FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Tonight, 41NBC is following the Monroe County Sheriff's race. Voters are choosing from six candidates. The candidates are: Lawson Bittick III Michael Bittick Ronnie "JOCKO" Evans Stacey Penamon Troy Copelan Brad Freeman III Be sure to…
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Long lines and malfunctioning machines marred the first hours of voting in some precincts across the country Tuesday. Some of the biggest problems were in Georgia, a…
MACON, Ga - According to the Alzheimer's Association, over five and half million Americans live with the disease. Michael Dinkins, who's with the Alzheimer's Association's Georgia Chapter, visited Daybreak to talk a community forum on Alzheimer's that the association is…
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - Election Day is here, and many people will be heading to the polls to cast votes throughout the day. An approaching cold front will attempt to slow the race to the polls, threatening severe weather in…
Good evening, As Election Day draws near we are watching for the potential for strong to severe storms across parts of the southeast. The main threats for tomorrow will be gusty winds as well as the threat for an isolated…
Poll workers across Middle Georgia are preparing for the big day tomorrow, collecting supplies and setting up to open up at 7:00 am on Tuesday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - We are in the home stretch to Election Day. Eyes from all over the country are on Georgia's race for governor. President Donald Trump came to Macon Sunday to campaign for Republican candidate for governor, Brian…
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office reports a third arrest in connection to a deadly October shooting. Damarkis Hammonds, age 19, is now charged with murder in connection to the shooting death of 16-year-old Kendrick Davis. Jamon…
MACON, Ga – According to the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, one in fifteen people will be diagnosed with lung cancer in their lifetime. Sally Waldorf, a patient advocate nurse with Navient Health's Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, visited Daybreak to…
MACON, Ga - A man has been arrested for his involvement in armed robbery and kidnapping that happened in October. Bibb County Sheriff's Investigators arrested and charged 25 year old Ceezon D. Antwanette McKoy for Kidnapping and Armed Robbery. Investigators say…
MACON, Ga - Bibb County Deputies arrested a man who tried to rob a McDonald's restaurant. Deputies say it happened at the McDonald's at 550 Gray Highway in Macon around 11 p.m. Saturday. Deputies arrested 26 year old Donte Sherrod Grayer…
MACON, Ga - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery that happened at a Hardee's Restaurant in Macon. Deputies say it happened 8:15 p.m. Sunday at the Hardee's at 1014 Gray Way in the city. Deputies say…
MACON, Ga - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a hit and run accident that injured a little girl. Deputies say it happened at 4077 Saint Charles Place just before 5 p.m. Saturday. Deputies say 7 year old Zmya Whitus…
ATLANTA (AP) — Last-minute legal decisions, a racist robocall and a protester wearing a giant chicken suit holding a sign that reads "too chicken to debate." These are the scenes playing out amid the final furious days of the hotly…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- President Donald Trump is holding a rally Sunday afternoon at Middle Georgia Regional Airport. POTUS will be speaking at 3:45 to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, ahead of Election Day Tuesday. 41NBC’s Tanya Modersitzki is at…
A Macon man will spend 20 years in prison after his sentencing on Friday. The trial for 25 year-old Quintavious Marquez Hutchings started on Tuesday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Just in time for the holidays, local businesses are getting a chance to show Macon what they have to offer. Friday is the grand opening for the Macon Exchange pop-up shop. Over 19 businesses from Middle…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Former Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis is calling on multiple community groups and agencies to unite to stop the violence. This comes after deputies arrested two teens in the shooting death of another teen this week.…
As midterm election season comes to a close, Stacey Abrams and her campaign made a final stop in Macon accompanied by a civil rights icon.
DUBLIN, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - Best Buy is preparing for the holiday shopping season, and the Regional Distribution Center in Dublin is hiring. The company announced it has approximately 400 seasonal positions to fill at the center through the end of the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - The Houston County School System is making a few safety improvements. The Houston County School System received a 2018-19 Safety Grant from the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA). Houston County says it will use the $2,750…
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office makes an arrest in the September murder of 30-year-old Michael Antwan Chapman. Along with the Gang Unit and the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, deputies arrested 18-year-old DeQuavious Jamal Howard…
MACON, Ga - Last weekend, eleven people were shot and killed when a gunman opened fire in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Temple Beth Israel in Macon will remember the lives lost with Shabbat Unity Service. Rabbi Aaron Sataloff,…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) – Officers with the Warner Robins Police Department responded to an armed robbery at the Happy Food Mart on Smithville Church Road near Constitution Drive. Video from the surveillance camera shows the suspect walking in and…
Early voting numbers continue to exceed expectations across Middle Georgia including polling locations in Peach County. See what the numbers were.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb residents will have a change to their garbage, recycling, and yard waste pickup, starting next week. Thursday morning at Central City Park, there was a lot of trash talk. The Macon-Bibb Solid Waste Department and…
Trains blocking road ways causing long wait times for drivers has been an on-going issue in Peach County for years, but one state rep. is working to fix it.
