MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb county school system could be moving its administrative offices from downtown Macon to riverside drive to the Hutchings Career Center. Interim superintendent Steve Smith spoke today about the potential move. The school at the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Mayor Robert Reichert says he's going to use every second he can to build a better community, between now and the upcoming runoff election against former Macon mayor C. Jack Ellis. Reichert held a news…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Peach County Regional Medical Center in Byron has been open for just about two months, and the staff there says things are running smoothly, but there's still some room for improvement. Nurses at Peach Regional Medical…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Sept. 25, will go down in history as the day the first charter was signed between Robins Air Force base, local government and corporations. The P4 Partnership Charter established the P4 Partnership Steering Committee and…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Walmart may be opening up a store in Cochran, and some local businesses have mixed reactions about the retail giant possibly opening its doors. McDaniel Pharmacy has been around for the past 27 years. It's a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After striking out in years past with teams like the Macon Braves and Macon Music, city officials are getting back in the game when it comes to minor league baseball. Mayor Robert Reichert and the Urban…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cochran officials are clearing the way for construction for the retail giant, Walmart to build a supercenter in town. On Monday, city officials received site development plans for the proposed 69,179 square foot facility. The area…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Officials in Jones County shut down streets and secured areas, after a suspicious device was found on Highway 49 near Pamela Drive. According to Sergeant Travis Douglas with Jones County Sheriff's Office, around 5 p.m. on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon City Council is scheduled to vote soon on an ordinance that would require dog and cat owners to have their pets spayed and neutered. The council's public safety committee approved the animal ordinance with three…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Georgia Power crew took over Café Central's kitchen, Tuesday. Café Central is the only active soup kitchen in Milledgeville, according to the Director of the café, Ann Bowen. Bowen usually works with nearly 50 volunteers…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Businesses in downtown Macon are seeing a lot of foot traffic, and that's a good thing according to Main Street Macon. Kevin Reaves says his coffee shop is one of a kind in Macon and in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Tractor Supply Company distribution center made its debut to Bibb County after more than a year of construction. The 685,000 square foot building houses various products for commercial and residential agriculture, vehicle accessories, and farming. Vice President…
GORDON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Gordon Police still needs your help finding a man who has been missing for over a week. Officials say 48-year-old Cornelius Hall was last seen leaving his assisted living facility on Monday, September 16, 2013. Witnesses…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC 25-year-old Daniel Muhhamed was walking home from his job at a local hospital, when he was struck and killed. It happened near the Walmart on Gray Highway. The 20-year-old…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A housing authority from Cordele is helping a Perry affordable housing complex get new upgrades. Last week, Perry city council approved a resolution allowing the housing authority in Cordele to issue bonds so they can improve…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon - Bibb mayoral candidate C. Jack Ellis is sounding off about a recent opinion column in the Macon Telegraph that he says is "racially divisive." The column claims Ellis didn't work to build a…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office needs your help to find a man who is wanted for financial identity theft. Capt. Brad King tells 41NBC the man in the surveillance photos is accused cashing fake checks using…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - At 71 years old, Mike Perry is going for the gold. He's trained for months for the Golden Olympics; perfecting his free throw shot, to compete against some of the best and oldest athletes across…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -"Thanks, but no tanks"--that's the message a group of protestors wanted to send to the Warner Robins Police Department on Saturday. Nearly a dozen people stood outside of city hall in opposition of the plans to…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (WMGT/41NBC) - The Christ Redeemer Anglican Church on Highway 41 went from worshipping inside a member's garage to preparing blueprints for the beginning of what members believe will jump start their future. Members broke ground for their…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Saturday's rain forced the city of Perry to cancel the 4th annual music festival. In an email, Perry's Economic Development Director Mary Beth Bass wrote, "the cancellation is effective immediately due to inclement weather." This afternoon's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The hunt is on for the three suspects involved in shooting an S&S Cafeteria manager during an armed robbery. Officers responded to the restaurant on Riverside Drive shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday. According to the…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Twiggs County Sheriff Darren Mitchum is vowing to leave no stone unturned, in order to find a man who has been missing for nearly two years. Macon Regional Crimestoppers has joined the sheriff's office in the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A local auction company wants you to benefit from items seized from crime. People are invited to come out to the auction on Broadway in Macon. The company, T-Lynn Davis, is auctioning off weapons, hats, high…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Golfers in Perry got to swing their clubs for a great cause on Friday. Supporters came out to the Perry Golf club for the first annual chariots for children golf tournament. Adam Ragan, NASCAR Driver David…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two charter school applications in Bibb County have been approved, and officials are looking to open their doors by the next school year. Charter school officials say they want parents to have a choice about where…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -You have the chance to leave your mark on the new consolidated Macon-Bibb County government- literally! The transition task force has opened a design contest to the public, to come up with the new government's seal. It's…
