MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Community Foundation launched its Harmony Enabled by Appropriate Location (HEAL) fund to help remove two Confederate statues in downtown Macon. The initiative comes after Macon-Bibb Commissioners approved a $5 million project that includes the removal…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp attended a service honoring Congressman John Lewis as he lies in the rotunda of the Georgia State Capitol. During the ceremony, Governor Kemp delivered the following remarks "Good…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The United Way of Central Georgia launched its “Tree of Thanks” initiative. The program allows the community to honor hospital employees amid the COVID-19 pandemic. George McCanless -- the president & CEO of United Way -- says…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Due to staffing shortages in the Macon-Bibb Probate Court is rescheduling appointments for Weapons Carry License application appointments and fingerprinting. This comes after the court being exposed to positive cases of COVID-19. According to a Macon-Bibb…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Sheriff's investigators are looking into a bank robbery that happened at MidSouth Community Federal Credit Union in Mercer University Drive on Wednesday. Deputies say at 9:20 a.m., they responded to a call about a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Click on the following links to read the full stories: Woman shot and killed at a convenience store in Macon Former Sheriff’s Deputy arrested in sexual exploitation case
29-year-old Jeremy Taylor, plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
68-year-old Fredrick “Rick” Culpepper was arrested in Cordele.
According to ClubCorp, it has donated enough blood this year to save nearly 7,000 lives.
A Wesleyan College student expelled after being accused of making racist social media posts will now be allowed to return to campus.
All lanes of Hawkinsville Road near its intersection with Pio Nono Avenue are back open after an accident Tuesday afternoon.
If you fell behind on power bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Georgia Public Service Commission says you have options for help.
Willie Fred Holmes, 47, wanted as a suspect in Robbery by Force and Battery incident. MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Sheriff’s investigators need your help finding a man wanted for Robbery by Force and Battery in a May 1,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Enhanced unemployment benefits from the CARES Act are ending and forcing many to look for work. Goodwill's Job Connection Career Centers extended its hours for those who need help finding a job. The organization is also…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-- A Macon resident has filed a lawsuit against Macon Mayor Robert Reichert and five Bibb County commissioners. Martin Bell and the James Longstreet chapter of the Military Order of the Stars & Bars Georgia Society Inc. have…
Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, July 20 and Friday, July 24, presented by Pierce Parts and Service.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Click on the following links to read the full stories: Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert vetoes emergency mask ordinance UPDATE (Monday, July 27 at 3 p.m.): Georgia COVID-19 tracker 41NBC Acuwether Forecast: Brief cool down on…
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It was a hot and mostly dry day across much of Middle Georgia, but we are finally starting to see a pattern change this week. Tomorrow, although we will have a quick warm up into the low 90's, clouds and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 700 square foot, hyper-realistic, Allman Brothers-themed mural is coming to downtown Macon celebrating Southern Rock. Sierra Development Group and Argus Eyed Partners announced plans for the mural featuring images of Duane and Gregg Allman and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb County Commission plans to keep the millage rate the same as the year before for fiscal year 2021. However, this does mean a property tax increase due to an increase in property values. “We…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning has approved new climate-controlled storage units for the vacant Kroger on Pio Nono Avenue. Developers are planning to renovate the facility that allows for the desired number of units while reserving a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - This upcoming September, the annual Ocmulgee Indian Celebration will be virtual. In a news release, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park announced it would not be able to hold the large event safely due to COVID-19. For…
Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert has vetoed the county's emergency ordinance requiring the use of face coverings in public.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A wrong-way driver is dead after crashing into a truck in Macon Sunday morning. According to Bibb County deputies, 24-year-old Tavaris McDougald pulled out of "Club X" on Pio Nono Ave. around 4:10 a.m. Witnesses say…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– A man is behind bars for shooting another man in Sandersville Sunday. According to a post on the Sandersville Police Department's Facebook page, Marquez Little shot a man behind the Kaolin Plaza on Martin Luther King Jr.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– One man is seriously injured and another is behind bars after a fight at a motel leads to a man being cut. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the fight happened at the Macon Inn at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– A three year old boy was seriously injured after he was hit by car Saturday afternoon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, a family member pulled into the driveway of a home on Bennell Avenue in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– A three year old girl is dead after accidentally drowning in a pool. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the girl wondered off during a family gathering in the 500 block of Pierce Avenue in Macon…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– A man is dead after a house fire in Macon Saturday afternoon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, Macon-Bibb firefighters found 69 year old Douglas Combes dead inside a home at 3058 Alfred Drive in Macon…