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says someone found a body inside an apartment around 4:30 Thursday afternoon. Jones identified the body as 62-year-old Willie Holmes. Holmes lived in the Park Slope Apartments on Chambers Road. Jones says Holmes…
Georgia's Republican Nominee for Governor Brian Kemp made several stops in Middle Georgia today as the countdown to election day continues.
MACON, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams is planning a return visit to Macon. Her Early Voting Bus Tour will roll into town around 10:15 Friday morning. She is scheduled to be at the Westgate Shopping Center parking…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - UPDATE (6:15 p.m.): Bibb County deputies made a second arrest in connection to a shooting Tuesday night that left a 16-year-old dead. 16-year-old Troy Jackson is in custody at the Macon Regional Youth Detention Center, according…
Leaders, clergy, business owners, local government from all over middle Georgia are hosting a 24-hour prayer service hoping to reduce crime.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is investigating a domestic shooting that sent a woman to the hospital. Col. James Faulks, with the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office, says a shooting call came in around 8:30 Wednesday morning at…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – If you're looking for something fun to do this weekend or next weekend, you may want to check out the Perry Players Murder Mystery Dinner. Tyler Bryant, from the Perry Players Community Theatre, visited Daybreak to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – This Thursday, students at Perry High School will present "The Curious Incident of The Dog and the Night-Time." Trajan Clayton and Levi Shelton, who are in the play, visited Daybreak to talk about it. You can…
MACON, Ga - Bibb County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for three men wanted for an armed robbery in Macon. Deputies say it happened just after 10:30 Tuesday night at the Sharks Fish and Chicken Restaurant at 4351 Pio Nono Avenue. Deputies…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Local leaders, clergy, and citizens are meeting at the Macon-Bibb County Government Center for a press conference to denounce President Donald Trump’s rhetoric. 41NBC’s Tanya Modersitzki is there and will have more details on what their…
MACON, Ga - Bibb County Sheriff's investigators have arrested an employee of a laundromat in Macon for her involvement in an armed robbery that took place where she works. Investigators say 47 year old Coretta Patrick, who's an employee of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is searching for the suspect accused of stealing over 100 bronze vases from a cemetery. The incident happened at Glen Haven Memorial Gardens off Houston Road. They usually sit on the…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Houston County woman says she's glad she double checked her ballot before hitting "submit." Election officials say due to a computer glitch, she had trouble voting for her candidates. Staff at the Houston County…
It's the scariest time of year for not only children but also parents. Officials want to make sure Halloween this year is still spooky but also safe.
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- The weather is changing, leaves are falling which means fall has officially come to Middle Georgia. That also means its time for our favorite characters to come knocking on our doors. That's right, Halloween is just around…
ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge won't suspend her order governing Georgia election officials' handling of absentee ballots and applications with mismatched signatures while the secretary of state appeals it. U.S. District Judge Leigh May last week ordered the state…
A local dentist in Macon is buying candy from kids in the community for a good cause other than keeping the cavities away.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - A Fort Valley man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a deadly apartment shooting. In Peach County Superior Court, 21-year-old Corey McKinney Junior was sentenced to serve 20 years, with the first 12 years in prison.…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - A traffic stop in Twiggs County leads to an arrest, one half kilo of cocaine and two pounds of marijuana. The traffic stop happened on Interstate 16 around 1:20pm on October 23rd. Deputies say they noticed a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - We're a week away from Election Day and the candidates running to be Georgia's next Governor we'll have some special guests at their campaign stops. A White Official confirms that President Donald Trump will be in…
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - A cold front moving across the mid-west has potential to bring strong and/or severe storms to Middle Georgia in the next coming days. Tuesday and Wednesday, a high pressure system will dominate the weather in the…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who robbed a west Macon hotel Monday night.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A mother who lost her son due to an act of domestic violence, is letting others in a similar situation know they aren't alone. Felicia Williams lost her son when he was 2-years old. This happened…