MACON, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - We are three weeks away from the first pitch of the season opener for Macon's new baseball team. This afternoon, tickets went on sale for Macon Bacon's first home game. If you haven't gotten your…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - The Bibb County Board of Education approved an extra $5-million to the Northeast High and Appling Middle Schools merger project. The budget started at $45-million, then went up to $49-million. The upgrade has now increased…
A new penny sales tax is on the ballot this election for 11 counties in Middle Georgia.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Police are asking for the public's help finding a homeless woman who was last seen in March 2017. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is looking for 60-year-old Sherrie Barfoot. Her daughter says she was last seen…
Derek Stingley is out after four games as the Georgia Doom's head coach and general manager. Defensive coordinator Gerald Dockery is the new head coach.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County Deputies say two men are expected to be okay following a shooting at Pendleton Homes. The shooting happened just before 1 PM. Deputies say the men, possibly teenagers or in their early 20s, were…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - A video that's being shared hundreds of times on Facebook shows Warner Robins Police and Houston County Sheriff Deputies beating a man with batons and tasing him in attempt to arrest him. The incident took…
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - Hotter weather is on the way with temperatures trending into the 90's. Wednesday will be the last day this week that temperatures stay in the 80's. A high pressure system is building up in the Gulf…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Named after a famous Little Richard song, Molly's Cafe has moved to a new location on Vineville Avenue, but is still serving up some good chicken salad folks have come to know and love. "We used…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Police are asking the public to avoid the intersection of Vineville Ave. and Pio Nono Ave. after a man knocked over a fire hydrant and a traffic pole Tuesday night, causing a traffic signal outage that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man who robbed a Macon gas station after fighting with employees will spend the next four years in prison, according to the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. Gerald Lynn Clover Jr., 39, pleaded guilty…
Governor Deal has signed House Bill 65 into law which now adds intractable pain and PTSD to the list of disorders on the registry for medical cannabis.
A Macon based non profit gave breast cancer survivors an early Mother's Day gift in the form of a spa day at Merle Norman on Tuesday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - Tassels on graduation caps moved from right to left today at Middle Georgia State University. More than 600 students walked across the stage earning their bachelors, masters, associates degrees or certificates. University Counsel Frances Davis says…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - The doors are officially open to a new university in Macon. Strayer University's campus is in downtown on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Andrea Backman, Chief Academic Officer of Strayer University says the 125-year-old university opened…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Kumho is recalling more than 1,773 of its Solus KH16 grand touring tires. The company says a possible belt separation could happen under severe conditions. Kumho says an incorrect material was used during manufacturing. The recall…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Houston County Sheriff's Office wants you to be on the lookout for a sex offender. Deputies say Tiquan Hinton absconded and his location is not known. Deputies say he is known to be in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Another man is charged in the murder of 38-year-old Traveres Lester that happened at an Econolodge in Macon. Bibb County deputies say 30-year-old Christopher Kirby helped 26-year-old Rashad Mays leave the scene on Riverside Drive after the…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There's a new Chief of Police at Fort Valley State University. Anita F. Allen will take on the role beginning June 1st. According to a news release, Allen most recently worked as a Captain in…
Dog of the Week: Bugsy
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert presented a balanced budget for fiscal year 2019 Tuesday afternoon. The county is projecting a $10 million deficit if the county does not make major adjustments to the budget. The commission has…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The weather this week will be pretty quiet as a ridge of high pressure sets up across the southeast. Aside from a few pop-up showers, this system will keep the southeast mostly dry this week. It…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office announced the arrests of more than 250 people that police consider 'dangerous' since January. Since January 1, 257 people have been arrested, 37 firearms seized, 122 vehicles impounded, six stolen vehicles…
The wait may finally be over for residents on Jeffersonville Road who've been looking forward to improvements on the road for more than 20 years.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - The Warner Robins community continues to mourn the loss of a hometown leader. Last Monday, civil rights activist Ada Lee suffered from a stroke and died Thursday. Lee was a woman who was active…
The Milledgeville Police Department's Specialized Patrol Unit (SPU) is preparing for 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T.
