Tips for picking out the perfect Christmas tree
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Donald Watson has been a Christmas tree farmer for 45 years, so he knows a thing or two about having a "tree-mendous" Christmas. "The…
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Carl Vinson VA Medical Center recognized for lowering pneumonia cases
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT ) — The Veterans Health Administration recently recognized one dental hygienist at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin. In September, Michelle…
Dunkin' Joy in Childhood Foundation awards Jay's Hope Foundation $10,000
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — It's Giving Tuesday, and one organization is giving hope to children battling cancer. The Dunkin' Joy in Childhood Foundation,…
Man sentenced to federal prison for sexually exploiting children he met online
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Macon man convicted of child sexual exploitation for coercing multiple juveniles to send him sexually explicit and pornographic images and videos of themselves was sentenced Tueday. 37-year-old Deon M. Moore, was sentenced to 18 years…
Warner Robins Mayoral election results are in - LaRhonda Patrick wins
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- LaRhonda Patrick beats Mayor Randy Toms in tonight’s runoff election to become the new Mayor-Elect of Warner Robins. Houston County…
Houston County woman pleads guilty to multiple drug charges
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —A Houston County woman pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges Tuesday. 32-year-old Alicia Marie Willett plead guilty on two cases of Trafficking Methamphetamine, and Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony. According to…
Milledgeville man arrested and charged with cruelty to children after incident with 4 week-old daughter
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Milledgeville Police Department sent out a media release concerning the arrest of 27 year-old Richard Garrett Dotherow due to an incident from earlier in the month. According to the release, Dotherow has been charged with…
Milledgeville man shot on West McIntosh St, in stable condition at hospital
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Milledgeville police department post posted a release Tuesday evening concerning concerning a shooting that happened the previous week. The MPD detective bureau says they are investigating what they believe to be a domestic disturbance. The…
Restaurant Report Card: Food service inspection scores November 22-26
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, November 22 and Friday, November…
Warmer temps returning as November ends
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - A shift in the wind direction will allow temperatures to climb well above average to begin December. Today The final morning of December was one of if not the coldest for many locations in Middle Georgia.…
Sunny and warm weather returns this week
It was a cool day across Middle Georgia, behind a cold front that passed through yesterday. Highs today only warmed to the low 60s for much of the area,…
Warner Robins leaders provide clarification on IRS tax issues
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms and City Administrator David Corbin gave an update on the IRS tax lien and levy the city is facing. The…
Runoff for Warner Robins Mayor set for Tuesday
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The runoff for the Warner Robins mayor's race is Tuesday. Mayor Randy Toms is seeking his third consecutive term, as he faces LaRhonda…
Milledgeville celebrates Hanukkah in downtown
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The city of Milledgeville started the first night of Hanukkah with a menorah lighting Sunday. People gathered around a nine foot menorah on Hancock Street to see…
Carl Vinson VA Medical Center hosts food giveaway
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center partnered with Buckhorn Food Ministry Monday to give back to the community. They held a drive through food…
Dublin High School naming basketball court after Dr. Anthony Jaroy Stuckey
DUBLIN, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — It's been less than a year since Dr. Anthony Jaroy Stuckey, his wife and son died in a car accident. Dublin High…
FBI offers reward in search for Warner Robins bank robbery suspect
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent out a press release Monday concerning the search for the suspect behind the robbery,…
Cool conditions kick off the final days of November
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - A weak cold front has brought cool temperatures to the Peach State for the final Monday of November. Today Sunday night began with plenty of cloud cover over Middle GA. These quickly cleared out as the…
Monroe County Fire station burns
Saturday night Monroe County Emergency Services Station 10 at 50 Evans Road in Smarr suffered major damage in a fire. That's according to the Monroe County Emergency Services Facebook page.…
Walgreens on Vineville Ave robbed
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at around 8:57 p.m Friday., at the Walgreens located at 3888 Vineville Avenue. It was reported that an individual entered the store with a gun and demanded money.…
Family Dollar robbed with baseball bat
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on November 26, 2021 at around 9:36 p.m. Friday night. The incident occurred at the Family Dollar located at 2035 Shurling Drive. It was reported that an individual…
Armed Robbery at Welcome Food on Knoxville Rd
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at around 10:15 p.m. (Friday night). The robbery occurred at the Welcome Food Store located at 6999 Knoxville Road. It was reported that an individual entered the store…
Woman dead after single car accident on Pio Nono Avenue
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal single vehicle accident that took place at around 3:13 a.m. Saturday in the 4000 block of Pio…
Armed robbery at Kings Food Mart on Houston Ave.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at around 10:53 p.m. Saturday at the Kings Food Mart located at 2765 Houston Avenue. It was reported that an individual entered the store with a gun and…
Woman struck and killed by car on Millerfield Rd
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred at the 1900 block of Millerfield Road just before its intersection with Jeffersonville Road.…
