MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The last fugitive involved in the Zodiac Lounge murder is now behind bars. The U.S. Marshals task force caught 29-year-old Jimmy Scott Tuesday around 11 a.m.,hiding out in Atlanta. Scott was among a group of murder…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The organization Kids Yule Love is changing things around a bit, supporting those who've supported them. Officials from the non-profit announced they'll be helping furloughed employees both from Robins Air Force Base and also Bibb…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Houston County sheriff's office and the school board are taking extra measures to keep kids safe as they ride the bus. Houston County school officials say they've poured through data saying bus related fatalities for…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Big House museum opened a new exhibit Tuesday to honor one of the families who lived in the home during the Allman Brothers' heyday. Museum goers will now get a sneak peak into the lives…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The public is invited to attend a driving tour of Antebellum Macon next month. The Cannonball House will be offering the tour on September 7. It will feature homes and churches that served some of Macon's…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Supreme Court of Georgia is getting a new Chief Justice and he is from Milledgeville. According to the high court, Presiding Justice Hugh P. Thompson was unanimously elected as the new Chief Justice. He will…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Baldwin County sheriff's deputies believe two shooting incidents from over the weekend that left one teenager injured are connected. Cpt. Brad King tells 41NBC the first shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday at Another Level…
IVEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Ivey's mayor is under fire as residents call the city's spending habits, hiring procedures and meeting policies into question. At Monday's council meeting, several residents confronted Mayor Ann Evans; accusing her of misusing funds and holding…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The third round of the City of Macon's 5X5 program kicked off earlier this month. On Monday, firefighters took to Dorothy Avenue in Lynmore Estates to promote fire safety. They painted house numbers on the curbs…
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Bonaire small business is breaking into big cosmetics with a new, all-natural skin care line. It's two cups of pure cane sugar, a dash of organic coconut oil and the most important ingredient of all…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A bizarre single car crash left authorities puzzled Friday. A woman sped through a "road closed" sign and over an embankment which sent her soaring in the air, according to witnesses. The incident occurred around 9…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The city of Perry is making it easier for everyone to get to downtown stores, approving a decision to make the sidewalks on one of its main roads handicap accessible. In a few months, business owners…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Houston County Sheriff's Office is warning the public to be aware of money hungry phone scammers. Capt. Jon Holland with the sheriff's office says over the last several days, nearly a dozen scamming calls…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The man accused of hitting a Macon-Bibb firefighter with his vehicle last month as the firefighter worked an accident on Interstate 75 is out on bond. Bibb Sheriff's deputies served 18-year-old Nayef Mohammed Al-Shroof of Warner…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police are looking for a a man they say robbed a Macon gas station early Monday morning. It happened just before 5:30 at USA Grocery, located at 2590 Rocky Creek Road. Macon Police say the…
MCRAE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Sheriff's investigators in Telfair County bust a major theft ring during a late night traffic stop on August 3. Officers made three arrests at the stop and recovered several stolen items including a boat, golf carts,…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Development Authority of the City of Milledgeville and Baldwin County cleared 44 acres of land to improve the industrial park. Matt Poyner, the Executive Director of the Development Authority, says the improvements his department is…
MCRAE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – New numbers are in and Telfair County's unemployment rate for the month of June is up. At 20.9%, the county holds the highest rate in the state of Georgia, according to the Department of Labor. For…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One man is dead and four others are injured after a car overturned in a pond in Jones County on Saturday night. According to the Jones County Sheriff's Office, 43-year-old Robert Griner was driving in a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A missing man from west Bibb County returned home safe Saturday morning. Authorities say 29-year-old Donald Meeks, Jr. returned to a family member’s home on Dixon Road around 9 a.m. He told deputies with the Bibb…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A teenager is in critical condition after she was hit by a truck on Arkwright Road Saturday afternoon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, witnesses say 18-year-old Sheniqua Patterson was walking along Arkwright Road around…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - They say the third time is a charm! After two failed attempts to get the Independence Day Fireworks Celebration off the ground, Friday's attempt was a success. 41NBC set up right next to the soccer…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A text message scam is making its way through middle Georgia and scammers are finding new ways to get your credit card information. As one Macon family learned, the scammers are being persistent. Phil Taylor got…
