Deputies: Head-on crash involving school bus sends 3 to hospital
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,…
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41NBC Memorial Blood Drive returns to Middle Georgia
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…
Storm odds increase Thursday afternoon
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…
Senior center helping Byron residents stay active and connected
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. …
GEORGIA BUSINESS FOCUS: Summer program access, building dedication, scam warnings
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 Water Authority District 2 race headed to runoff election
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…
Garrett-Boyd wins another term on Bibb school board
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…
Gary Bechtel wins re-election as Macon Water Authority Chairman
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-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller proposes $221M budget with no tax increase
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Mayor Lester Miller is proposing a new budget for fiscal year 2027 that prioritizes public safety while keeping taxes steady.…
Piedmont Macon doctor discusses importance of Mental Health Awareness Month
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…
Amy Morton wins Bibb BOE Post 7 at-large race
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…
Frank K. Patterson Jr. wins Macon Water Authority District 4 race
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…
Georgia preservation leaders react to Kemp veto of historic tax credit bill
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…
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Rick Jackson advance to Republican runoff for Georgia governor
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…
Ed DeFore, fixture in Macon politics for decades, dies
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Former longtime Macon commissioner Ed DeFore has died at 94. Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says DeFore died on Tuesday around 3:45 surrounded by…
Middle Georgia titleholders set sights on Miss Georgia crown
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.…
Miller’s proposed budget expands spending without raising millage rate
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…
Deputies: Four charged in prison contraband scheme
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…
Sheriff: Stolen vehicle chase ends in woods after pursuit from Davisboro
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…
Slim chance for storms as conditions stay warm Wednesday
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…
New historical marker in Milledgeville highlights Georgia State Prison Farm
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: More prison sentences handed down in Macon drug ring case
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.…
Two inmates die days apart at McRae women’s prison
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 man sentenced to 15 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl
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…
Restaurant Report Card: Middle Georgia food service inspection scores May 11-15
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: Woman dies weeks after Westminister Drive shooting
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…
Crime Stoppers seeks man wanted for theft in Peach County
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…
Sunny and hot again Tuesday afternoon
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…
Sheriff: Spoofed calls behind recent Houston County school threats
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…
Lane closure planned for Houston Lake Road in Warner Robins Tuesday
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…
Gun recovered from student's vehicle at Peach County High
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…
‘Serious injury crash’ shuts down I-16 W in Twiggs County
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…
Sen. Warnock criticizes Air Force plan to retire E-11 aircraft stationed at Robins Air Force Base
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…
Downtown Macon fight leaves person hospitalized
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…
RECALL WATCH LIST: Ice cream, seasoning and children’s stools among products recalled
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…
Sheriff: Threat called into Warner Robins High School
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…
Bibb deputies searching for Family Dollar robbery suspect
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.…
GEORGIA’S AMERICAN JOURNEY: Piedmont Grand Opera House
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 legends, its auditorium filled with applause, and its legacy intertwined with…
Bibb deputies identify man found unresponsive in motel room
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…
Gov. Brian Kemp extends Georgia gas tax suspension through June 3
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.…
500 new jobs planned as Unified Legacy announces $125 million manufacturing facility in Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- A Georgia manufacturing company plans to expand in Macon with a new $125 million facility and 500 new jobs…
Humanitarian Gang Inc. seeks community support for Middle Georgia youth programs
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…
Chase after bike robbery leads deputies onto elementary school campus
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…
Georgia lawmakers react to special session on redistricting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has called a special session of the Georgia General Assembly, putting redistricting back on the table. Lawmakers are expected to…
Piedmont doctor gives heart health tips for women
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new survey from The American Heart Association projects that by 2050, nearly 60 percent of women could have high blood pressure, while stroke…
The heat cranks up this weekend; storms possible Sunday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will push 90 degrees this coming weekend with storms possible Sunday afternoon and evening. This Evening Conditions will remain clear around Middle Georgia heading into tonight as the wind finishes its shift from the northwest…
Prosecutors: Longtime Bibb County cocaine dealer gets 20-year sentence
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Bibb County man described by prosecutors as a longtime cocaine dealer has been sentenced to 20 years, with the first 10 in…
GSP investigating deadly Dodge County crash
DODGE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A person was killed in a head-on crash Thursday morning in Dodge County, according to the Georgia State Patrol. GSP says troopers were called around…
Bibb County Board of Education approves FY26 general fund budget amendment
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Board of Education has approved Fiscal Year 2026 General Fund Budget Amendment #3. District officials say the general fund budget should be updated whenever new information arrives from federal, state or local agencies…
Warner Robins hosts 'Night of Blue Lights' honoring police
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The City of Warner Robins brought the community together Thursday evening for its May Food Truck Roundup at Perkins Field, with a…