MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - For the second year, one Bibb County elementary school continues to shine above the rest. Sonny Carter Elementary earned state recognition for its College and Career Readiness Performance Index score. Sonny Carter Elementary scored 87.3 percent…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Rigby's Entertainment Complex in Warner Robins will host its first-ever peach drop on New Year's Eve. 41NBC spoke with Gracie Rigby, Rigby's Guest Services and Events Manager, about the event. She says after she and…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - John Milledge Academy is seeking its second GISA state title in three years as it takes on Valwood (10-2) Friday at Mercer University's Five Star Stadium. John Milledge has been dominant on both sides of the…
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Georgia have arrested a civilian police department employee accused of keeping methamphetamine inside a purse that two children discovered near a park. News outlets report 38-year-old Angel Marie Hall was taken into custody on…
The Salvation Army in Macon, needs more people to help make a child’s Christmas better this year.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The legendary Capricorn Studios has reopened and is back in business once again. Mercer University and Creek media celebrated the rebirth of Capricorn studios Tuesday. Mercer University Senior Vice President of Communications Marketing, Larry Brumley says…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The reopening of Capricorn Studios will create more tourism for Macon. Visit Macon says they're expecting tourism to skyrocket, as people want to get a glimpse at Macon's music history. This step helps preserve the city’s…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Bibb County Superior Court judge sentenced a Macon man to prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to molesting a then-15-year-old girl in 2018. According to a news release from the Macon-Bibb District Attorney's office,…
eBooks, audio-books, and digital magazines are free with a library card. 15,000 eBooks for kids and 20,000 for adults MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday behind us, there's one deal still on the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Northeast high school students have SPLOST to thank for their new building. Bibb County school officials, students, and the school construction team gathered for the school's ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning. Principal Steven Jones and board members…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Students in the Houston County School System will attend school for a half-day on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. School officials say that Dec. 20 is the last day of the first semester for the 2019-2020…
There were a few runoff elections Tuesday. Here are the results.
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in Georgia say three bodies were found dead inside a home in Rockdale County. The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office told news outlets that deputies were called to a home in Conyers to perform a wellness…
MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia are searching for who shot a teenage couple to death and left them in a family member’s parked car on Thanksgiving morning. News outlets report McDonough Police found the bodies of 18-year-old Savannah…
Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between November 25 and November 29.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that encourages people to give back to non-profits and other organizations in their communities. Nancy Cleveland, the Communications & Development Associate for the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, visited…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Two men have been arrested in Monroe County after Sheriff's deputies say they stole a sports car out of Peach County. According to a post on the Monroe County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page, on Monday, the Monroe…
HAMPTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After more than two decades at Atlanta Motor Speedway, facility President, Ed Clark, will retire following the track's NASCAR race weekend in the spring. According to a news release from Atlanta Motor Speedway, Clark has dedicated…
AMERICUS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Former President Jimmy Carter is back in the hospital. According to the former President's Press Secretary, Deanna Congileo, Carter was admitted to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus this past weekend to be treated for a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man that was injured during a car crash in Macon at the end of October has passed away. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, 21-year-old Rodreagus Roberson of Macon, was pronounced dead last Thursday.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- From the field to the classroom, former professional baseball player Brian Jordan read to students at Hartley Elementary School in Macon Monday. Jordan read a children’s book that he authored -- I Told You I Can…
MACON, Georgia, (41NBC/WMGT) -- Black Friday and Cyber Monday have ended while Giving Tuesday begins. “[It is about] Being able to talk about our programming and tell people a little bit about what we've been doing throughout the year. To…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Beverley Knight Olson Children’s Hospital, Navicent Health held its annual tree lighting Monday. Bryan Thompson, an 8-year-old cancer patient, got the opportunity to light the tree. Thompson lit the tree on behalf of all the hospital’s…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A former jail facility in Milledgeville is now being used as an Animal shelter. Community leaders and county officials gathered at the new Baldwin County Animal Services Shelter for a ribbon-cutting Monday. In July, Baldwin County…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb community wants to make sure kids in need have gifts under the tree. Layaway Santa returns for its 7th year. Putting a dollar in a designated tip box can go a long way this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Sheriff's deputies need your help locating a person who damaged two Ring brand surveillance cameras at a Macon business. Deputies say the incident happened on Saturday, Nov. 2 around 6 p.m. at 1020 Riverside…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Investigators need help finding and identifying a man who stole solar lights from a property near downtown Macon. Authorities say the person shown in the photo stole five solar lights from a property at 1019 Walnut…