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Students of all ages showed up at the Roberta campus of Central Georgia Technical College Friday for a huge school supply giveaway. When 41NBC got there, the line was all the way out the door! The…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Warner Robins Independence Day celebration fireworks show is rescheduled for Friday, August 09 at 9:30 p.m. Crews setting up are hoping the third time is the charm. After disappointing weather got in the way…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Parents like Bertha Benjamin are really excited about school starting again...especially because back-to-school items are tax free this weekend! "School supplies, bookbags and clothes and shoes," she said with a grin. Her son Quinton is not…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Dublin High School Fighting Irish are living up to their school color as they go green with a new solar energy power plant. You can't tell be looking at them, but the classrooms at Dublin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Sweet Georgia peaches, and giving to those in need- what could be better? A local gallery has teamed up with the Georgia Peach Company to help 5 local organizations. Friday is the last day for the event,…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Blizzard machines across the country were hard at work Thursday for Dairy Queen's annual "Miracle Treat Day." Stores were asked to donate at least $1 from each Blizzard sold to the Children's Miracle Network. The Cochran…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - In a called meeting that lasted only ten minutes, Assistant Jones County Administrator Margie Tyson tried to get answers, but left with none. "If there's something that I have done that they haven't told me about,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One former middle Georgia woman used a popular moving website to move her house from Macon to California, but was left with the clothes on her back. Barbara Titus, her daughter, and their three pets wanted…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Perry Police Department is investigating a string of burglaries at convenience stores in the city. Thieves aren't going after cash, but other items behind the counter, leaving some store owners confused. Thieves covered in masks,…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon man is in jail after Baldwin County sheriff deputies caught him pawning off construction tools that were stolen from Macon and Warner Robins, that's according to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. Captain Brad King…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A recent weekend murder stemmed from a love triangle, according to ther U. S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force Supervisory Inspector, John Edgar. Edgar said 38-year-old Quinton Jones shot and killed 35-year-old Steve Johnson during…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A family with ties to middle Georgia is seeking help from the community. Holly Graff is from Warner Robins. She and her husband Jonathan are currently stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. Tuesday…
ROCHELLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Virtual schools are expanding their reach into Middle Georgia, teaming up with school systems to offer families additional online options. Wilcox County is just one of the local systems partnering with the national online provider K12.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Downtown businesses are reacting to Macon City Council's decision to allow open containers in sections of the city when the Mercer Bears play at home. Fans who want to drink outside before home games this fall--better…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It might have been raining hard Wednesday afternoon, but it didn't stop hundreds from showing up at the Bibb County School District's Welcome Center for another school supply giveaway. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity teamed up with…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Warner Robins is making one thing clear, they're ready to step up and help out if times get tough. After U.S. Defense officials announced the reduction of mandatory, unpaid, furlough days on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Schools is once again focusing on technology to enhance kids' education, so they're teaming up with a local business to make computers and internet access affordable for low-income families. It's part of the Connect2Compete…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Wednesday marked a small victory for the Forest Hill community. A group of regional leaders voted to temporarily delay the road expansion project which has been in the works for 20 years. It's six-tenths of a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man was arrested Wednesday and charged with robbery after a north Macon Publix was robbed Tuesday. According to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, the Middle Georgia Regional Fugitive Task Force located and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon man is in jail and charged in the shooting death of a Lizella man that happened last weekend. According to Bibb County jail records, Quinton Jones was booked into the LEC around 1 a.m.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Furlough days aren't the only obstacle standing in some government employees way, scammers are going after them too. The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia is getting calls from worried employees after scammers contacted them saying…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Wilkinson county man is in custody after he barricaded himself inside his apartment and threatened to commit suicide. Officers spent 24 hours trying to convince an armed Austin Hendry to come out of his apartment…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia -- If you're in the mood for scandal, action, love, and gangsters all packed into two hours, you won't want to miss the Milledgeville Players rendition of 'Kiss Me Kate.' The show is running from Thursday through Sunday,…
BONAIRE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A family in Oklahoma City with ties to Middle Georgia is turning to a local salon to help their little girl. Tristan Jade Kaminer has a disease so rare, it doesn't even have a name. Ginger…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Communities across the midstate gathered Tuesday night in celebration of "National Night Out". The 30th annual event is dedicated to drug prevention, police-community partnerships and anti-crime programs. In Macon, Sergeant Wanda Ammons with the Macon Police…
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. defense officials say they will be able to ease the pain of mandatory, unpaid furloughs that civilian employees have had to bear for a month because of budgetary pressures. The Associated Press learned that civilians facing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - If you stuffed your face with pink pancakes during the Cherry Blossom Festival, you helped out the American Cancer Society in a big way! Monday, the Macon-Bibb Fire Department, which hosts the annual pancake feast, gave…