BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Heavy rainfall Tuesday night and Wednesday morning left an Ocmulgee boat ramp parking lot completely under water. The parking lot is located on Georgia State Route 96, in Bonaire. The water covered signs about halfway, out…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The city of Milledgeville is on a mission to get people off of four wheels and on to two. Local leaders submitted an application to make the community more bicycle friendly. After leaving his first job, Benny…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's not everyday the mayor and city council members get a little dirt on their shoes. But for Perry, the city leaders get a chance to do that every month. This afternoon Mayor Jimmy Faircloth joined City…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- After more than three decades of working in law enforcement, Twiggs County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Billy Boney has no plans to stop serving and protecting law abiding citizens. He got his start in law enforcement…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A group of army men and women along with family and friends are teaming up for a cause. They've been in Hawkinsville over the last few days on a mission to complete the Warrior's Walk. Step…
CENTERVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Officers and staff of the Centerville Police Department have a new home. They recently moved from their old police station, located at 500 Houston Lake Blvd., into a new building, located at 308 Church Street. The…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The pastor of Freedom Church in Milledgville died while trying to launch his boat at Lake Sinclair Marina. Baldwin County rescue workers found 75-year-old Wendell Ray Thomas' 2003 Dodge Dakota pick-up truck submerged in Lake Sinclair…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Georgia Department of Education recently added Peach County High School to its priority list. It puts the school in the low achieving category for schools across Georgia. According to Peach County Board of Education chairman…
HELENA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Two women are arrested after guards at Telfair State prison noticed suspicious activity on the eastside of building Sunday evening. According to a post on the Telfair County Sheriff's Office facebook page, both 51-year-old Maria Lynne…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The new year kicked off the consolidation of Macon and Bibb County. Since then, government officials and community leaders have been working together to iron out the kinks and get feedback from everyone impacted. District 9…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County investigators have arrested two Macon teens in connection with the fatal shooting of another Macon teen Saturday night. With the help of Bibb County Board of Education Police and the Middle Georgia Regional Fugitive…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon got a little bit brighter on Monday. Benjamin Moore's Main Street Matters project started on Second Street. With several paint strokes, The beginning of a new look in downtown Macon is underway. It's a fresh start…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Sheriff investigators are following up on information they received about a teenager who was found dead on a baseball field. It is the first homicide case for Bibb County Sheriff's Office this year. Damian…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - In East Macon, Bibb County Sheriff's deputies are searching for 43-year-old Jasento Flowers Sr. Flowers is wanted for murder and two count of aggravated assaults. Deputies believe the suspect killed his wife and shot two other…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death of a 17-month-old girl, which happened Saturday afternoon. Deputies say the father and child were visiting family on North Pierce Circle. According to a news release, the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A 16-year-old male was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds at the Macon Little League Field on 2230 Anthony Road on Saturday night. Deputies identified the victim as Damian Bernard Clayton. Clayton was transported to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame honored its newest members Saturday night. Each member received a jacket with the GSHF emblem on it and their own exhibit in the museum. James Brooks, Bobby Cremins, Jim Hughes,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Each election, millions in the U.S. choose not to vote. Saturday afternoon, one U.S. Congressman delivered a message in Macon that hopes to change that. Sanford Bishop's (D-Ga., 2nd District) message is: you can't help change…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame welcomed its newest members Friday night. James Brooks, Bobby Cremins, Jim Hughes, Homer Rice, Hollis Stacy, Chester Webb and Scott Woerner were all recognized for their contributions to various sports…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- In an effort to create a more diverse government, the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials is hosting a conference on diversifying the judicial branch. GABEO kicked off the event with a welcome reception Friday night…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Milledgeville woman is facing a slew of charges for slipping out of her handcuffs, and into the front seat of a Georgia State Patrol Car. According to a GSP incident, a trooper, Michael Anthony Screws,…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A possible tornado raged through Dublin this morning, causing a large amount of damage to multiple locations in the northern part of town. Horace Dixon assumed everything was alright when the storm hit. "I felt pretty…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Five years ago to the day, one Macon family is still looking for answers as to who killed their loved one, Sophia Denmark. She was found dead in her home on Walnut street. "She was so much…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The incoming President of Morehouse College School of Medicine, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice met with students and residents, Friday during a free health fair held at Southwest High school. United Way of Central Georgia's Promise Neighborhood…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Macon Police crusier was involved in an accident on I-75 south Friday afternoon. According to Lieutenant Sean DeFoe with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the deputy driving the car was pulling to the