Arrest Update: Warner Robins detectives charged 23-year-old Morgan Baker of Mobile, Alabama, for the murder of 38-year-old Tamarco Head at Club Boss in July 2019. Authorities charged Baker with Felony Murder and Aggravated Assault. Officers arrested Baker in Alabama on…
ATLANTA (AP) - A man considered the main suspect in a string of killings of black children and young adults in Atlanta in the 1970s and 1980s has been denied parole. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles made the…
10,000 new digital water meters provide more accurate readings Customers charged per gallon, not per thousand gallons MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Construction crews have the first of many new digital water meters in the ground. The county started the process…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Eric Langston, who's running for Warner Robins Post 2 seat, is facing forgery charges just a day before the run-off election. Houston County Records Department says Langston was arrested Monday afternoon for forgery and giving a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb Sheriff’s investigators need your help identifying and finding a person of interest in Lizella. Investigators believe he is connected to thefts that happened in the Yellowstone Way area of Lizella. Witnesses reported this subject and…
ABBEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - A south Georgia sheriff’s deputy has been arrested by members of his own department for trying to buy drugs. Wilcox County Sheriff Robert Rodgers says he arrested Deputy James Carlile on Wednesday. Carlile is charged with…
MORROW, Ga. (AP) - Police in Georgia say they shot and killed a suspect who pointed a gun at officers responding to a domestic situation. Clayton County police spokeswoman Sgt. C. West told news outlets officers arrived at a domestic…
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) - A man convicted of scamming a Georgia woman he met on a dating site out of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports police in Tennessee arrested 34-year-old John Martin Hill…
DUBLIN, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – Students in the Dublin City School District will be getting out early on Friday. That's because the high school football team is playing in the semifinals. According to a release from the school district, the football…
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – Bibb County Sheriff's Investigators are looking for two men they say robbed a dollar store at gunpoint over the weekend. According to the Sheriff's Office, the robbery happened at the Dollar General at 4944 Mount Pleasant…
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – A family of three was injured late Sunday night after their car crashed on the interstate. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, 19 year old Rachel Gonzales of Norcross, Georgia was driving on I-475 south…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says a man was found shot to death in his car Sunday morning. Investigators say 23-year-old Eric Broomfield was found with multiple gunshot wounds in his 2003 GMC in an alley off…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - To kick-off the holiday season, Friday night starts the Main Street Christmas Light Extravaganza. Faith Bartolotta says watching the Christmas lighting event has become a tradition for her and her family. "We love it. It's very…
The search for two men who robbed a Macon post office Friday, continues.
For some on Black Friday in middle Georgia, small businesses and entrepreneurs took the time to display great deals they have to offer.
Several roads will close temporarily during the 2019 Downtown Macon Christmas Parade on Sunday, December 1st.
Perry is getting ready for Small Business Saturday, as business owners and merchants along Carroll Street prepare.
CHAUNCEY, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – A man has been hospitalized after his car was struck by a train in Dodge County on Thanksgiving. According to Georgia State Patrol, 20 year old Seaborn Attaway was driving on South Railroad Avenue in Chauncey…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) --The Salvation Army of Central Georgia opened its doors on Thanksgiving to give those in need a hot meal. Matthew Hall, chairman of the Salvation Army's advisory board, says the purpose of the free meal is to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Although sales usually begin on Black Friday, Best Buy, Target, and many other stores wasted no time opening their doors to shoppers. Anjali Patel stood outside BestBuy since early Thanksgiving morning waiting for deals. “We're here…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins' football season has been magical, but what's even more impressive is the way Marquis Westbrook is thriving in his first year as head coach. "It's been a really good ride. A really good…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An iconic downtown theater left abandoned for 40 years is finally getting some attention. The Bibb Theatre on Third Street is a great backdrop for Instagram -- with the facade, marquee, and mid-century design. However, it…
Good evening! Rain moved out earlier this afternoon and we were gifted with a beautiful and warm evening. Highs today reached the upper 70's across Middle Georgia, but the cold front that caused the rain brings a cool down overnight.…