MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb County and the non-profit organization Operation HOPE want to help you get your finances in order. Operation HOPE CEO John Hope Bryant calls it the silver rights movement. Its his effort to improve people's quality of life…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A former Bibb County Sheriff's deputy is facing 13 new charges after his grand jury hearing. Prestridge was arrested in February after an internal affairs investigation showed he choked, kicked and refused to let his girlfriend leave…
It will start at 9 a.m. in the Superior Court of Fulton County.
The funeral for a Fort Valley State University student who was stabbed to death was held on Wednesday on campus.
Two men wanted for financial transaction card fraud
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon-Bibb EMA is looking into new ways to prepare for potential disasters. "You see it in pictures. It doesn't near do it justice," said EMA Director Spencer Hawkins after his tour of the Guardian Centers in Perry.…
Kids who love to read have a chance at winning free tickets to the Georgia National Fair this fall.
The taxi service, Uber, is coming to Middle Georgia.
Macon-Bibb County's mayor says the county's next budget is $5 million less than it was last year.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County School District plans to put cameras in every middle school and Veterans Elementary next year. Ballard-Hudson Middle School tested the new audio/visual system this year. Teachers received their classroom cameras and speakers in October.…
Students at Burdell-Hunt Magnet School are showing off their leadership skills.
Driver has not been identified
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Sparta Industries is building a new plant in Milledgeville. Governor Nathan Deal announced the HVAC duct liner insulation manufacturer will be using the old Rheem Manufacturing building, according to a news release from the governor's office.…
Football and basketball coaches at Southwest High School in Macon continue to mentor students and help them become responsible adults.
The funeral for 29-year old Bibb County Sheriff's Investigator Anthony Joseph “TJ” Freeman is today at the Macon Centreplex.
The bricks are starting to come down at the Tindall Heights apartments with plans to upgrade the public housing units.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon man is in critical condition after he was hit by a car Saturday afternoon. Charles Cooks, 60, was hit at the intersection of Pio Nono and Suwanee Avenues, according to a news release from the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 24 year old is dead after an ATV accident in Macon Saturday night. One ATV rear ended the other on Columbus Road and all four of the people involved were ejected, according to a news…
Charlyn Lemons and Jeffrey Lemons arrested for elderly abuse
Peach County wants to get involved with the state's film industry. The chairman for the county's chamber of commerce says a photo contest is putting them on the map and they hope to bring the box office to the county.
Martavius Kinder now facing murder charge
19-year-old Austin Daniel was arrested Thursday for using counterfeit bills at several locations throughout the city.
Rutland High School's lunch lady is making a big impact on her students, staff and faculty.
The 18-year-old student was stabbed to death on campus Tuesday night.
Twenty-six-year-old Elbert Jordan was shot multiple times.
Dublin police are still trying to find a killer who attacked a jewelry store owner 27 years ago.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County 4th graders have been learning from Native Americans at the Ocmulgee National Monument this week. Thanks to a federal transportation grant, park rangers were able to pay bus drivers to bring the kids to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Despite recent troubles, some Macon Charter Academy parents are hopeful their school will stay open next year. 41NBC's Alexa Rodriguez found out what is fueling the positivity among the school's new principal and a few 'cheerleader' parents.…
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office has lost one of their own. Deputy Anthony "TJ" Freeman was killed in traffic accident Thursday around 3 a.m. at Columbus Road and Buena Vista Drive.
Joseph Scott is charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony.
One person has died in a five-car wreck at the intersection of Broadway and Flamingo Drive in Macon. All traffic has been detoured around the accident.
Elijah Simmons wanted for theft by receiving
Students going to Vietnam are expected to fit their 5,000 patient with a prosthetic leg designed by a Mercer professor.
Macon-Bibb is expanding the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail from Amerson River Park to Riverside Cemetery.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Charter Academy will not be open next school year. The school filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 for the United States Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of…
Sanitation workers pinned between vehicles
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Medical Center, Navicent Health Police Department can now communicate with county emergency management departments with the touch of a button. New radio technology will give Navicent officers direct access to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the…
The department announced a new traffic initiative Tuesday.
You can find it at the Kroger on Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.
Early voting ends May 20th.
The new Kumho Tire Plant is now up and running. Local and state leaders along with members of the company say the impact on the economy will be felt almost immediately, and say there are plans in place for future growth.
92-year-old Dorothy Elder dies in accident
Deputies investigate dowtown BB&T Bank robbery
Jones County sheriff's investigators are trying to figure out whose remains were found on the southern part of the county in 2015.
The Bibb County Department of Family and Children Services held a balloon release event this afternoon to remember victims of child abuse.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Wrightsville woman who's son told his teacher he ate a marijuana cake for breakfast bonded out of jail Thursday. 41NBC's Alexa Rodriguez spoke to a pediatrician to find out what happens to a child when he…
The first 100 shoppers will receive a golden ticket, each containing ALDI gift certificates of various amounts.
Macon Charter Academy, L.H. Williams Elementary School, Alexander II Magnet School and Mount De Sales Academy are on lock down while Bibb County deputies chase a suspect through the area.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The UNC Board of Governors has chosen a former Georgia legislator as the new chancellor at East Carolina University. Local media outlets report Cecil Staton, currently the interim president of Valdosta State University, was unanimously…
The Macon-Bibb Fire Department is handling a grease fire at the Burger King on Riverside Drive near Tom Hill Senior Boulevard. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says it was a small grease fire.