side of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Stephen McDaniel murder trial could happen in a courtroom about 60 miles north of Macon in Henry County. Bibb County Superior Court Judge Howard Simms tells 41NBC Henry County is one of the locations they are considering…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Officials are still assessing how much damage Dublin has suffered after a major thunderstorm rolled across the area. Laurens County EMA Director Don Bryant says a tornado touched down in North Dublin, and he has received…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Put on your boots and your cowboy hat, it's time for the rodeo. Perry is hosting the Georgia National Rodeo at the Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter throughout the weekend. Perry loves it some Rodeo. "This…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The state of Georgia has been facing a deadly rise in the abuse ofprescription drugs. It's those expensive drugs that can often lead people to switch to heroin, a substance that is cheaper and easier to…
Warner Robins, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -Nearly 87 pounds of marijuana worth more than $4 million was seized during the largest drug bust in Houston County's history. Houston County Sheriff's Office investigators worked with Perry Police Tuesday to raid six different locations…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC?WMGT) - A mid morning fire gutted out the interior of a house Thursday. Smoke filled the neighborhood shortly before 11 am., in the 2700 block of Napier Avenue, after firefighters put out the flames. As a precaution,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Victims of domestic issues who talk to the Crisis Line and Safe House can now meet with representatives a little closer to home. Before they'd have to go to the main offices in Macon, but now…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The student pilot and teacher are now listed in stable condition after their plane crashed at the Herbert Smart Airport in Macon Wednesday afternoon. That is according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. Previously, 55-year-old Dr. Guy…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Shelia Dawson,60, is one of two winners in Wednesday's Powerball winning $1 million. Dawson, a maintenance technician and mother of four, said in a news release she thought she was living a dream. "Surprisingly, I'm really…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- According to the CDC, autism affects 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys. There are currently more than 2 dozen states that specifically require insurance companies to provide coverage for the treatment of autism,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's a life sized robot that can catch and shoot a ball, and Bibb County students put it together. For Jordan Lasker, it's become family. "I like to call the robot my baby because I…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Thirteen months ago, Middle Georgia College and Macon State College merged to make Middle Georgia State College. Not long after that, the school announced it was adding two new sports: men's and women's tennis. The guys…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Some churchgoers are not too thrilled about a recent gun bill that was passed by the Georgia House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill 875 was introduced by State Representatives Rick Jasperse (R) District 11. Jasperse…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - In a little more than 90 days, Houston County School's Superintendent is stepping down after four years at the helm, and the board of education has already started discussing his replacement. As the clock winds down, Dr. Robin Hines is…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon attorney and small business owner, Daryl Morton announced his candidacy for the Bibb County School Board. The Post 7 candidate said at a news conference this afternoon at Third Street Park he is the best…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It took about $85,000 to have a Fourth of July celebration in Warner Robins last year. But with some bad weather and bad luck, the celebration never happened. Tuesday night, the Warner Robins City Council…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- According to a news release from the sheriff's office, a Byron woman was killed after she crashed into a gas tanker truck. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones pronounced 38-year-old Brandi Sorrow dead at the Medical Center…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Ann Livingston is seventy-six years old and was recently told she had less than six months to live. But once you meet the Perry native you have to remind yourself, these are her final days. Her…
LIZELLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A dog can be a great companion, playmate, and also a life saver for one Lizella teen diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes Music is one of Jordan Malcott's passions. The 16-year-old plays piano and marches in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is searching for a Macon man wanted for aggravated assault and personal armed robbery. According to a news release, the incident happened Monday night around 7 o'clock in North Macon. The…
GORDON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's a scene that's become familiar at Gordon City Council meetings: a packed house with a standing room only crowd. That was the case again Monday, when Mayor Mary Whipple-Lue said the city's finances are in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -Macon- Bibb County Emergency Medical Technicians have a new device to assist them in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Most of the health calls to the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department are for people suffering from heart attacks, or coronary heart…
The Tubman Museum hosted the 'Living History' tour for dozens of children to celebrate and learn more about black history during the month of February.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A hometown community member made the announcement that he plans to run for state representative. Warner Robins resident Heath Clark announced at Fountain Park he is seeking the Republican nomination for State House Representative District…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Sgt. Ray Jackson has served his community for 40 years and has seen it all. Recently the community honored him for everything he's done in the city. You can tell when someone loves their job. The way…