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…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Participants of the 45th Annual Labor Day Road Race started off their Labor holiday with a good run with friends.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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, 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, 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, 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.…
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, 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…
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…
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,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…
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 (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 (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…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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.…
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…
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, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Fort Valley State University is providing resources to families across middle Georgia thanks to grant funding. The…
Temperatures across Middle Georgia warmed into the low 90s today, ahead of a "cold" front that should move in Wednesday. This front remains pretty weak, and will bring some drier air to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new talent recruitment website. Maconworks.com aims to help bring people to work and live in Macon. The website…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, August 22 and Friday, August 26, 2022. All scores of 69 and below are shown in red. All…
UPDATE (2/2): Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones has provided more information concerning the incident at Courtland Avenue. The coroner's office was called to the scene at 9:50 p.m., and Jones…
BOLINGBROKE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Monroe County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a man in connection to a forgery case. Investigators say the man picture aboved…
We saw a hot day in Middle Georgia today, with highs warming to the low 90s (which is normal for this time of year). Highs tomorrow will warm back to…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia College and State University is continuing to teach about author Flannery O'Connor's legacy. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the university a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Thanks to a grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, several middle Georgia organizations are getting the support to continue immersing the community in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Artist Alexa Kleinbard's "Storm Songs" art exhibit focuses on the impact of climate change. Set to be shown at Mercer's McEachern Art Center, the exhibit aims to…