WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Houston Superior Court judge sentenced 25-year-old Shaneka Renee Smith of Warner Robins to life in prison on June 24th. According to a Houston County DA news release, Smith pleaded guilty to one count of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff’s investigators charged a suspect with an east Macon shooting incident that happened on Friday night. Authorities say they obtained arrest warrants on a second suspect involved in the shooting. Investigators say that Lawanda…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting incident that happened in a parking lot near Villa Crest Avenue at Houston Avenue. Investigators say that the incident happened around 10:27 p.m. on Sunday. Investigators say…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A robbery victim shot his attacker in front of the Rookery on Sunday. Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies say the incident happened around 3:49 a.m. Deputies say that 30-year-old Brett Bledsoe was walking home and stopped to…
Most of Middle Georgia is now under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 & 10pm. This means that conditions are favorable for any storms that form this afternoon to become severe. The main modes of severe weather expected this afternoon…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Baldwin High School held its third annual seven on seven tournament under head football…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A video shared on Facebook involving a Bibb County deputy, is raising questions on social media. The video shows the deputy hitting a woman multiple times before taking her down. In the comments, people are concerned the deputy is using too much force.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Bibb County Sheriff's Office investigator went above and beyond his duties to help a teen trying to make money to attend a wedding.
Strong to severe storms will once again be possible for the Middle Georgia area on Saturday. Several rounds of storms will push into our area from the north bringing the threat for damaging winds gusts of 60 mph, heavy rain,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County jurors found a Macon man guilty of having sex with an under-aged girl on Friday. According to a Macon-Bibb district attorney news release, 26-year-old Quantez Dixon was found guilty of statutory rape. Jurors found…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A number of senior centers participated in a first-ever Peach Senior Center Cornhole Tournament today. The following senior centers gathered at Peach County Senior Center for the cornhole tournament: Crawford County Senior Center Warner Robins…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Make Music Day Worldwide Celebration made its way to Middle Georgia. The free event celebrates music from around the world on June 21st. It started in France in 1982. The event happened simultaneously with more than…
Macon house fire deemed as arson MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Fire Department is investigating a fire that started on the 1000 block of Crescent Avenue on Friday. Macon-Bibb County fire investigator Lt. Ben Gleaton deems the incident…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two Macon residents have visions to help improve their communities. Grant money from Emerging Cities Champion is helping recipients live out their visions.
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…