MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new stream of money is coming to Oconee Regional Medical Center. The Baldwin County Commissioners voted last week to pay the hospital $500,000 every year for 10 years. "I'm very excited, so I'm very pleased…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Someone you wouldn't suspect was leading a girls basketball camp at Vineville United Methodist Church. Molly Lee, a 16 year old teenager, was the woman in charge. "I love basketball, I love being with kids, serving…
It's been a long time coming, but the brand new South Bibb Recreation Center is on the road to completion.
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The City of Hawkinsville has lifted its boil water advisory for Rawls Street Friday afternoon. Water tests from a third party laboratory came back with negative results, indicating the water is safe to use. Earlier, the…
A 16-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, which happened early Wednesday morning.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Superintendent of the Bibb County School District, Dr. Curtis Jones Jr. stopped by the 41-Today news studio. He told us why he fills the Bibb County School District is moving in the right direction. You can…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is searching for a teen in connection with a burglary that ended in a murder. 16-year-old Aurie Mathis is wanted for shooting 41-year-old James Robert Young Jr. The sheriff's office believes…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Atlanta Hawks have the 19th pick in Thursday’s first round of the NBA Draft. It’s not a pick that could transform the franchise, but it should be a good player. The Hawks have a new…
UPDATE 06282017: 22-year old OrLando Turrell Tatum turned himself in at the Baldwin County LEC around 10:00 p.m. Tuesday night. UPDATE: The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office has issued arrest warrants and charged 22-year old OrLando Turrell Tatum for…
Gym Director James Hand says he's dedicated to helping keep kids out of the streets by getting them in the ring.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb commissioners approved a new budget that could increase taxes. The vote was 6-3 Tuesday night in favor of the budget. "It's necessary," Commissioner Gary Bechtel said. "It's the first tax increase we've had in the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -On the other side of the tracks of the Terminal station , Brooks Patterson and his wife Leah are keeping busy. "We just knew there was something better for this area," said Brooks. "I've always liked fixing…
EATONTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - State prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for escaped inmates Donnie Rowe and Ricky Dubose. Rowe and Dubose appeared in court Wednesday morning for their first appearance hearing in Putnam County. Sheriff Howard Sills,…
Thief steals Subway employee's cell phone and cash; Bibb deputies investigating.
Bibb deputies are searching for two men who robbed Flash Foods on Wednesday morning.
The city of Milledgeville said its final goodbye to Officer Christopher Monica who was tragically shot last Tuesday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Tyson Foods distribution center in Macon, is expanding and with expansion comes more economic growth. "Their presence here in Macon-Bibb speaks volume and does wonders for the community," said Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert. Adding more 102…
Bibb County investigators are looking for two men who robbed a Dollar General store at 3824 Pio Nono Avenue Monday night. It happened before 10 p.m.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Jason Aldean is returning to his hometown. Aldean will be in Macon August 11th for his second Concert for the Kids. All proceeds from this concert will go to the Children's Hospital Navicent Health. David Aiello…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Yesterday, an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft flew into the Atlantic Ocean to analyze the tropical low near Venezuela. It was determined that the storm system had a closed circulation with 40 mph winds, and…
Warner Robins has found itself in a bit of a budget bind. The 2018 budget was supposed to be approved on Monday night but, factoring in a $1.6 million raise to city employees like fireman and police put the council's plans on pause.
EATONTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - $130,000 still hasn't been claimed for the two escaped Georgia inmates. Sheriff Howard Sills, from Putnam County, said he takes full responsibility for any confusion regarding the money after a video surfaced. The video was of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Some people have photographs spilling out from closets, drawers, attics... you name it. Now, how do you get all of that together into one place? Andi Willis is back to guide you along perfectly organized. First…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has strategies in place to keep inmates from escaping.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - UPDATE: The woman at the house is doing fine, just "shaken up", according to Bibb County Sheriff David Davis. The other suspect is still on the run. Investigators towed a black Volkswagen Jetta from the scene.…
Word of Officer Curtis Billue's death alongside a fellow officer touched thousands across the nation, and brought hundreds in droves on Saturday to support his family in their final goodbye.
Carolina Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson is in Hawkinsville this weekend.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Firefighters are used to training, they train to save lives. But this time, they're training for a different reason, to take a spot on the 2018 Middle Georgia Firefighter Calendar. For the past couple of days…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Twiggs County Sheriff's investigators found a body in Jeffersonville Friday afternoon. Sheriff Darren Mitchum says the body belongs to a young man who went missing in Atlanta earlier this week. The sheriff's office got a call…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Preparations began for the funeral of Officer Curtis Billue at Wilkinson County High School Friday. "From the readings I've done of Officer Billue he was a fine outstanding officer in the military, U.S. Army," David Blanton…
The confusion at the I-75/I-16 interchange will soon come to an end. GDOT officials broke ground on some long awaited upgrades Friday--kicking Macon-Bibb's Pleasant Hill Mitigation Plan into high gear.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - After holding 121 promotional events and having 37 public improvement projects, Milledgeville got a national accreditation. The Main Street Accreditation is given to cities that meet requirements designed to better a community's downtown area. Carlee Schulte…
The Rising Mister Academy prepares young students to become teachers
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who robbed Family Dollar on Mercer University Drive in Macon on Thursday night.
MADISON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - UPDATE: Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills says Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe abandoned the white F-250 truck they stole from Morgan County, in Tennessee. They took another two cars before they broke into an elderly couple's…
The jobs of 911 operators in Houston county just got a whole lot easier with the addition of some new state of the art equipment.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Recycling cans are the newest addition to downtown Macon. The Urban Development Authority bought the cans, to help make downtown look better and expand recycling. There will be a total of 30 new recycling cans once…
The Museum of Aviation is inviting dads to come and compete for a special treat this Friday at the museum's weekly Food Truck Frenzy.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - After a recent outbreak of people overdosing on what authorities suspect is fake pain pills, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is training DFACS workers on dangerous drugs in Georgia. "They continue to get stronger and…
MADISON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The search continues for escaped inmates Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe. Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills said the inmates are still on the run. "The public is in grave danger. These are dangerous, seriously dangerous, vicious…
Several local businesses in Dublin have donated $5,000 each toward completing the next phase of the Martin Luther King Monument.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - As predicted, the Atlanta Braves are driving us crazy. They’ll have a great game – like last Friday night – and then lose three in a row and score only three runs in those three games.…
Softball pitcher Karsen Ochs wants to strike out batters and hunger
Bibb deputies are looking for three men who stole an ATM machine from a store in Macon.
The Macon Little league and Revitalizing Baseball in Inner Cities, RBI, are teaming up to make to give children the opportunity to play ball on a 'state of the art' field.
The Gateway Heights community is making some room to grow--a garden that is.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The manhunt continues for two escaped inmates in Georgia who are accused of killing two corrections officers on a prison transports bus in Putnam County Tuesday. Now authorities say they may have switched vehicles. "It's very…
A grand jury has charged the owners of a company who did business with the Bibb County School District with fraud. Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Chairman Isaac Culver, his colleague Dave Carty, and their business Progressive Consulting Technologies sold 15,000 Ncomputing devices to the district in 2012.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Historic Macon picked the Porter House at Wesleyan College as its 2017 Design House Wednesday. That means the Porter House will be open for public tours and will be the host of Historic Macon's Design, Wine…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A community has a new place to meet. The Neighborhood Association teamed up with the county to host a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning for the Kings Park Community Center. The New Center will have a computer…