MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Former two-sport professional athlete Brian Jordan gave out free copies of his children's book after reading to students at Bernd Elementary on Thursday. "If we don't encourage our kids to read early they get left behind," Jordan…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office and SWAT Team served a search warrant at a home on Maynard Street Wednesday afternoon. Inside, deputies found 20 grams of marijuana. They also seized digital scales and packaging materials. According…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb County Fire Department and County Commissioners say they finally got what they wanted. They broke ground on a new fire station in East Macon on Thursday. Payed for by the SPLOST, construction on the…
The Georgia Municipal Cemetery Association put on a workshop in Macon to show different ways to maintain and preserve monuments.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Married just two weeks, Blake and Holly Fullington agreed to put their honeymoon on hold to help Louisiana flood victims. "I can go to a beach anytime," Blake Fullington said. "My wife and I and…
The debate between Eason, Lambert, and Ramsey rages on.
Several Mercer medical students are trying to help residents address possible health issues.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning Commission approved a $50 million dollar project Monday night to upgrade a part of downtown. Construction of a new hotel, parking deck, apartment complex and restaurant could begin as early as…
The new development will include a hotel, residences, retail space, a restaurant, and a parking structure.
Macon's newest brewery is making progress on opening before the end of the year.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Milledgeville Police Department is introducing a six-person Specialized Patrol Unit to educate and interact with the community. "We're going to be teaching about bullying, gangs, drugs, self esteem, peer pressure, and about how to stay…
Leaders from different businesses, the state, and Capitol Hill met Tuesday morning for the Georgia Chambers' annual luncheon.
Family, friends gather to remember football player.
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Billy Crooms, the manager of Sonny's Barbecue Restaurant in Dublin couldn't stand by and watch the flooding disaster in Louisiana. "We're going to go to the Red Cross facility there in Baton Rouge and feed 300 to…
United Way of Central Georgia aims to boost students' literacy during the summer.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Three men robbed a Waffle House in Forsyth on Monday morning. The Forsyth Police Department says two of them had guns. They entered the store at 286 North Lee Street around 5 a.m. and left in…
A man was killed outside of a club in Macon early Saturday morning. It happened at the Dream Bar & Lounge on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
A Peach County student is dead after a car crash in Byron.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Georgia National Fairgrounds hosted the 25th Buckarama on Friday. The event runs through the weekend. Admission is $10. Sam Stowe with the Georgia Wildlife Federation calls the event a great way to make friends and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Middle Georgia Regional Airport can send you to the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tickets for the three night getaway are $440. "We've had three flights back in the spring as kind of…
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Bill Shanks and Tucker Sargent talk Braves, Bulldogs, Falcons, and high school football.
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Over one thousand people gathered to say their final goodbye to Officer Tim Smith on Thursday. Smith, of the Eastman Police Department, was killed in the line of duty by 24-year-old Royheem Deeds on Saturday night.…
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The state board of education voted to terminate Macon Charter Academy's charter.
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Karina Bonner faces eight counts of cruelty to six children while working at Coliseum Child's Play in Macon. As of Wednesday, Bonner is out on bond. "I've seen her yank, push, shove, grab, slap...children," Nicholas McCane…
Mercer University campus police gives students safety tips.
The fire division at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center is investing more than half a million dollars into a new truck.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Government leaders and community members met for a discussion after Macon ranked second in the state last year in pedestrian fatalities. During the meeting, an action plan called "Vision Zero" was introduced. "It's a simple concept,…
A man who says he looked on as an Eastman police officer was shot says he's still in shock and wants the violence to stop in his neighborhood.
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Oak Hill Middle School uses new method that allows students to learn from each other.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Baldwin County Airport is putting together an Airport Layout Plan, something it hasn't done in over 15 years. "Now is our time on how do we move forward," Jim Wolfgang, Chair of the Baldwin County Airport…
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Your child's backpack can be more than a bottomless void where things go to get lost or crushed.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has confirmed 24-year-old Royheem Delshawn Deeds has been arrested.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office wants to teach high school students that are interested in law enforcement. The Explorers Program gives students the chance to ride-along with deputies. "We hope to be able to teach them…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Jennifer Parson couldn't wait to launch the new phone app for the Warner Robins Police Department. She began planning the app in March. The app, named "WRPD," is filled with features including: breaking news, blog…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A truck nearly plowed through a mobile after the driver swerved off the road trying to avoid a van making a U-turn in the middle of the street. Two people were taken to Navicent Health to…
Olympic athletes are using cupping to rejuvenate their muscles when they compete.
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) - Police are trying to identify the remains of a woman whose skull and bones were found in a suitcase along a Georgia interstate northeast of Atlanta. The investigation into the macabre case began after a state…
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One person was sent to the hospital after a water main break caused several car accidents in Houston County Friday morning.
UPDATE (11:10 a.m.): Power has now been restored to the Houston Avenue area as of 7:30 a.m. A damaged utility pole caused the outage. MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office arrested a man for DUI in Macon…
A woman is in critical condition because she jumped out of a moving ambulance on I-75 Thursday night just after 10 p.m. It happened near the Mercer University Drive exit.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Ruth Knox says Wesleyan College means the world to her. That's why it's bittersweet for her to retire after 15 years. She said today the 2016-2017 school year would be her last. "I was born to…
Museum of Aviation named new interim board chairman.
28-year-old Donna Johnson was found bound and gagged in July 1984.
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