MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Mercer University School of Medicine professors Dr. Bryant Smalley and Dr. Jacob Warren received a $200,000 grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to create a plan to prevent the opioid crisis in rural…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The U.S. attorney’s office teamed up with Project Child Safe to distribute free gun locks in the area. The U.S. attorney’s office partnered with Jones County Sheriff's Office after a 2-year-old died in the hospital after being…
Storms rolling through Middle Georgia are causing multiple power outages.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Planet Fitness launched its Teen Summer Challenge program in May. The fitness center wants to get teens into shape during the summer. Also, the program is free. The Warner Robins location is taking their part…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Baldwin County Library faces a possible closure due to a decrease in funding.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Authorities charged two Baldwin State inmates with the murder of an inmate in June. According to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, authorities issued murder warrants to Timothy Paul Dunigan and Trinity Wayne Bussler on June 19th.…
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for all of Middle Georgia until 10 pm. This means that any storms this afternoon and evening have all the atmospheric ingredients to become severe. Main threats with storms tonight…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff's deputies are still searching for 22-year-old Jared Al Farley of Macon, who they say robbed the Cook Out on Brookhaven Road in June.
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – Lovebug is a two or three year old catahoula mix. She's a bundle of energy who loves people and other dogs. Lisa Goss, a volunteer with All About Animals Rescue, visited Daybreak with Lovebug in the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Reboot Retrocade Gaming Tekken World Tour Dojo Tournament is this weekend. This puts Macon on the map for the gaming community. Reboot Retrocade and Bar hosts local gaming tournaments. Now they will be a part of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon's AmStar 16 went to court about an ongoing request to sell alcohol. The hearing took place on Wednesday. AmStar 16 requested a public hearing after commissioners voted down the alcohol license application. In April, commissioners…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – United Way of Central Georgia is gearing up for "Day of Action" in the Pleasant Hill community. The organization held a news conference at LH Williams Elementary school on Wednesday highlighting the upcoming events. The worldwide…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff's deputies need your help finding a suspect who broke into a church on Tucker Road in Macon. Deputies say that they responded to a call about a burglary at the Lutheran Church of…
UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request to halt plans by the state of Georgia to execute an inmate for a 1996 murder in Milledgeville. Lawyers for 42-year-old Marion Wilson Jr. had asked the nation's high court to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb County employees will have an extra paid holiday added to their calendar this year. Commissioners approved July 5th as a holiday, so employees can have a four-day weekend. This is a one time amendment for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb tourists will see a higher bill on their hotel bills. Commissioners approved the ordinance as to what agencies will benefit from the additional dollars. During Tuesday night's commission meeting, Macon-Bibb commissioners decided how the 8-percent…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Contour Airlines is continuing services out of Middle Georgia Regional Airport. Macon-Bibb commissioners approved the lease of terminal space in Middle Georgia Regional Airport for Contour. The county received a grant from the U.S Department of…
This afternoon in Macon we finally saw heavy rain that will help us (at least a little bit) get out of moderate drought. Thankfully there is more rain in the forecast through the week and all of it should help…
Valmiera Glass In Dublin is laying off more than 300 employees.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin is giving veterans in Macon a chance to speak on ways to improve through the mission act. VA Medical Center officials plan to hold a town hall meeting…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Georgia Association of Broadcasters hit the road for its 85th Anniversary tour. Their fourth stop was downtown Macon. The Georgia Association of Broadcasters (GAB) have served broadcasters in Georgia for 85 years. GAB President Bob Houghton…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The city of Macon received a grant to work with under-served areas in the community by providing internet access and on demand services that will help residents apply for jobs and fix problems. Georgia Tech in partnership…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A judge sentenced two people to prison on Monday for the 2017 fatal shooting of 20-year-old Keenan Olajawon Guice. According to a news release from District Attorney David Cooke, 26-year-old Demarcus Colson pleaded guilty to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Georgia Academy of the Blind Superintendent Dr. Cindy Gibson says that the shooting threat was a prank call. She says the police are looking into who made the call. Dr. Gibson says that safety is the…
Here are Middle Georgia's restaurant health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, June 10 and Sunday, June 14.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Warner Robins council members will see a 100% increase on their next paycheck.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Warner Robins city attorney signed a new contract Monday, stating he will stay until a new attorney is hired.
