MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- If you asked the mixed crowd of lunchers at the Bear's Den in Macon, you'll get a lot of mixed emotion over Paula Deen's use of the n-word. "I don't feel comfortable using it, if I…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The state of Georgia will seek the death penalty against another suspect charged in the killing of 58-year-old Macon woman Gail Spencer last year. 19-year-old Michael Brett Kelly is one of four charged for the death.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – While most children look forward to summer, the break from the classroom raises challenges for some parents who are left wondering how they will feed their kids without school lunches. With federal budget cuts and economic…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Longer hours in the pool, and new playgrounds opening in the area...all part of a middle Georgia summer. Summers also mean temperatures are going up and doctors want the risk for heat strokes and exhaustion to…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A suspect in a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning is in custody. The Houston County Sheriff's Office says 32-year-old Antonio Ross was arrested without incident. Around 3:30 Sunday morning, Ross allegedly fired multiple shots from…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon Police are investigating a robbery by sudden snatching at the Family Dollar at 2123 Pio Nono Avenue. According to a news release, at approximately 12:17 PM on June 23, a black male wearing a brown…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – It was a chance to get the sights, sounds and tastes from around the world without having to leave Macon. The International Taste of Soul at the Tubman African American Museum celebrated a variety of cuisines…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Soon the faded facades along Poplar Street could see a new lease on life and a fresh coat of paint, but in order to recieve the revitalization, Macon needs your vote. Macon is one of 100 cities…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The mission of the Youth Challenge Academy program is to help at-risk teens overcome the odds. This weekend, hundreds of young cadets did just that,by walking across the stage. At an emotional ceremony, the Fort Stewart…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A local church is taking the scriptures to the streets with a portable prayer station, and the walking services are gaining attention across our area. Once a month, the Covenant Church of Jesus Christ prays for…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Warner Robins teenager is dead after the dune buggy she was in ran off the roadway and overturned. 16-year-old Theresa Bridges died of the injuries she sustained Friday afternoon, the driver, 17-year-old Joshua Ryals…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Macon family is grieving after a house fire claimed the life of a 19-year-old Saturday afternoon. According to Bibb County Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley, the fire ripped through the house on Mafiel Drive shortly after…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb County investigators are looking for several men who shot someone after he had sex with an accused prostitute. According to Lieutenant Sean DeFoe with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, 50-year-old Patricia Seavey is charged with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County school district is asking the state for millions of dollars to build a new school and fund other projects. A new Heard Elementary School is one of the projects. The district is paying…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - To serve and protect—that's an officer's mission. But what happens when one of them breaks the law? This question comes after the recent arrest of a Macon police officer who is facing drug charges. The Bibb…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Six new police officers were sworn into the Macon Police Department on Friday. Top police officials along with Macon Mayor Robert Reichert spoke at the pinning ceremony. Ranked officers told the newcomers to serve the community…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fort Valley State University has found their next president heading into the next school year. Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, provost and senior vice president at York College of the City University of New York, was…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Byron Fire Department and State Fire Marshals ruled the Southern Perfection Fire as undetermined according to a news release. The release goes on to say Byron Fire Chief JD Mosby says "It is possible paint…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Three men wanted in connection for multiple commercial burglaries were arrested during a multiple agency operation early Friday morning. Perry police Captain Heath Dykes says 27-year-old Marcell Harris, 24-year-old Cornelius Redding, and 25-year-old Deion Kevin Murray…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County School Board approved thousands of dollars in repairs to an elementary school roof Thursday. Recent rainfall has soaked insulation on the top of Rice Elementary School, mainly because the roof is old. District…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon police officer is behind bars facing charges of drug possession and child endangerment, according to the Monroe County sheriff's office. 27 year old Kontrina Toomer, a Precinct 4 Officer, was arrested after the Monroe…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- An assistant coach for a Monroe County recreational softball team is charged with two counts of felony sexual battery after authorities say he inappropriately touched two young girls on the team. Investigator Allen Henderson with the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The sound of sledge hammers and crumbling bricks roared through the air in downtown Macon Thursday afternoon. The city's former central services building located on Riverside Drive was torn down. The building is the last structure…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Public transportation in Macon and Bibb County will continue to run as usual despite talk about a loss of funding. Macon City Councilman Tom Ellington says some members of the council's appropriations committee were concerned about…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Monroe County officially celebrated the opening of its new county administrative building Thursday. The $3.2 million project was paid for in full with money from the 2008 SPLOST. Monroe County Commissioner Patsy Miller says it's great…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A potentially dangerous plot of land gets a makeover and now kids in Fort Valley will be able to play after the city spent years getting it cleaned. For over 30 years, soil where the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County interim superintendent has a lot of work ahead of him. Dr. Steve Smith has been here less than a month, but he already has big plans for the school district. Some people are…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Four suspects have been arrested in connection with an aggravated assault that took place near the 24-7 Coin Laundry located at 3501 North Highway 41. According to a news release sent out by the WRPD,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb Sheriff Deputies arrested four suspects in connection with a burglary that took place at Smiley's Flea Market Tuesday morning. A release from the sheriff's office says the suspects entered the flea market and stole ice…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Lori Daniels keeps the letter from the woman who has her daughter's heart on a wall near 18-year-old Shar'bora's graduation picture. "Please believe me when I tell you that your daughter was an angel and she…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Local middle Georgia agencies are worried, but hopeful about the decision to cut billions of dollars of funding in the Farm Bill. Each day volunteers pack, stack, and move boxes full of food at the middle…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Houston County Meals on Wheels is hoping to wrangle up some cash during a fundraiser this weekend to help support the program. It's called "Saddle Up for Meals on Wheels." The fundraiser is a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County district attorney David Cooke announces he intends to seek the death penalty for Michael Brett Kelly. Kelly was charged with murder in the death of Gail Spencer on October 5, 2012. He filed a…
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man from Conyers has been killed in a three-vehicle accident on I-75 around 11p.m. last night, according to a news release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. 42-year-old Christopher Vesely was driving northbound on the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Discipline was a hot topic at a listening session Tuesday night for the Bibb County School District. More than 100 parents, teachers and business leaders showed up at Central High School to voice their opinions to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Bibb and Monroe Counties may be heading back to the courtroom for another round in the century old border dispute. Tuesday morning, Bibb County attorney Virgil Adams filed a brief in Georgia Supreme Court, in part,…
MACON, Georgia (41nbc/wmgt) - The trial for accused killer Stephen McDaniel has been postponed until January. That's according to Macon district attorney David Cooke. McDaniel is charged with killing and dismembering mercer law graduate Lauren Giddings two years ago. Cooke…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Authorities are trying to figure out who is behind a rash of church burglaries in several counties across Middle Georgia that could possibly be related. These crimes have been going on for months and investigators do…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The city of Warner Robins is making sure members of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve know how much they mean to the community. Tuesday, Officials from the city of Warner Robins along…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The parents of Mercer Law graduate Lauren Giddings filed a wrongful death lawsuit against their daughter's accused killer, Stephen McDaniel on Monday. In a 23 page suit, William and Karen Giddings filed a complaint for damages…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The trial of a Wilkinson County High School teacher accused of molesting a 15-year-old student has been postponed. Wilkinson County Assistant District Attorney Brent Cochran tells 41NBC 29-year-old Cornelius Dontae Jones and his attorney did not…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - There are more than 150,000 Bibb County citizens, but only a few of them showed up at Monday night's public hearing on the school district's budget. The district has to overcome an $18.7 million deficit. Some…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The city of Macon is preparing for Mercer Bear fans to take over downtown and that may mean allowing you to drink in the streets. Macon Mayor Robert Reichert says when football returns to Macon it's…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Milledgeville police made several arrests on Friday in two different cases after receiving a tip of illegal activity going on inside a vacant Milledgeville Housing Authority residence. According to a news release from Major Reggie Hill,…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Perry Fire Department has two stations up and running in an effort to speed up response times. Davis Farm Station is in east Perry and will allow firefighters to respond to calls in half of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Connecting downtown to Mercer University is one of the city's biggest projects, that's what Macon Mayor Robert Reichert expressed during an update on the Second Street transformation. At Monday's Macon Rotary meeting, Reichert told members plans…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Warner Robins police served search warrants at two gas stations on Monday as part of a crackdown on illegal gambling. Crime scene tape and police cars blocked off the Sunoco and BiLow Mart on Green…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - 39 medical students are now one step closer to becoming doctors. In a white coat ceremony Monday afternoon, the Medical Center of Central Georgia welcomed in the class of soon-to-be physicians. 33 residents and six fellows…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The full lineup for this year's Bragg Jam Festival is announced! More than 50 bands and musicians will take the stage at more than a dozen venues around Macon.The annual concert series and pub crawl is set…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The City of Cochran is postponing its plan to consolidate the police and fire chief positions into one public safety director. City Manager Ray Gibson tells 41NBC the idea is put on hold for now. He…