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…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - 11 people were killed, and six others were wounded after an attack inside a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend. The Jewish community in Macon is letting the families of the victims know they aren't…
Detectives with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating a deadly officer involved shooting in Monroe County.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Early voting continues across the state ahead of the November elections. Last weekend voters could cast a ballot on Saturday and Sunday in Bibb county. More than 1,400 people voted on Saturday, and 1,743 people came out…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office needs your help investigating a personal armed robbery of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault. The incident happened Sunday, October 28th, at 9:00 p.m. on the 1100 block of Radio Drive. Herbert…
Centerville, Ga - Police in Centerville say a fight that started at Cigar and Hookah Lounge ended with shots being fired and a car crash. According to Centerville Police Captain Billy Boney, a fight broke out at at the Chocolate Room,…
MACON, Ga - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating three armed robberies that happened in Macon over the weekend. Splash and Dash Armed Robbery Deputies say the first one happened at the Splash and Dash Laundromat at 2081 Pionono Avenue just…
MACON, Georgia. (41NBC/WMGT) - The last week of October will start off nicely with lots of sunshine and dry conditions thanks to a high pressure system building up over the mid-west and southeast. This system will cause air to sink…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -A family continues to remember a woman whose life was taken due to an act of domestic violence. Friends and family of La'Smockie Fountain say she had a contagious smile, she was a wonderful mother to her four…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Some furry friends are looking for a "furr-ever" home. This weekend the Macon-Bibb Animal Welfare is holding its "Howl-O-Ween" Adoption Party. Kids and adults can wear their costumes. There will be goodie bags of candy for…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - A life sentenced is handed down to a man convicted of shooting and killing two brothers in Houston County. Following a three-day trial, a jury convicted 27-year-old Travis Thomas, Jr., in the murders of Kenny Hart,…
MACON, Ga - Bibb County Deputies are looking for man who stole a woman's car in the parking lot of the Overtyme Bar and Grill in Macon. Deputies say this happened Thursday night around 9 p.m. Deputies say 47 year…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Halloween is less than a week away. If you're a fan of roller coasters and getting scared, Six Flags Over Georgia's Fright Fest might be for you! Six Flags Over Georgia's Communication Manager, Divina Mims, visited Daybreak to…