confederate monuments
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Cannonball House officials and Macon-Bibb County officials opened two time capsules recovered after relocating two downtown Confederate monuments. History leaped from two copper boxes Friday when two time capsules were opened that had previously been buried…
Macon-Bibb County looking to add more safety measures to Lake Tobesofkee
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Although Summer is coming to an end, Macon-Bibb County leaders are continuing to push for more safety at Lake Tobesofkee. According to Mayor Lester Miller, Macon-Bibb County is looking to regulate the types of boats and their…
Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority faces driver shortage
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon-Bibb Transit Authority is temporarily suspending duplicate routes on three of its routes. MTA says the changes don't impact route times. The routes that will lose the second bus on its route include: Houston Avenue East…
Macon Water Authority to raise rates due to increase in costs
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Macon Water Authority is raising prices after a nearly 80% increase in cost of operations MWA says that there's been an increase in costs for chemicals to treat water, fuel, electricity, and contract labor expenses.…
Abandoned structure catches fire in South Macon Friday morning
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Fire Department is currently working to put out a fire in South Macon. BCFD says that an abandoned structure at 555 Guy Paine Road caught fire Friday morning, 41NBC is currently working to…
Macon nonprofits donate water to Jackson, Mississippi
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Several Macon nonprofit organizations are working to help residents in Jackson, Mississippi get access to safe water. The Middle Georgia Community Food Bank donated more than…
AAA offering free towing services during Labor Day weekend
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Labor Day weekend is here, and many people will be hitting the road to celebrate the unofficial end of the summer. During the…
Labor Day road races to impact traffic in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —On Labor Day, there will be multiple roads in Macon temporarily affected by the Labor Day road races. All traffic headed into town on Vineville Avenue will be blocked at 7 a.m. The 5K road race will…
Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller launches Mayor's Literacy Alliance
MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller is partnering with the Bibb County School District and Central Georgia Technical College to launch the Mayor's Literacy Alliance program. Miller…
Baldwin County partners with Windstream to expand broadband services
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Baldwin County residents will now be able to have more access to high speed internet thanks to Windstream's expansion of broadband service. For residenst…
UPDATE: Bibb Sheriff's Office announces 2 arrests in T Mart armed robbery
UPDATE (9/1): Two suspects are now in custody in connection with an August 23 armed robbery. A Bibb County Sheriff's Office news release says investigators, along with the U.S. Marshals Southeast…
UPDATE: Pedestrian identified in hit-and-run incident
UPDATE (9/1): The Bibb County Sheriff's Office identified the victim of a hit-and-run Thursday morning as 49-year-old Shawn Smith of Macon. This fatal collision is still under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at…
Man sentenced to 25 years in child molestation case in Houston Co.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A sex offender will serve 25 years in prison for aggravated child molestation in Houston County. Judge Bo Adams sentenced 40-year-old Jonathan Allan Bennett in Houston County Superior Court, Wednesday. Bennett pleaded guilty to charges,…
UPDATE: Fatal accident on MLK and Pine Street leaves woman dead
12:50PM - UPDATE: The female driver of the Kia, 62-year-old Angela Dawn White, was pronounced deceased at the hospital by Deputy Coroner Luanne Stone. UPDATE: The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says that the incident happened when the driver of a…
Deputies search for Macon man, missing since April
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help in locating a missing man. They are trying to find 47-year-old Freddie DeWayne King. Deputies say King was last seen by his friend on April 15, 2022.…
September to begin on a wet note for the Peach State
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Storm chances are returning today across Middle Georgia Today It's a sunny start for Middle Georgia today but cloud cover will fill in…
Man arrested early Thursday for attempting to steal catalytic converters
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- An arrest was made early Thursday morning after a call came in to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office in response to loud sawing noises heard near the Raffield Tire Master on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd…
Scattered storms return Thursday
A stalled cold front has been keeping rain and storms mainly in our southern counties this evening. Our break from widespread showers and storms will be short lived as more moisture moves…
Coroner: Donations help fund military funeral honors for homeless veteran
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors. The Georgia Patriot Guard held a…
Monroe County Library celebrates 100 years of service
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service. The Forsyth Women's Club opened the library in August 1922 after noticing a need for it. "The Masonic hall actually let the library use one of…
Macon VA hospital aims to help in fight against overdoses
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray. Narcan can be used to reverse the effects of opioid…
Leadership Macon looking for nominations for 2023 class
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class. The community leadership program started in 1979. Each year, emerging leaders participate in the program and learn all about Macon. The program also looks at the…
Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Sometimes taking a chance pays off. It did recently for Houston County Habitat for Humanity. According to Director Bill Goggin, the organization applied for a grant through Governor Brian Kemp's office aimed at helping homeless…
Sunshine to stick around Wednesday before rain returns Thursday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Sunshine will hang around most of Middle Georgia today in the wake of a weak cold front. Today The skies were clear over most…
Sparta teen injured in deputy-involved shooting in Hancock Co.
SPARTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Hancock County. According to a GBI news release, the incident happened Tuesday evening on Shoals Road. Hancock County deputies were responding to a stolen…
Preservation group offers reward after downtown Macon's Rose Hill Cemetery vandalized
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A local preservation group announces a $1,000 dollar reward for tips after someone vandalized the gate to Macon's historic Rose Hill Cemetery.…
City of Ideal hosts 'Cornhole and Conversation'
IDEAL, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The City of Ideal in Macon County is bringing residents together to engage with political candidates in a unique way. A "Cornhole and Conversation" event was…
Joint Agriculture Committee Chairmen Ag Issues Summit addresses issues farmers face
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Farmers always have to deal with issues like the weather, but according to farmer Knapp Boddiford, he's seeing more problems than…
Fort Valley State University receives grant for Head Start/ Early Head Start program
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Fort Valley State University is providing resources to families across middle Georgia thanks to grant funding. The…