PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Centerville pastor found guilty of sexual battery against a child under 16 will be sentenced Thursday. Wiley Leverett was accused of molesting four young girls. Jurors handed down a guilty verdict after deliberating for nearly…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - After a very cold start to the week in Middle Georgia, temperatures will trend upwards through Thursday. The high temperature recorded in Macon yesterday (03/26/18) was 51 degrees. The reason it was so cold was because…
Good Evening! It has been a chilly couple of days thanks to a wedge front that trapped cold air in Middle Georgia beginning on Sunday. The good news is, that the cold air is on the way out! Tuesday: Clouds…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A woman is in stable condition after being shot by her boyfriend early Sunday morning. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office arrested 45-year-old Kris Reese after investigators say he shot April Young, 42, around 12:10 a.m. Police…
Bibb Deputies are urging residents around Houston Road to keep their eyes open after several mailboxes were left open by an unknown person or people.
North Bibb County residents are ready to file a lawsuit if the county doesn't hold a special election in May.
Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia are on the move
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Investigators say the fire that killed a Baldwin County man was a result of misuse of smoking material. 43-year-old Lemonte Hargrove was found inside a mobile home on Harrisburg Road just before 2 Sunday morning. Authorities…
While many of us were counting sheep last night, authorities in Jones County say they were on the search for one that escaped and was on the loose in Bradley.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Kroger on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon will close next month. The company says that location has experienced a decline in sales and negative profit for some time. Kroger has been at the location for…
Doctor talks about colorectal cancer and how important it is to get screenings.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Tuesday, March 20th marked the first day of spring, but winter isn't ready to say "goodbye" just yet. A back door cold front has brought another blast of cold air back to Middle Georgia. Typically, cold…
Cherry Blossom organizers traded in their gardening gloves for golden gloves this weekend at the 2018 Georgia State Golden Glove Boxing Tournament in Macon.
Truck driver found dead on I75 south in Macon.
Good Evening! It is time for the weekend and we have got a mix of good and bad news...so let's start with the good! Saturday: Warm air moves in quickly under a warm front with our highs back in the…
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect who stabbed a man Tuesday night.
For the first time in 40 years, the Pig'n Whistle is making a comeback to Macon.
Medical professionals say parents need to be aware of their surrounding while traveling on spring break.
Georgia Doom ready to kick off season
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 19-year-old man will spend close to 10 years in prison for the role he played in a robbery that happened outside a Starbucks in Macon. Malik Treyvurus Curtis was sentenced Friday to 15 years, eight…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, a Democrat who led the charge for Georgia's lottery-funded HOPE scholarships during his two terms as governor, has died. He was 86. Lori Geary, a spokeswoman for the Miller Institute Foundation, said…
UPDATE: 25-year-old Jerome Beasley was arrested in Macon by Bibb County Sheriff’s Violent Crimes Investigators and members of the Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force. Beasley was found at a home on Patterson Street around 10 Friday morning. He is charged…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A driver has crashed into the front of a duplex on Dublin Ave in east Macon. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office reports that around 5 a.m., 37-year-old Qwankellia Mack stopped her car at the intersection of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The 36th International Cherry Blossom Festival will be coming to a close in Macon this weekend. Rain is in the forecast, but it won't be a total washout. A high pressure system will move over the…
Good Evening! The cold hung around today with our highs only making it into the lower 60's. The good news is that warm air is on the way, just in time for the weekend! Through the day tomorrow we will…
Cherry Blossom organizers are disappointed with turn out to the festival this week. With many of the events taking place outside, they say they blame high powered winds and chilly temperatures over the last few days and nights for the drop in attendance compared to previous years.
Police departments across the nation have had their share of officer misconduct. That's why police in Perry are enforcing the law the RITE way.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The man who robbed a Macon teenager back in 2016 will spend 12 years in prison. 21-year-old Michael Jewroid Mitchell, Jr. was found guilty by jurors and sentenced to 20 years this week. Mitchell and 20-year-old…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Drivers will have to worry less about finding parking in downtown Macon. Macon-Bibb Urban Development Authority signed a contract with Lanier Parking Meter Services to install about 700 meters in downtown Macon. Alex Morrison, Executive Director…
A wreck on Highway 49 in Jones County has the highway closed down, and emergency crews on the scene.
Twiggs County filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
Bike Walk Macon is getting ready for Open Streets
LIZELLLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A local Girl Scout troop got rewarded by their troop leaders for selling over 16,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Troop 60382, part of the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, sold a whopping 16,843 boxes during…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Spring in Middle Georgia means a roller coaster temperature pattern as frontal systems cause drastic changes to the weather. Earlier this week, Middle Georgia had afternoon temperatures in the 50's after a cold front swept through…
Westside High School football coach Sheddrick Risper is hoping to become the next American Ninja Warrior.
JONES COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Jones County Sheriff's Office says it found another part of a jaw bone while search for clues near New Clinton Rd in East Macon this week. This comes after the lower portion of a…
The Knight Foundation is encouraging millennials in Macon to share new ideas for downtown with groups like the Young Professionals Network of Central GA.
Cherry Blossom may be in full swing but construction around Central City Park is still a work in progress.
Macon-Bibb County is filing a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies that make and distribute opioids.
Eight businesses in Peach and Crawford counties and a home were raided Tuesday as part of a three-month long gambling investigation.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - 16-year-old Artez Maloy pleaded guilty this week to several charges including home invasion, false imprisonment, and burglary. He is the suspect who robbed an elderly man at his home on Triple Hill Drive and then forced…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office wants to warn you about people making phone calls impersonating an officer.
Multiple car accident sends three people to the hospital Wednesday morning.
41NBC's Karlisha Booze talked with a member of Delta Sigma Theta Soroity, Inc. about their scholarship giveaways to FVSU students.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Wind Advisory has been issued for all of Middle Georgia Wednesday from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sustained winds will range from 15-25 mph throughout the day, though gusts could be as fast as 35…
Good Evening! Happy Vernal Equinox (aka first official day of spring)! For our science minute today: the Vernal Equinox is when the most direct rays of the sun are directly over the equator and begin to move north, signaling more…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new Japanese restaurant is open in Warner Robins and it sure caught our eye here at 41NBC for getting consecutive perfect health inspection scores! JJ Teriyaki opened up in December off Watson Blvd. It's…
The Bibb Sheriff's Office has arrested five people in connection to the death of 23-year-old Vernard Mays.
CVS pharmacy locations nationwide will now offer the latest vaccine for shingles in stores and experts say the new vaccine is twice as effective.
On the subject of the OLOST bill lawmakers can't come to an agreement, and now the mayor and commission will have to find the money another way.