FORT VALLEY ,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Monday afternoon Peach County Sheriff's Office arrested Fort Valley Councilman Jimmy Barnes on charges of Aggravated Assault and Terroristic threats. The Fort Valley Police Department put in a request for an investigation to take place…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting that happened on Macon's east side. According to the Sheriff's Office, a woman arrived…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Jeffersonville Road area was briefly closed off after a a suspicious device that was thought to be explosive was reported to the Bibb County Sheriff's office. Monday morning around 9:35 a.m. construction workers dug up an…
MACON, Ga. (AP/WMGT) — A new initiative at the Mercer University School of Medicine conceived by a retired federal judge is helping poor people in rural Georgia pay their medical debts. A news release from the university says the Mercer…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Governor Brian Kemp held a kick off rally for his re-election campaign right here in Middle Georgia Saturday afternoon. He announced his run for re-election during the rally at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry and said…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— In an effort to fill various positions, the Bibb County School district held a pop-up job fair. The event took place Saturday morning outside of the Firehouse subs on Presidential Parkway. According to the school district, the…
After a hot day with scattered storms, we are not expecting much of a change for the weekend. Highs Saturday and Sunday will be warming to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Middle Georgia economy is improving as the pandemic comes to an end. We spoke with local representatives to find out their thoughts on why. State Representative Miriam Paris says the economy is doing much better this…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Millions of dollars in federal funding is coming to the city of Forsyth to help improve water and wastewater systems. Funds are coming from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Water and Waste Disposal Loan…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A second company is now helping Macon-Bibb County catch up on collecting yard and bulk waste. Starting Thursday, crews with Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR) began working alongside Ceres Environmental Operations to collect yard and bulk waste…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority is offering $1,500 recruitment bonuses for new bus drivers. MTA is seeking full-time fixed route bus drivers. Prospective employees must have the following: CDL and passenger (P) endorsement If a person…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office needs help identifying the person who tried to break into a Macon ATM. The incident happened Wednesday June 30th around 1:00am. That's when deputes say someone tried to force open an…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff's Office deputies say two men are stealing tools and power equipment from work trucks at Macon Lowe's locations. The suspects are driving a Toyota Tacoma pickup with an after-marker front bumper. According to deputies,…
COCHRAN, Georgia(41 NBC/WMGT)— The Cochran Police Department requested the help of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and multiple state agencies to help find Nastasha Brown. She's the missing 13-year-old from Cochran. Jessica Brown, Nastasha's mom, says she has not stopped…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Macon Transit Authority is looking for muralists and painters to submit designs for a new downtown mural. It will go on the corner of Poplar and Fifth streets at the Transfer Station. It's made possible thanks…
MACON, Georgia(41 NBC/WMGT)— Mike Hostilo Law Firm hosted a backpack giveaway to provide school supplies for the kids in the area. The Law Firm put together 500 backpacks that…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Museum of Aviation Foundation will be hosting their 35th annual auction and raffle at the Georgia National Fairgrounds this Saturday, July 10th to help fund the Museum and it's mission. The Museum states that their…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County School District is hosting a pop-up job fair Saturday, July 10th to find new recruits. BCSD says it's seeking highly qualified individuals to join their award-winning team. Information about the competitive benefits, academic…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Old Courthouse Square in downtown Perry will be packed with fun opportunities and food trucks on a select Friday each month until September. Perry GA Convention & Visitors Bureau says Food Truck Fridays are more…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —The Macon-Bibb County Commission unanimously passed the Complete Streets Policy ordinance in an effort to create safer streets for everyone in Macon. The ordinance will work towards making the transportation network in Macon more comprehensive and accessible…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Houston County Board of Commissioners announced their intention to raise 2021 property taxes by 4.91% over the rollback millage rate. The Board of Commissioners has made the decision to maintain the 2021 Maintenance and…