Today we finally saw a few showers and storms in the Macon area. Unfortunately this didn't amount to much as far as rain totals that would go to help our ongoing drought, but we will continue to see rain chances…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 41NBC and a team of broadcast engineers switched on a new transmitter.
A Macon Water Authority employee died at the hospital Monday after being injured on the job Friday morning.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Rebuilding Macon partners with Hope Mission to repair homes in the Kings Park neighborhood this week. More than 200 volunteers across Georgia will help repair homes and do yard work. Executive Director of Rebuilding Macon Debra…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon teenager whose meme went viral landed an internship with Netflix. In September, 41NBC reported that the 19-year-old Florida A&M University graphic design student Elijah Rutland created the Ed, Edd, and Eddy "Black Rolf" meme…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, downtown Macon hosts its first ever Pride Event this Saturday. Scott Mitchell is putting this event together and says it's important to give role models to the…
ATLANTA (AP) — Internet speeds in Georgia are far slower than what has been reported by the federal government, a newspaper reported. An analysis of internet speed test results by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that internet speeds were about one-fourth as…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies need the public’s help in identifying a commercial armed robbery suspect. The incident took place at the Cook Out on Brookhaven Road around 12:44 a.m. on June 15th. Deputies say that a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A woman pleaded guilty in connection to a college prostitution case on Monday. This comes from the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. According to the DA, Alecia Jeanetta Johnson pled guilty in connection with the…
MACON, Georgia (AP) - A Georgia man has been charged with vehicular homicide in a car crash that killed his passenger. News outlets report 20-year-old Matthew Travis Hulette was charged Thursday in the June 4 crash that killed 17-year-old Dawson…
Sandersville, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - According to a news release from Washington County Sheriff Thomas H. Smith, the Georgia State Patrol stopped a vehicle with drugs in Sandersville, Georgia. Authorities say the incident happened on June 14th when 50-year-old Christopher Bianco…
IRWINGTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The body of a 82-year-old Wilkinson County man was found in the woods off Ball Church Road on Sunday. Wilkinson County Coroner Billy Matthews identified the body as Author Williams. Matthews says that the body has been…
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) – A Middle Georgia High School student will get her chance to win $100,000 on Jeopardy! Teen Tournament.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 2019 annual Father’s Day Kickoff Alumni Basketball Game was held at Southwest High School Friday.
A 2-year-old is in critical condition after being shot in the head. This is according to a statement from Captain Jimmy Black with the Jones County Sheriff’s Office
The Warner Robins Recreation Department created the plan and the North Houston Road Complex broke ground Friday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Macon Vet Center celebrated its 40th anniversary. The Vet Center Program started in 1979 to assist Vietnam veterans who returned from war.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Macon woman for the theft of a vehicle on June 13th. Deputies say they answered a call in the 1400 block of Bailey Avenue about a stolen car around 10:15…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies arrested four Macon men for drugs and gun charges. Authorities say that special investigations deputies along with other units conducted a search warrant at a residence in the 4400 block of Robinson…
Summer camps' protocol for kids with allergies MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Parenting a child with severe allergies can be nerve-wracking. Especially, if the parent decides to send their child to summer camp. Most parents like their kids to stay active…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The food delivery service WAITR plans to remove delivery fees for dads in honor of Father's Day.
We finally saw a cold front move through Middle Georgia. This brought a nice day with lower humidity and plenty of sunshine. More days like this are on the way. High pressure will filter in behind the cold front as…
A former Jones County Sheriff's Office deputy is in custody at the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center after being arrested Thursday.