Macon-Bibb County has several job openings within the Sheriff's office and fire department.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office needs your help finding a man who hasn't been seen since March. Deputies say 41-year-old Robbie Newberry was last seen by his mother. She reported him missing after she says she…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Gym Nest’s in Macon is celebrating after winning first place in the Georgia AAU State Gymnastics Meet. The competition, featuring teams from all over Georgia, was held over the weekend at the University of West…
Grammy nominee, Hunter Hayes, will take the stage at the McConnell-Talbert stadium July 3rd.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Early voting in Macon-Bibb county continues this week. The Board of Elections released numbers showing that 638 people cast their ballot during the first week of early voting. Early voting will also be available this Saturday…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Three people were hospitalized after an argument led to a shooting in north Macon. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says that just before 11 p.m. Sunday, they were called to the 3600 block of Case St. …
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A cold front will move through Middle Georgia Monday. The front will be mostly dry as it passes, but a few showers are possible in the afternoon behind the front. There will be a slightly higher…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is asking for the pubic's help in a hit-and-run incident that killed a woman in Macon. Deputies believes Teresa Reynolds was laying in the road before she was hit and killed.…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is now investigating the county's 15th homicide this year after a man's body was found in North Macon on Sunday afternoon.
A standoff between officers and a man wanted for shooting two people, killing one, occurred at the Scottish Inn Sunday morning.
A man is dead after he was struck by a vehicle on I75 in Macon.
JACKSON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The state of Georgia executed condemned murderer Robert Earl Butts by lethal injection Friday night, according to the Georgia Attorney General's Office. Butts was convicted for the 1996 murder of Donovan Corey Parks in Baldwin County.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Police are asking for the public's help finding a woman who walked away from her Macon home in March and hasn't been heard from since. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says 66-year-old Nona Thomas McNeill was…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is warning you about a scam in the area involving pine straw. Deputies say some groups are charging for installing more bales of straw than they actually did. You're encouraged to…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Georgia Department of Public Safety is getting the public involved in their own safety with the introduction of a new app. The "See Something Send Something" app was unveiled this week and it is designed…
KATHLEEN, Georgia (41NBC / WMGT) - Today was a magical one for first graders at Matt Arthur Elementary Schools. This morning in the school's cafeteria the school held its 18th Annual Cinderella Ball. First graders at Matt Arthur dressed up…
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - This week’s Cat of the Week is Lily! She is about ten weeks old and has spent the majority of her life at Kitty City Cat Rescue with her three kitten siblings. New volunteer Anna Hagemeyer…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Expect delays if you're traveling near the Macon Centreplex in East Macon Friday evening. The I-16/I-75 construction project as well as the Central Georgia Technical College ceremony could cause some traffic issues. The school is encouraging…
Keeping cool in summer involves more than just cranking your A/C unit. In today’s Angie’s List report, we’ll learn some tips to lower your energy bills and maximize efficiency.
UPDATE - The GMC student who died after drowning at the Oconee River Greenway has been identified as Eric Reynolds. GMC released a statement this afternoon that reads: “Today, the GMC family is deeply saddened by the untimely passing of one…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery that took place late Thursday night. Just after 11 p.m., a male suspect walked into the lobby of the Fairbridge Inn Express on Riverside Pkwy. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb County Operations and Finance Committee wrapped up its budget hearings with outside agencies Thursday morning. Commissioners were hoping to make cuts to those budgets, some commissioners say it's going to be very difficult. Based…
There's a newcomer on the ballot for District 143 State Representative who will run against current State Rep. James Beverly.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/ WMGT) - Thursday marks the 67th Annual National Day of Prayer. Students, churches, government officials -- everyone came together to unite as one. This year's National Day of Prayer theme is 'unity.' "I think everybody sees the…