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Even though Elsa moved out early this morning, tropical moisture remains in Middle Georgia tonight (and through the rest of the weekend). Tomorrow will bring another day of morning sunshine…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb County is making areas surrounding the Booker T. Washington Community Center cleaner and safer by demolishing three blighted homes next door.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — We're still in the hottest months of the year, and doctors are reminding you to protect yourself from the sun's…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— 13-year-old Nastasha Brown is still missing, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now helping in the search. Cochran Police say the teenager…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Warner Robins City Council held a special called meeting Thursday to discuss several items, including employee promotions and the selling of surplus property…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Mayor Randy Toms is running for re-election. He says there are several projects he wants to see through and that serving another term…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County School District Superintendent Dr. Curtis Jones will serve on a National American Rescue Plan committee. The American Association of School…
MACON, GA. (41NBC/WMGT) -- A 30-year-old male is in the hospital after an aggravated assault incident that happened at the Jumbo Mart Gas Station just…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– Multiple accidents have occurred on I-75 southbound near mile markers 181 and 183 leaving only one lane open at this time, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office and Monroe County Emergency…
UPDATE (7/8 4:20 P.M.): Warner Robins Police identified the victim of Wednesday night's shooting as 52-year-old Gregory Arnett. ORIGINAL STORY (7/8 12:10 A.M.) WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The U.S Attorney’s office brought federal charges against six middle Georgia natives during Operation United Front. Jasper Blackshear, Devon Futrell, Deonta Lowe, Logan Nettles, and Chadrick Purnell of Macon and Jermaine White of Warner Robins received…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two men were arrested in a drug bust Wednesday morning. Dodge County Sheriff's Office deputies, along with officers from the Eastman Police Department, arrested Edwin Williams and Abraham Broady after a search warrant was executed on…
We have been dealing with rain and storms from Elsa most of the day in Middle Georgia, but we are finally getting a break. The center of circulation has moved to the east of the area and any of our…
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man is in custody on aggravated assault charges following an incident over the weekend in Crawford County. Crawford County Sheriff Lewis Walker said the sheriff's office received a call on July 3 about helping Community…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Governor's Office of Highway Safety is attempting to put an end to pedestrian fatalities. "Our philosophy is simple, one death is one too many," Communications Director for the Governor's Office of Highway Safety Robert Hydrick…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Middle Georgia Emergency Management officials are preparing for Tropical Storm Elsa, which made landfall late Wednesday morning and is expected to bring wind and rain…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Pete's, a California-based indoor greenhouse, will soon bring fresh food and jobs to Middle Georgia. Pete's broke ground early Wednesday morning on three acres…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Selfie Suite opened its second location in Warner Robins just a few months after they opened their first location in Macon. Sisters…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man is in critical condition following a shooting in Macon Wednesday afternoon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an aggravated assault in the 1200 block of Dewey Street just after 1:00pm.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a murder-suicide in south Bibb County. Deputies responded to a home in the 200 block of Golden Ocala Blvd around 11:15 Wednesday morning. The home is in a community…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a commercial armed robbery that happened at the Family Dollar at 3656 Jeffersonville Road. According to a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -A Macon gang member with a violent criminal history, could spend the next decade behind bars. 28-year-old Derrick Murphy, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to court documents,…
This afternoon Elsa strengthened back into a hurricane, making it the strongest storm in the eastern Gulf of Mexico this early in the season since Alberto in 2006. Heavy rain has already started lashing the western coast of the peninsula…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An 11-year-old is charged with three counts of arson after three recent fires. Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran wrote on the sheriff's office's Facebook page that the charges are a result of a Park Avenue apartment…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Coddington House is officially off the market, and Historic Macon is hoping prospective buyers will want to save the remaining Fading Five properties from 2020. The Coddington…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A new community blood center is hoping to help the area's shortage of blood as the nation experiences a national blood shortage. Shepeard Community Blood Center is a…
DUBLIN, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) - The city of Dublin and Visit Dublin GA are coming together to revamp the city's Black History banner program. Banners will be redesigned and include a…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Centerville man was arrested Monday night in connection to the July 4 shooting death of 24-year-old Kristopher Mast. A Warner Robins Police Department news release sent Tuesday said 21-year-old John Bay Gallott was arrested…