PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Drinking in the streets of downtown Perry at next Saturday's music festival will be allowed, but there are some very specific rules you will have to follow. The 4th annual Perry Music Festival has taken almost…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Five blocks of the Pleasant Hill neighborhood are the focus of the next round of the City of Macon's 5x5 program. On Friday, Mayor Robert Reichert along with community and local church leaders met to talk…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Macon is one of the top five "Friendliest Towns" in America, that's according to a Rand McNally "Best of the Road" contest. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert says there's only one way to spell…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The state is giving Bibb County Juvenile Court nearly $400,000 to reform the juvenile system, and create better programs for young re-offenders heading back to the community. Bibb County Chairman Sam Hart made the announcement this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The state is giving Bibb County Juvenile Court nearly $400,000 to reform the juvenile system, and create better programs for young re-offenders heading back to the community. Bibb County Chairman Sam Hart made the announcement this…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Kroger grocery store is doing its part to save lives and serve the Bibb County community. In honor of the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks the Kroger, located at 220 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Tuesday, marked the 12TH anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when terrorist flew planes into the twin towers in New York and crashed planes in Virginia and Philadelphia, killing thousands of people including first…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County Board of Education voted Wednesday night, to reinstate Ron Collier as the District's Chief Financial Officer. Also at Tuesday's meeting, board members agreed to pay Collier $100,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed…
MCRAE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One local school showed its patriotism by recognizing local heroes at their 11th annual Patriot Day celebration. Families, friends and veterans gathered at Telfair Elementary School to celebrate the lives of fallen victims, and remember a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Local leaders stressed to the community that registered voters need to head to the polls. Macon city councilman Lonnie Miley along with other community leaders wanted to make one thing clear. "All of us have that…
CENTERVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One Houston County family did not expect to get a head start,but after their daughter won a sweepstakes contest, plans to begin her college fund got underway. Natalie Brantley, 6, won the Path2College sweepstakes competition for $5,529…
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The century's old border dispute between Bibb and Monroe counties made its way to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday. The high court listened to arguments regarding where the county line should fall. It is a…
BYRON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - More than 350,000 Georgia children rely on child care providers for transportation to and from daycare and pre-school. To ensure the youngsters are safe the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), Georgia Department of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A judge has found that Macon – Bibb District 9 commission candidate Al Tillman will remain on the ballot heading into the September 17 elections. This comes after an appeal from a decision made by the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon police are searching for three burglary suspects who stole an undisclosed amount of money from a store on Pio Nono Avenue Monday morning. According to a news release, police officers got to the Kelvin's Check…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County coroner has positively idenitified a man who was killed in a car wreck on Tuesday morning. Thomas Allen Jones Jr.,47, has died after a traffic accident Tuesday morning. Bibb County Sheriff's Deputies responded to…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Warner Robins City Engineer Walter Gray's plan to improve traffic has come full circle. Within six months, the city is gearing up to renovate two intersections into roundabouts. Construction is underway at the Martin Luther…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (41NBC/WMGT) - As tension continues to grow on Capitol Hill over a Syria decision, one Georgia Congressmen is voicing his concern over President Obama's push for military action. U.S. Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) believes putting boots on the ground is a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One man is dead and two people are in the hospital after a head-on collision Monday in East Macon. The accident happened just after 6 p.m. on a bridge on Jeffersonville Road near Artic Circle. Bibb…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Macon is renaming one of NewTown Macon's trolleys in memory of music legend Otis Redding. The Macon legend would have been 72 on Monday. If you're walking around downtown Macon, then you've probably…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) Teenagers at Tattnall Square Academy got a wake up call when they saw the dangers of texting while driving, or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Governor's Office of Highway Safety used a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon – Bibb Commission mayoral candidate Sam Hart got a big endorsement on Monday. The middle Georgia area Police Benevolent Association is backing him on the ballot. The local PBA chapter screened four of the seven…