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Temperatures are heating up in Middle Georgia causing more issues for one of our most vulnerable populations. The Daybreak Resource Center is asking the community for donations and support to help the homeless in Macon this…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Gray police arrested a man suspected of stealing lab-drop boxes from a medical clinic in June. According to a police report, police arrested Chad Fountain for stealing lab drop boxes outside Gray Family Health in Jones…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — After Fort Valley government officials closed facilities due to three employees testing positive for coronavirus, some services have returned to normal operations. Fort Valley Municipal Complex and Fire Headquarters were closed Monday for cleaning and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Click on the following links to read the full stories: (Thursday, July 23 at 3 p.m.): Georgia COVID-19 tracker Gov. Kemp addresses refusal to issue statewide mask mandate
Summer weather continues today in Middle Georgia with highs in the upper 90's and afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Tomorrow will bring another day of scattered showers and storms, but we will begin to see some cooler temperatures. Now, don't get…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)-- The Tubman Museum in downtown Macon has received the art installations that surrounded the confederate statues on Poplar Street and Cotton Avenue. Harold Young, director at the Tubman Museum, said he is happy the artwork can be saved…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Cirrus Academy Charter School in Macon announced it will open the 2020-2021 school year as a Total Virtual Academy. According to a school news release, the school year will begin as scheduled on August 10th, but…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Governor Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Public Health announced a new partnership promising to expand COVID-19 testing and shorten the wait time for test results. According to a news release from Kemp's office, the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Middle Georgia hospitals are joining together for a “Mask Up to Save Lives” campaign. The hospitals are asking the community to mask up to protect others against the spread of COVID-19. Coliseum Medical Centers, Coliseum Northside…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Although Governor Brian Kemp continues to encourage Georgians to take safety precautions to slow COVID-19, he says he will not issue a statewide mask mandate. This message comes after Gov. Kemp and Laurens County leaders toured…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Authorities arrested a man in connection with the July 14 shooting in the parking lot of Krystal on Riverside Drive. Sheriff's deputies identified the man as 28-year-old Trevon Lamar Davis. Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies and the…
Dr. Ruben Kellis names Pleasant Hill building after the famed music-icon Little Richard MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Dr. Ruben Kellis is naming his new building in Pleasant Hill after music icon Little Richard. The Macon building is part of the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Houston County Board of Commissioners announced plans to increase 2020 property taxes by 0.20 percentage (2/10 of one percent) over the rollback millage rate. According to a Houston County news release, prices on recently…
Middle Georgia Regional Library initiates the Library Without Walls program MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Middle Georgia Regional Library wants to offer the Macon-Bibb community access to its services, even if residents have no transportation to get there. The library,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Sheriff’s investigators need your help identifying and locating a person passing forged checks. Deputies say the suspect forged checks to purchase items at multiple Walmarts and Academy Sports in the Middle Georgia area. This…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Click on the following links to read the full stories: GBI investigating possible murder-suicide in Milledgeville Zaxby’s in Macon robbed at gunpoint, Sheriff’s Investigators looking for suspect 41NBC Acuweather Forecast: More of the same; above…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Sheriff's investigators are looking for a man who robbed a fast-food restaurant at gunpoint. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the man pulled up to the drive-thru window at Zaxby's on Northside Drive…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) --It’s day three of Operation Southern Shield a Speed Campaign to bring awareness to the dangers of speeding. The state of Georgia and 4 other neighboring states will enforce the message of safe driving in hopes of…