(UPDATE) 7/29: According to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office Tuesday night, Carl Ford has been located and is safe. They say he has been returned to his family. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Mostly cloudy skies and scattered storms are likely Wednesday across Middle Georgia. This Evening It’s been another hot day around Middle Georgia with scattered storms initially firing up in the southeastern counties. Coverage of these storms…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County School District is preparing for a new school year under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Dan Sims. Sims began his tenure…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A new council is looking to tackle teacher burnout, tardiness and other issues facing the Houston County School District.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Houston County School District is preparing for a new school year and a new superintendent. Dr. Richard Rogers began his tenure as superintendent on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is facing charges after deputies responded to an aggravated assault call involving a knife-wielding suspect Monday afternoon. According to…
UPDATE (7/29/2025) An arrest has been made in connection with a fatal single-vehicle crash that happened earlier this year on Bloomfield Road. The incident…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — This week's Restaurant Report Card provides food service inspection scores across Middle Georgia, as released by the Georgia Department of Public Health. The scores cover inspections conducted between Monday, July 21 and Friday, July 25. Understanding…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Leaders in Georgia are pushing for a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the Bibb County Jail. Last week, Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock called on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Scattered storms are likely around Middle Georgia tomorrow afternoon and evening. This Evening Scattered clouds from the afternoon will linger into the night before clearing a…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Fort Valley State University (FVSU) will be featured in five games during the 2025 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) football season on ESPN platforms, including a primetime matchup on ESPNU and a pair of rivalry classics that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Sgt. Greg Thomas of Macon Regional Crimestoppers appeared on 41Today to spotlight five individuals currently wanted by law enforcement agencies in Middle…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured early Sunday morning in Dublin. According to a release from Chief…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Albert Booze pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in connection with the April 6, 2021 death of Bibb County Deputy Christopher Knight. He was sentenced to 25 years, including 13 to serve in prison…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The family of a woman killed in a head on collision weeks ago in Macon has started a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Downtown Macon has a new spot for breakfast lovers: Flying Biscuit Café officially opened its doors Monday morning…
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Monroe County man is in custody after barricading himself inside a home Monday morning when deputies attempted to serve multiple warrants. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrived at a residence near…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Three people are in the hospital after a head-on crash early Sunday morning on Pio Nono Avenue. According to a Bibb County Sheriff's Office news release, it happened just after 1 a.m. near Pio Nono's intersection…
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 57-year-old man was found dead Saturday night after barricading himself inside a closet with a gun during a domestic dispute in Monroe County. According to a Monroe County Sheriff's Office news release, deputies responded…
UPDATE: Georgia State Patrol has provided more information on a deadly crash Friday night in Macon. According to GSP, a trooper responded to mile marker 161 on I-75 South just before 11 p.m. The preliminary findings show the driver of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Local leaders and families impacted by incidents inside the Bibb County Jail, are reacting to the news that Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Joshua Flournoy and his wife Aerin are combining their love of travel and their hometown to bring an 11-suite boutique hotel to Milledgeville.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will climb into the upper 90s and low triple digits this weekend as rain odds become negligible. This Evening What has been a pretty hot and partly cloudy day will see mostly clear skies through…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Cochran-Bleckley Chamber of Commerce is hosting family-friendly events for the community. The Bleckley Bullseye campaign, a shop-local initiative, runs through July 31. Participants…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The family of JaNiecea Smith has started a GoFundMe for help with expenses for her four young daughters. The…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A new pavilion at Historic Bowden Golf Course now stands in memory of a man whose impact on Macon’s golf scene and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be on alert for two phone scams targeting families of incarcerated individuals. In the first scheme, callers claim to be representatives from a bonding company and instruct…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a federal investigation…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Those who frequent Nu-Way Weiners on Bloomfield Road in Macon say illegal dumping on the restaurant’s property is bad…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – All Macon-Bibb County Recreation Centers will be closed on Friday as the department hosts a day of employee training and celebration in honor of National Park and Recreation Month. The department will recognize its 90 team…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County School District kicked off the 2025-2026 school year with its annual convocation Thursday morning…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday that the unemployment rate for the Macon Metropolitan Statistical Area rose to 4.3% in June, up three-tenths of a percentage point from May. The rate was 4.7% at the same…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Bibb County deputies are investigating after an inmate started a fire inside the jail Thursday afternoon, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. It…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures will climb back into the upper 90s Friday afternoon as storm odds dwindle. This Evening A partly cloudy afternoon featuring a few isolated showers and storms will become more clear into the evening and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce is looking to continue strengthening the economic growth in the city of…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Jones County High School has postponed its Open House event to Wednesday, July 30, due to ongoing issues with water pressure, according to a Facebook post from the school. The original Open House was scheduled for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT/AP)- Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King announced Thursday he is suspending his campaign for U.S. Senate, citing limited prospects for securing the Republican nomination. “I got into the U.S. Senate race to beat Jon Ossoff, not distract from…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Stuart Hardy of W.S. Hutchings College & Career Academy has been named the 2025-2026 Bibb County School District Teacher of the Year, according to a news release from the district. The announcement came Thursday during the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- A television show is continuing production this weekend in Macon-Bibb County, with filming scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27. The shoot will bring intermittent road closures to multiple areas as King Street Productions moves…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Warner Robins Mayor LaRhonda Patrick held her third "Moment with Mayor" event at City Hall on Thursday to allow residents a valuable chance to…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —Truth in the Word Ministries in Warner Robins is preparing to host its annual Back to School Backpack Giveaway this Saturday, continuing a tradition nearly a decade in the making. According to Apostle Dr. Aaron Hamilton,…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The City of Eastman will host a movie night this Friday at Eastman City Park, located at 11th Avenue and Oak Street. The event features several family-friendly activities and concludes with an outdoor showing of The LEGO…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The City of Byron will begin operating speed enforcement cameras on White Road in the designated school zone starting Tuesday, July 29, 2025. According to city information, the cameras will monitor vehicle speeds during specific hours and…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A boil water advisory is in effect for City of Gray water customers after a water main break caused low pressure and temporary outages in parts of the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Data from the National Breast Cancer Foundation has recently indicated an increase in younger women being diagnosed with breast cancer. With…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Temperatures should largely return to the 90s as scattered storms will be possible again Thursday afternoon. This Evening A mostly cloudy day…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A vacant lot in downtown Macon is set to be transformed into a wellness-focused park, thanks to a national grant…
MONROE COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Deputies rescued two people after a late-night river emergency near the Towaliga River in Monroe County, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Macon man was arrested after deputies discovered more than 27 grams of methamphetamine during a traffic stop…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Macon man has been arrested in connection with a kidnapping and sexual assault that happened on Eisenhower Parkway last week,…