UPDATE (7/31 10 a.m.) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office identified the victim of Friday night’s shooting as 69-year-old Freddie Lee Battle. Deputies say Battle was involved in an altercation with 60-year-old Christopher Leon Woods and that Woods retrieved a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The first day of school is now just days away for most Middle Georgia students, and that could mean back to school jitters, especially if your child is going to back to in-person learning full time.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Violent events continue as county leaders try to learn how they can suppress violence in Macon-Bibb. "Unfortunately, you hate to say…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Baldwin County School District hosted a vaccination event Friday in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The school district…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The annual Stop the Violence parade will happen Saturday after being canceled last year. According to organizers, the goal is to promote anti-violence, peace and unity.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that as of Friday, July 30, that the COVID case rate in Georgia has increased by over 200% in the last 14 days. As of yesterday, new cases…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Memorial Park Recreation Center hosts free play basketball for teens to hang out and have some fun. The center hosts this event every Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. Memorial Park Recreation Center is…
UPDATE 8/1: The Bibb County Sheriff's office was notified by the Coroner's office Sunday, August 1, that Darius Deonta Grayer passed away from his injuries and that the incident is now being investigated as a homicide. MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -…
Highs once again reached the upper 90s today in Macon, with our official high hitting 98 degrees. Not much will be changing for our forecast tomorrow, but we will be warming…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A joint Senate and House redistricting hearing took place Thursday night at the Mercer University School of Medicine Auditorium. Local and…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Taylor Regional Hospital is getting a major upgrade sometime in the next eight months. The hospital has been serving Pulaski County since 1977, and…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Temperatures are increasing all over middle Georgia and Baldwin County's splash pad is almost ready. County Manger Carlos Tobar says the splash pad should…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— 11-year-old Valynsia Calhoun began her journey in track and field at just 8 years old. She says her love for running came from her family.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an afternoon shooting that sent three men to the hospital. Investigators say the shooting…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT ) — Virginia Sharp is the owner of Daemarii's Unique Boutique in Macon. Sharp's business is one of 25 in the country…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Fort Valley State University is clearing outstanding debt for more than 200 students to help alleviate financial hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- July 29, 2021, a City of Dublin Police Officer was sitting in his car when a driver in a pickup truck drove off the roadway and crashed into the Officer's car, sending them both to a…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Warner Robins Police Department arrested a man early Thursday in connection to a report of a single vehicle striking a building. Around 3:31 a.m., officers responded to a call on 1205 Green Street where…
Thursday morning, July 29, the Dublin City School System (DCS) announced that they will be requiring masks for all students and staff for the beginning of the 2021 school year. The news release from the DCS said that after discussions…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Walker Bethune, a Stratford Academy student who was struck by lightning while vacationing in Florida this month, has died. The teen's family made the announcement in a post Wednesday night on a CaringBridge website dedicated to…
Despite the heat and humidity, we had a mostly dry day, with only a few storms this afternoon. A dry day is on the way for Thursday, which means plenty of sunshine and highs warming to the upper 90s, with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The former Macon Telegraph newspaper facility in downtown Macon will soon house storage units. The Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning Commission approved the proposal during Monday's meeting. The site sits at the 112 Broadway and has been…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A modified shipping container will serve as restrooms at Macon's new dog park and bar. The Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning Commission approved the addition during Monday's meeting. "Barks N Brews" is located in Rotary Park at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Thirsty Turtle in downtown Macon is facing an alcohol license suspension for the second time in less than a year. Bibb County Sheriff David Davis sent a letter to the club Tuesday explaining the license…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Summer is coming to an end, and school buses will soon be back on the roads. That means drivers should keep a few things in mind when it comes to safety. The Governor's Office of Highway…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The City of Perry's Insurance Services Office rating recently improved from a 4 to a 3. The rating means the city is in the top 15% of fire departments in the nation. More than 9% of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The CDC announced Tuesday that people who are fully vaccinated should continue to wear a mask indoors. The CDC also say all school systems should recommend those who are vaccinated continue to wear a mask. We…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones has confirmed an inmate from Central State Prison was killed by another inmate. Jones says the victim is 34-year-old Joshua Carl Haynes Lester was stabbed by another inmate. Jones also said it…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A fatal car crash along I-75 left one dead and another in the hospital Wednesday. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, around 2:15 p.m., 25 year-old Darius Riley of Perry was driving a Chevrolet SUV…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — With temperatures rising in Middle Georgia this week, you should be aware of the dangers of heat-related illnesses. Vincenzo Happach, an Emergency Medicine Resident Physician at Coliseum Medical Center in Macon, says if you are outside,…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Houston County School Board held its first public hearing Tuesday for residents to discuss a proposed millage increase. HCBE intends to increase the 2021 property tax levy by 4.01% over the rollback millage rate,…
Today was another hot day in Middle Georgia, but storms popped up this afternoon bringing heavy rain and a bit of a cool down. Tomorrow has a similar forecast, but our storm coverage will be less widespread. Highs will be…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The United States Army is partnering with Macon-Bibb for a special civil affairs training mission. For the rest of the week, Civil Affairs soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina will be stationed in Macon to…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A high-speed chase that started early Tuesday morning in Monroe County ended with a crash in Macon, and now two people are facing charges. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says deputies tried to stop a speeding…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County Sheriff David Davis has suspended all alcohol sales at the Thirsty Turtle in downtown Macon following a shooting early Saturday morning that left two people dead and two others injured. Davis sent the downtown…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Baldwin County School District is preparing for the start of the new school year by setting new goals to ensure students don't miss an opportunity to learn. The county held its convocation at Baldwin High…
UPDATE: The Bibb County School District has released that the student's name was Joshua Ivory Jr., as well as a statement from Southwest Principal A. Bernard Young. Principal Young stated that, "Joshua was a young man full of promise and…
(41NBC/WMGT)— As the Fall 2021 school year approaches, the community in Middle Georgia has plenty of events to support parents and children as they get ready to go back to school. A large number of giveaways, bashes, seminars, and expos…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's office is currently asking for help in identifying and locating an aggravated assault suspect connected to an incident that happened at a Circle K gas station in late May. The incident in…
UPDATE: GSP troopers have investigated and found that the crash happened at about 10:40 in the morning. It's said that the first vehicle was a 2004 Cadillac Deville that was driven by Forrest Haynes, a 55 year-old woman from Milledgeville,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, July 19 and Friday, July 23, 2021. All scores of 75 and below are shown in red. All…
It was a hot start to the week in Middle Georgia, with highs warming to 97 degrees here in Macon. We started to see a few showers pop up this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-- Bibb County students go back to school in one week, and parents and students will have to adjust to a major change for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Famous Mike's on Poplar Street in downtown Macon now has a "Pay it Forward" board. Customers can pay for the meal of a hungry or homeless…
UPDATE (7/27) - As of Tuesday, July 27, Georgia DNR has confirmed the other six people injured on the pontoon boat have been released from the hospital. Information concerning potential charges in connection to the incident hasn't been released yet.…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — 30 new businesses have opened in Dublin since January. "It's just us getting back to our normal, this is what we are used to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A downtown Macon business owner is speaking out after a shooting early Saturday morning left two people dead and two others injured. Darrin Ford, the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Brookdale Warming Center is now under new management after the Macon-Bibb Commission requested United Way of Central Georgia step in. Along…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — New pedestrian walkways are coming to Watson Boulevard soon. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the walkways will be near Austin Avenue…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office towed 24 vehicles and ticketed more than 15 people in connection with illegal street racing and reckless driving. It happened in a parking lot at 3555 Mercer University Drive on Sunday…