FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Fort Valley State University is mourning the death of alumnus and former football standout Rayfield Wright. Wright's family announced his death Thursday. Wright…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - "The Color Purple" musical started filming in downtown Macon this week. The filming has led to the closure of some streets…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — If you're looking for some antiques or even just a second-hand item for your home, you're in luck! Historic Macon is hosting its semi-annual flea market…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — German immigrants established Temple Beth Israel in 1859. The building it's in now was built in 1902. According to Lawrence Mink, Immediate Past President for the temple,…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A man has been arrested in connection to the stabbing death of a missing person in Milledgeville. According to Brad King with the Baldwin County Sheriff's…
UPDATE: According to reports from the Georgia State Patrol and Bibb County Sheriff's Office, a Ford Expedition pulling a camper on I-75 North near mile marker 151 jackknifed, causing the trailer to overturn, blocking all lanes of travel. There are…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Department of Transportation has a contract with Lumin8 Transportation Technologies of Newnan, Georgia, to to install dynamic message signs…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff's Office needs your help in a few cases it's investigating. First, deputies are looking for 27-year-old Tyler Bliss. He's wanted in connection to a package theft on Paddington Drive in Lizella on…
Severe storms moved out of the area earlier today, leaving us with dry air and breezy conditions. A secondary front is moving through the area this evening which will…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Catherine Brewer Benson House may soon be torn down. Catherine Brewer Benson was the first woman in the world to receive a bachelor's degree. She…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Crews spent Thursday working diligently to clean up the mess caused by Wednesday's storms. According to Matthew Kelley, the Emergency Management Director for Bleckley…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The sun was out Thursday morning, but Tuesday afternoon was a different story. Crews in Houston County are still cleaning up…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia is urging the community to be alert for scammers preying on storm victims. In light of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 50-year-old man was arrested Thursday after multiple law enforcement agencies served a search warrant on Pursley Street. A news release from the…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reporting the arrest of a man charged with murder, child cruelty, and aggravated assault from Dublin. According to the…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Jones County Sheriff's Office makes an arrest in connection to a woman found dead outside her home. Deputies arrested 55-year-old Cynthia Foley of Milledgeville on…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 33rd annual Dogwood Festival is taking place this weekend. The festival will host over 100 vendors. CEO and President of the Perry Chamber…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Powerful winds will hang around Middle Georgia the next few days. Today The sun is making a grand return to Middle Georgia today as cloud cover exits to the southeast. We will be seeing a cooling…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Crews were out Wednesday repairing power lines and cleaning up damage along Wimbish Road and Willow Creek Drive in Macon. We spoke with residents…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Twiggs County is working to clean up destruction from Tuesday's storms ahead of more expected storms. At least eight homes were destroyed…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb Commissioners approved Tuesday construction of two courtrooms at the Macon Mall. About $4 million in 2018 SPLOST revenue will be used for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon Violence Prevention Initiative now has a coordinator. Macon-Bibb Commissioners appointed Jeremy Grissom to the role on Tuesday. Grissom will start in the…
TAYLOR COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Taylor County experienced down power lines, trees and destroyed homes after storms came through Tuesday. Taylor County EMA Director David Windham said Wednesday…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia State Patrol responded to a single vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer early Wednesday morning that left one severely injured. According to the GSP, around 7:50 a.m., troopers responded to the crash on GA…
MILAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Telfair County Sheriff's Office is looking for the suspect behind an armed robbery that occurred on Monday night at the Milan Dollar General. According to a…
UPDATE (04/06) -- More details concerning the standoff have been revealed in a release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. The situation began when deputies were sent to 17…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Mayor Lester Miller has declared a State of Emergency for Macon-Bibb County in response to Middle Georgia suffering substantial damage due to multiple lines of storms. According to the release from Macon-Bibb, the State of Emergency…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The citizens of Jeffersonville are being warned to boil water before consuming it for the next 3 days. According to a social media post from the City of Jeffersonville, the city lost water pressure during a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- According to a social media post from Stratford Academy, a severe storm expected to arrive in Macon is pushing school officials to release students early. The post says that preschool students will be dismissed at noon,…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Christ Chapel Macon has partnered with the Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge to hosts a golf tournament. All proceeds raised will go towards funding for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A second storm system will bring another opportunity for severe weather to Middle Georgia. Today It was the warmest morning of the week to kick things…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Houston County District Attorney's Office along with Macon Regional Crimestoppers, is offering $8,000 for information leading to the arrest in connection to a missing woman. The Warner Robins Police Department says Bula Mae Robertson…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery at a Macon bank on Tuesday. It happened at the MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union on Lasseter…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The severe weather system that moved through Middle Georgia on Tuesday included several tornado warnings. Rain and gusty winds brought down several trees and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Rosa Taylor Elementary School will be closed on Wednesday due to power issues. That's according to an email sent by…
VIENNA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - All Dooly County Schools will be closed on Wednesday for an "inclement weather day" due to the potential for severe weather. "Students, faculty, and staff will not…
A very warm air mass over the area will quickly become unstable by the afternoon, resulting in storm development. All types of severe weather will be possible across the area, but…
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There were several reports of downed trees and power lines in Houston County Tuesday after strong storms moved through the area. Several…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Some people are losing their personal information due to a new social media scam. A recent finding by the Better Business Bureau shows scammers…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- As a part of Autism Awareness Month, the Macon Mayhem wore jerseys designed by special education students from Byron Elementary and Byron Middle School.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Georgia's legislative session officially wrapped up Tuesday afternoon. We spoke with Minority Leader Representative Dr. James Beverly, and Majority Caucus Chair State Senator John F. Kennedy,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Beth Yeshua International sits quietly off Price Road. Much like any other church or synagogue, you can visit on weekends and pray during the services.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is asking that the public keep an eye out for a suspect who's wanted for stealing…
VIENNA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Dooly County Schools posted an announcement on social media stating that due to inclement weather, schools would have an early dismissal. According to the post, the dismissal…
UPDATE (4/4/2022): The State Department of Agriculture sent a release to the 41NBC Newsroom to give an update on the investigation of the Laurens County Animal Shelter. It…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A pair of storm systems could bring severe weather to Middle Georgia Tuesday and Wednesday. Today Storms began to enter the western counties of Middle Georgia around 9 am this morning. Rain is likely for most…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, March 28 and Friday, April…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a theft suspect. Investigators say this person forced themself into Vape Circle on Forsyth Road on Saturday, April 2, around 4 a.m.[field59_video account="WMGT" key="a6c9a3bae28a9093b720c0aa9e71e2c84741b3c7" vtitle="Bibb County Investigators…
UPDATE (4/4 at 10 p.m.) - Bibb County Sheriff's Office investigators make an arrest in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller proclaimed April as National Pickleball Month Monday. The announcement happened at the Tattnall Square Pickleball and Tennis Center on College Street. [field59_video account="WMGT" key="e8603b01a6ae35b037af3cfa89bc5e61a4fea8ea" vtitle="Mayor Lester Miller proclaims April National Pickleball Month"…