GORDON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Jones County man who had warrants out for his arrest and was on the run for months was arrested in Gordon on drug charges. According to Gordon police investigator Andy Hester, the Ivey Police Department…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The HIV infected man Baldwin County deputies arrested earlier this year pleaded guilty in court last week. According to Capt. Brad King with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, Robert Wayne Stevenson plead guilty to four counts…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two college seniors are creating a major opportunity for one local high school. Mercer students Taylor Feeney and Lyndssey Autry developed a test preparation program for students at Southwest High School who are interested in taking the SAT.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A local car dealer made a big donation to the Macon Rescue Mission, Friday.Five Star Automotive donated a customized 2013 Nissan NV 2500.Macon Rescue Mission staff, board members and residents welcomed the van with applause and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - More than 5-hundred people roamed from booth to booth inside and outside the VFW Post on Key Street in Macon for the second annual Central Georgia Home Front Stand Down event... It's set up for veterans…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One of Macon's shopping centers is under new management. The head man in charge is hoping to strip away any concerns the community may have. When shoppers walk inside of the Macon Mall, they might notice…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is facing charges after filing a false police report claiming he was shot by an unknown man but then admitted to pulling the trigger himself. According to a news release from the Macon…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Kumho Tire, one of the world's major tire manufacturers based in Korea, finally reached an agreement with Macon and Bibb County to start construction on a much anticipated tire manufacturing plant Thursday. "They've made significant commitments…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A middle Georgia non – profit is celebrating the one year anniversary of their new program geared at helping families battling cancer have lasting memories for years to come. When families learn one of their…
DAWSON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Robins airman is behind bars in Tift County accused of murdering a woman and her unborn child. According to the GBI, 26-year-old Charlie Amos Wilson, III is accused of killing of 30-year-old Tameda Ferguson, who…
MACON, Georgia (AP) - Bibb County elections officials say more than 1,200 voters have been placed in the wrong districts for the first Macon-Bibb consolidated government election. Elections Supervisor Jeanetta Watson told sources Wednesday that early voting has started for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- United Way of Central Georgia kicked off it's 2013 campaign Thursday morning at the Edgar H. Wilson Convention Center with a breakfast event. The event marked the start of the four month long fundraiser to raise…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon Police Department is asking for the public's help to find two masked gunmen wanted for robbing the Dollar General on Shurling Drive last Wednesday. According to a news release, the men went into the…
ALAMO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The search is over for the dangerous inmate who escaped from the Wheeler County jail Tuesday evening. Authorities say 25-year-old Raymond Rod Solomon was found Thursday night. Sheriff Maurice Johnson says Solomon was found in another…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Over hot pizza, the Macon-Bibb mayoral candidates discussed crime, education and jobs on Wednesday evening. The six candidates current Macon mayor Robert Reichert, former Macon mayor C.J. Ellis, commissioner Joe Allen, former commission chairman Charlie Bishop,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Stevi B's in north Macon is helping one injured fire fighter, one slice at a time. Every Wednesday, during the month of September, the restaurant on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard is donating a portion of their…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon and Bibb county voters can rest assured, officials at the board of elections office say they've worked out all of their registration issues. One by one, voters wanted to make sure they got it right.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Jewish people around the world, and here in middle Georgia celebrate a new year today! Rosh Hashanah is a special holiday to the Jewish community, and is observed as a time for personal reflection for many Jews. Temple…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Motorists are urged to use caution next week as crews start installing two new roundabouts in Warner Robins. The intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Wellborn Road will be closed to all traffic on…
PAYNE CITY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon police are investigating an incident involving a pedestrian who was hit by a train in Payne City Wednesday morning. The accident happened at the train tracks near Brookdale Avenue.. MPD says the victim, a…
ALAMO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Wheeler County Sheriff's Office is looking for an inmate who deputies say escaped Tuesday afternoon. According to Sheriff Maurice Johnson, 25-year-old Raymond Rod Solomon escaped from the Wheeler County Jail around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. The sheriff's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Some Macon residents have had enough of trash building up around their houses and they want the city to do something about it. People living in the Bloomfield community voiced their concerns at Macon's city council…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- State Representative James Beverly is working with the VFW in Macon and dozens of organizations to bring veterans an opportunity to get free health screenings, but that's not all. Beverly is hosting the second annual "Central…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Former Forsyth City Councilmen James Calloway and Desi Hansford in federal court Monday morning, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes. A news release from Michael Moore, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, said…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A middle Georgia couple is giving back to the community in more ways than one, opening up a brand new business bringing new jobs to the area. For Kristi Guss, it's the beginning of a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Middle Georgia Boxing Club is getting kicked out of its home, but the nonprofit organization could be saved by Bibb County leaders. Bishop Frank Ray founded the boxing club in 1999. He says the owner…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon police officer was recently honored for his heroic efforts to save lives. Christopher Burtrum was awarded for working to revive a man who crashed his motorcycle into a pick-up truck. Burtrum was also acknowledged…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A local Olive Garden serves those who serve our community. The big name chain restaurant held its 12th annual Labor Day Hospitaliano!-were service men and women are delivered a full lunch including: pasta, salad and breadsticks. This…