OGLETHORPE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon County Fire Department beat out fire departments from all over the state in a competition last week in Albany. According to a release from the Macon County Board of Commissioners, the competition was held…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A middle Georgia power plant is the biggest contributor to carbon pollution in the entire country says Environment Georgia. A report on "America's Dirtiest Power Plants" shows Plant Scherer in Juliette, Georgia is one of the "dirtiest."…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The driver in an April drag racing crash that left one teenager dead in Houston County, is now charged with vehicular homicide. Houston County Sheriff's Office Traffic Division Capt. Tommy Jackson says 44-year-old Danny Ray Wheeler…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Houston County students are starting to use their electronic devices in classrooms as part of a new initiative. There used to be a time when students couldn't bring their cell phones to class or else…
LAURENS COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Laurens County man is charged with murder after deputies found a man's body in the victim's front yard. 22-year-old Jesse Rowland is in the Laurens County Jail, accused of killing 51-year-old Michael Whittle. According…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Twiggs County Sheriff's Office investigators are working to locate a man who has been missing for two years. Troy Burnette was last seen at his home on Dec. 19, 2011. He is 49-year-old, 5 feet and…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The arrival of last Air Force C-17 at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina last week marks an end in production of that type of aircraft. The Air Force partnered with Boeing to make 223…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A middle Georgia property owner is trying to figure out why she is paying such a high tax rate on her government subsidized homes. United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Rural Development property owner Marilyn McDowell says…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Singers, speakers and a civil rights leader are coming together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of integration at Mercer University. Ambassador Andrew Young, a former aid to Martin Luther King Jr., will speak at the school's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Election Day for the Macon - Bibb consolidated government has come and gone, and we now have a clearer picture of who will lead the brand new government....at least for a few of the races. After…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Second graders at Stratford Academy got a lesson in littering from the President of Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful, (KMBB) Pam Carswell. The tutorial forum was part of a nationwide initiative called "Waste in Place," which is an…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Witness testimonies for the pre-trial motions in the Stephen McDaniel murder case finished up on Tuesday, but they're scheduled to pick up later this year. McDaniel is accused of killing Mercer law graduate Lauren Giddings. A…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The controversy surrounding a proposed coal-fired plant in Sandersville fired back up on Wednesday, as developers announced another delay ahead of new pollution regulations. Plant Washington has been a topic of tension in Washington County since…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The first day of pre-trial motions wrapped up on Monday for accused killer Stephen McDaniel. He's on trial for the murder of Mercer Law graduate Lauren Giddings. Some of the biggest issues today were whether Stephen McDaniel…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Motion hearings in the Stephen McDaniel murder case are underway Monday at the Bibb County courthouse. McDaniel is accused of murdering and dismembering Mercer Law grad Lauren Giddings in June 2011. Monday marks day one of…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off with a major fiesta at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. More than 350 church and community members showed up to celebrate with song, dance and plenty of Latino dishes. Countries…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Ditching the fairways for frisbees, disc golf is continuing to take flight in Middle Georgia. This weekend Macon's Junior Olympics offered a smaller set of hands an opportunity to grasp on to the new sport. In the…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Milledgeville man is in critical condition after he was shot in the head while sitting in a car. On Saturday morning, Courtney Culver was sitting in his car at the 1100 block of West Thomas…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 19-year-old is under arrest after he allegedly fired shots into a home on Mercer University Drive on Sunday morning shortly after 5 a.m.. James Tolliver is charged with aggravated assault. According to the Macon Police…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Congressman Jack Kingston believes the Syria crisis is far from over. Kingston stopped in Macon Friday afternoon to weigh in on the national debate. He told 41NBC that congress, the American people, and the international community…
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…
