UPDATE: Peach County Coroner Kerry Rooks identified the victim of Wednesday's crash as 65-year-old William Shaw of Knoxville, Tennessee. UPDATE: Peach County Coroner Kerry Rooks says the crash happened as a man drove out onto Highway 96 and was struck…
We have finally made it to our stretch of cooler weather here in Middle Georgia. Today we started our day with widespread rain and fog, but tomorrow will…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb Commissioners voted 6-2 Tuesday night to fund a "Vaccination Incentive Program" for employees on the Macon-Bibb payroll. Commissioners Al Tillman and Valerie Wynn voted against the idea. The county plans to use up to $800,000…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man was arrested Tuesday night after Monroe County deputies say he exposed himself and made obscene gestures. A Monroe County Sheriff's Office news release says Jay Thomas Green was arrested and charged with public indecency…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Covid cases are on the rise at Middle Georgia hospitals. This comes several weeks after Coliseum, now Piedmont Macon, announced it had zero COVID patients. Hospital…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Students in Bibb County are back in school this week, but some students will not be in the classroom this year. The VIP Academy is giving…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Students in Houston County were back in the classroom Tuesday. We stopped by Warner Robins High School to see how things were going. Principal Chris…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Grant's Lounge in downtown Macon is preparing for a belated anniversary celebration. The historic venue on Poplar Street turns 50 this year. Grant's 50th birthday…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Peach County School District reported some problems with school transportation on the first day of school Monday. According to a statement from the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Trinity United Methodist Church took time to learn about refugees in other countries, and how they can help from Middle Georgia. The American Foundation for…
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The annual Peaches to Beaches Yard Sale is on the road again this weekend for the 17th year in a row. The…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrested local man John Louis Watts after finding crack cocaine in his vehicle. According to the Sheriff's release, Deputies conducted a traffic stop on I-75 SB near mile marker 187. It…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has released new information concerning the Macon mall shooting that resulted in the death of 17 year-old Quentavious Moore on Sunday, August 1. The incident report states that Deputy Christopher Williams…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office Investigators are asking for help in finding a wanted suspect in connection to an aggravated assault incident that happened Tuesday morning August 2, 2021. According to the release, it was reported…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Tyson Foods, the largest food company in the U.S., is now requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire workforce. Tyson put out a news release on Tuesday morning, August 3rd, that all team members at U.S. office…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, July 26 and Friday, July…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia State Patrol reported that on Saturday July 31, 2021, a fatal crash occurred that is still under investigation. The report said that around 10:48 p.m., Morgan Webb of Byron, GA was driving a Dodge…
Rain and storms have become pretty widespread this evening in Middle Georgia, finally cooling us down from the 90s. A stationary boundary has stalled right over our area, and this will be the line along which we will see continued…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb leaders, including Commissioners Virgil Watkins, Paul Bronson and Al Tillman, met with bar and club owners at Niche 385 Monday night to address…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Piedmont Healthcare is requiring employees get their COVID vaccine. The deadline to be fully vaccinated is February 1, 2022. This includes all leaders, Piedmont employed providers and new hires. The requirement includes the newly acquired Piedmont…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — While some signage might still say Coliseum Medical Centers, the two hospitals in Macon are officially under Piedmont Healthcare. The Georgia-based healthcare system purchased Coliseum Medical Center and Coliseum Northside in May as part of a…
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County students went back to class on Monday with new safety measures in place. Springdale Elementary School Principal Cami Hamlin says they're ready to get students back on track to learning. "I think we are really…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia Military College (GMC) has announced former GMC Junior College Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Bert Williams died Monday morning. Williams held a 23-year career at GMC before his retirement last November. He had spent…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has sent out a release detailing the latest lane closures and shifts that will be taking place between the 2nd and 8th of August in 2021. As of Monday August…
CORDELE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Crisp County Sheriff's Office has released information in relation to a drowning in Lake Blackshear on Friday July 30, 2021. According to the release, responders were dispatched around 6:30 p.m. on Friday concerning a potential…
GORDON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Wilkinson County drivers will be having to drive an extra 8 miles along SR 57 due to a construction project starting Monday, August 2, 2021. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has announced that they are…
UPDATE (8 p.m. ) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office identified the victim of Sunday afternoon's shooting as 17-year-old Quentavious Moore. Deputies say he was taken to the hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead. UPDATE (5:20 p.m.) - …
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Intensity Athletics, a Warner Robins-based Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track and field program, is sending 20 athletes to the AAU Junior Olympic Games just outside Houston, Texas this weekend. Coach Hoy Thurman III says…
We have been dry for a few days, but our short dry spell is over this weekend as a cold front becomes a stationary boundary over the weekend.…
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…