UPDATE: Juvenile son arrested after aggravated assault leaves father in critical condition
UPDATE (12/02) -- The BCSO sent out a release on Thursday concerning the arrest of the juvenile son of Allan Purser, who was located in Dodge County. The…
Main Street Christmas Light Extravaganza is back
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— With Thanksgiving in the rear view, it's now time to celebrate Christmas. The Main Street Christmas Extravaganza light show began its fifth year Friday night. Macon Pops…
Man hit, killed in west Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- A man is dead after being hit by a car in west Macon Friday night. According to Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones, the 26-year-old man was hit on…
Golf tournament raises money for Brookdale Warming Center
MACON,Ga(41NBC/WMGT)- The Bowden Golf Course in Macon and United Way of Central Georgia, teamed up to present the first ever Birdies for Brooksdale tournament. Money raised by the…
Greenwood Bottom opens up new shopping plaza
MACON,Ga(41NBC/WMGT)- Greenwood Bottom opened up its new shopping plaza. This new shopping center is set to serve a community the owner says was desperately needed to represent the community.…
UPDATE: Victims identified in deadly Thanksgiving fire
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office and Macon-Bibb Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 4000 block of Houston Avenue just before 12:00 a.m. this (Friday) morning. When they arrived, the house was fully involved.…
Driver dies in wrong-way crash in Laurens County
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia State Patrol is investigating a deadly crash that happened Thanksgiving night in Laurens County. According to an incident report, just before 10:00pm, troopers…
Veteran helps community by handing out Thanksgiving meals
MACON, Ga(41NBC/WMGT)- Charles Jackson has been handing out Thanksgiving meals to the Middle Georgia community for 25 years. Charles Jackson is a Steward at the Greater Tabernacle Church…
Middle Georgia law firm provides Thanksgiving meals
MACON,Ga(41NBC/WMGT)- Forrest B. Johnson and Associates held a Thanksgiving Dinner Giveaway at the CrackerBarrel on Eisenhower in Macon today. The giveaway started at 11:00 a.m., but some were out waiting…
Piedmont Macon bringing awareness to Lung Cancer
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Lung Cancer is the leading cause of death compared to other cancers. That's why Piedmont Macon is hoping to save lives by bringing awareness to the disease.…
Flint Energies: Power restored, possible power blinks in Houston County
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Flint Energies reports power has been restored to a substation that left thousands of customers without power Thanksgiving morning. Thursday morning,…
Thousands of Flint Energy customers began Thanksgiving morning without power
Nearly 6,000 people in Centerville and Warner Robins started Thanksgiving without power. That's according to the Flint Energies website. The outages began around 1:40 this (Thursday) morning. In the attached graphic, the red areas are confirmed without power, the orange…
Local doctors give advice on how to avoid overeating at Thanksgiving
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-- As we prepare for all of the Thanksgiving food, some of you may be getting your sweatpants out. Local health experts though, want to warn you that may not be the…
Temps warm for Thanksgiving, rain possible for Black Friday
It is a cold night across Middle Georgia, but we will get a small reprieve from the chill for Thanksgiving. We will start to see a small…
Law enforcement shares tips as holiday travel period begins
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The Holiday travel period officially kicked off Wednesday. Triple A predicts that more than 53 million Americans will travel for the holiday weekend. That's a…
41NBC teams with Toys 4 Tots to deliver toys across Middle Georgia
MACON,Ga(41NBC/WMGT)- 41NBC is helping collect Toys for Tots this holiday season. The toys collected will be distributed throughout Middle Georgia. Toys 4 Tots is…
UPDATE: Man charged after bomb threat incident at Panera Bread
UPDATE #2 (5:45 p.m.) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office arrested a man for the bomb threat at Panera Bread on Tom Hill Sr. Blvd. in Macon Wednesday afternoon. They say 52-year-old Kevin…
UPDATE: Fulton County man arrested in connection to Best Western homicide
(Video Credit to Bibb County Sheriff's Office) UPDATE (12/2): The BCSO sent out a release on Thursday concerning an arrest that was made in connection to the November 23rd homicide…
Suspects wanted in connection to theft of truck, attempted ATM theft
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) sent out a release on Wednesday November 24, 2021, asking for the public's help finding 2 suspects in connection to a vehicle theft and attempted ATM theft that happened in…
Warmer conditions returning ahead of Thanksgiving
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - After a strong cold front left wintry chills around Middle GA on Tuesday, warmer conditions are returning heading into Midweek. Today This morning was the coldest morning in Georgia so far this fall. Everywhere in Middle…
Florida man killed in Macon hotel shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A late-night shooting at the Best Western hotel on Riverside drive left a Florida man dead Tuesday. Bibb County Deputies responded to a call about a man being shot inside a vehicle just after 11 p.m.…
Macon-Bibb Coroner: Man found dead in north Macon
UPDATED AT 8:25 A.M.: Bibb County Coroner says the victim has been identified as 27-year-old Chauncey Jevon Love II. Next of kin has been notified. MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide that happened…
Staying dry and cool Tuesday
It has been a sunny, but cool day in Middle Georgia, and we can expect another on the way for Tuesday. High pressure will continue to hang around, but winds…
Macon-Bibb Fire Department provides tips for having a safe Thanksgiving
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon-Bibb Fire Department wants you to keep safety in mind when preparing your Thanksgiving meal. When it comes to preparing the meal,there…
41NBC partners with Red Cross to host blood drive
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- 41NBC and The American Red Cross are partnering for the 9th annual Thanksgiving Blood Drive this week. The blood drive started Tuesday and ends…