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…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Soon the Warner Robins Police Department will be adding a thousand pound armored vehicle tank to it's fleet. The Warner Robins City council members approved the agreement with the Georgia Municipal Association to purchase the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Starting this fall, Mercer fans could be able to drink alcohol downtown on football gamedays. Macon's Public Safety Committee voted Monday to allow open containers in Tattnall Square Park and in a section of Cherry Street…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins City Council members are looking to build off the Little League economic boost by scoring bigger tournaments in the near future. At Monday's council meeting, officials discussed creating a separate sports authority, focusing…
JULIETTE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Voters in Juliette will not have to travel to Gray to cast their ballot after all. The Board of commissioners has abandoned its plans to close the White and Sanders precincts in Juliette.That's according to elections…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Macon is one step closer to seeing one of its streets get a burst of color in the coming months. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert and other city officials, met with representatives from Benjamin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Monday was the first day of school for kids in Bibb County, which also was the first day for interim Superintendent Dr. Steve Smith. Lockers, book bags, new school supplies, and new outfits. That's all a…
MACON,Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - Houston County Sheriff's deputies are searching for two women accused of identity theft and fraud. The women are suspected of stealing more than $20,000 of merchandise. According to Houston County Sheriff Sgt. Slate Simmons the women…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- We all have to get prescriptions filled at a pharmacy at some point, but what if that pharmacy were mishandling your private information? A local whistleblower says Mike's Medical Pharmacy on Pio Nono Avenue is doing just…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A line of frustrated Bibb County parents and students wrapped around the Welcome Center Monday morning on the first day of school. Some waited for hours to sign up their kids as school officials tried to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A final dip with man's best friend marked the end ofpublic summer swims here in Middle Georgia. Just one day after the community pools are closed for the season, dozens of furry friends spent the "dog…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After two years of waiting, the Dodge County Jail is open and ready for business. This week, officials and inmates made the highly anticipated move into the new facility in Eastman. Crews broke ground on the…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk is no comparison to what's growing in J.R. Bryant's front yard. The gardener has dozens of species sprouting about, but nothing like his 'Century Plant'. After decades of watching the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 35-year-old Lizella man was shot dead in the Village Green community and a witness says a fight led to the fatal shootout. Steve Demond Johnson was found lying the in the doorway of a home…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A case of road rage leads to a fight between two Macon police officers early on the morning of July 28th. MPD says Officer Derek Uebel was responding to the burglary call at a Family Dollar…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Four people in the Peach State are showing signs of a nasty parasite infection that could be linked to a nationwide outbreak. Health officials say there are simple ways that you can keep your food safe…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Officers at Central Georgia Technical College are getting five police vehicles to help boost patrols at all eleven campuses in middle Georgia. They were donated by the city of Warner Robins and its police department.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two women reported missing yesterday have been found safe, according to a news release sent by the Macon Police Department. 39-year-old Catherine Simpson and her daughter, 18-year-old Shadee Ysaguirre, were last seen on July 24th. They…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County Board of Education members have appointed Dr. Erin Weaver as a partial replacemement for Deputy Superintendent Susanne Griffin-Ziebart. Weaver recently served as the school district's director of early childhood education, prior to retiring in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Bibb County School District received approval to purchase a portion of property on Houston Road in Macon. Thursday, school board members authorized the contract involving property located at 6585 Houston Road, just south of Heard…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It was a late summer day in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 2007. In the bottom of the eighth inning against Japan, 12-year-old Dalton Carriker swung the bat and hit a walk-off home run to give Warner…
Law enforcement in Macon and Bibb County threw a big party for students, to celebrate the new school year. The "Back to School Jamboree" was held Thursday at South Macon Park on Mead road. Officers and deputies served hot dogs…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A large crowd of Bibb County students and parents turned out for the "500 Backpack Giveaway."Larry Guyton of Guyton Entertainment used a team of volunteers to stuff 500 book bags with a pencils, paper and other…