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…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Cochran man has a stinky situation a few feet from his front door step and he wants something done about it. Tons of chicken manure sits across the street from Kurt Miller's home in Cochran.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A group of middle Georgians was given a second chance and took full advantage. 50 students graduated from Macon councilwoman Elaine Lucas' E.L. Home Study Academy at a ceremony at St. Peter's Baptist Church. The school…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Milledgeville Kappa League program washed more than 30 cars and collected school supplies for Oklahoma tornado victims at a car wash Saturday. The school supplies and a portion of the proceeds from the event will…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It was a day made for a hero. Marine Corporal Tony Mullis, who lost both his legs two years ago after a bomb exploded in Afghanistan, raised the flag at his brand new home--a gift from…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two Warner Robins teens are recovering after they were shot in a Warner Robins parking lot early Saturday morning. According to a release from the Warner Robins Police Department, officers responded to 2024 Watson Boulevard…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Friends, neighbors and family members gathered to remember the four killed in a horrific fire Thursday morning. Hundreds showed up at Countryside Baptist Church in the Lynmore Estates area in macon, to honor Jennifer and Elizabeth…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One of the Wilkinson County high school teachers accused of molesting a 15-year-old student earlier this year pleaded guilty to lesser charges. On Monday, former JROTC instructor Rodney Hunter pleaded guilty to three counts of contributing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The bugs are back in town at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. Their annual Bug Day is all set for Saturday the museum on Forsyth Road in Macon. All kinds of bugs will be on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Old Glory is now 236 years old, and Friday, a historic site in middle Georgia celebrated the Star-Spangled Banner. The event at Fort Hawkins marked Flag Day, and this was the fort's third time hosting the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Officials officially broke ground Friday at the site of the brand new Macon-Bibb Animal Welfare. The 10-acre site off Fulton Mill Road in southwest Bibb County is much different than the shelter's current location, which is…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two Jones County men are recovering after they were struck by lightning during Thursday night's storms. "It was a light show, just continuous lightning, there was no let up," Jones County EMA and Fire Rescue Chief…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two double amputee veterans are about to get a life-changing experience this weekend in Hawkinsville. Tony Mullis, a 23 year-old marine veteran will get the keys to his brand new home, built exclusively for him and…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The City of Cochran is consolidating the two police and fire chief positions and creating one Public Safety Director. City Manager Ray Gibson tells 41NBC Police Chief Key McGuire and Fire Chief Glenn Lord were given…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The neighbor to the woman who lost her life in the duplex fire Thursday morning says she did everything she could to get out alive. Teresa Walker says Jeniffer Caffee and her three daughters were like…
SANDERSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Nearly two dozen Washington County residents came out Thursday to get more information about a proposed coal-fired power plant. The Washington County chapter of the NAACP has taken a stand against "Plant Washington" opening up in…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A new film chronicling the 40 day journey of a father looking for answers about his son's autism premiered in Macon today, and local advocates for autism awareness are celebrating the movie. The United States of…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The man sentenced to death after killing a Baldwin County sheriff's deputy lost his final death row court appeal. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Robert Wayne Hosley's appeal. This is the last one he…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Middle Georgia Regional Airport was a disaster zone Thursday morning, after a bomb went off in the terminal. But don't worry, it was part of an emergency response training exercise. In light of the Boston…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Macon police are searching for two men who robbed a home on Log Cabin Drive Wednesday night. According to a police report, around 8:20 Luis Rodriguez told police two men showed up at 5135 Log Cabin…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Over the last 13 years, getting the new Tubman African American Museum up and running has been a struggle, and Thursday the president of Harmon Construction, Inc.---one of the contractors that was involved that process--revealed he…
MACON (41NBC/WMGT) - 41NBC has learned the names of the people inside a duplex that caught fire early Thursday morning. Jennifer Caffee, 36, along with three minors Elizabeth Caffee, Wendy Chapman, and Holly Tucker have been confirmed dead according to…
MACON (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones has confirmed four people have died in an early Thursday morning house fire in south Bibb County. The fire began around 2:00a.m. in Macon's Peach Orchard Community, which is close to the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The White House Tuesday gave up the fight to keep an age restriction on the Plan B, or morning after pill--and now a local OB/GYN is standing behind that decision. Some argue letting all young women…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The extreme heat is taking it's toll on everyone, but Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says this time of year it's especially important to check on the elderly. From the blaring sun to heat waves bouncing…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Animal abuse investigators are questioning people in the Peach Orchard neighborhood of Bibb County after a local rescue group found two severely abused dogs. Rescue group leaders believe gangs could be behind the violence and they…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County commissioners are one step closer to finalizing the 2014 budget. During Wednesday's work session, county leaders found they had a $7 million deficit. It comes after the county took on my departments from the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The last members of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve are getting ready for their final performance before the group is dismantled later this year. The five member rock group called Reserve Generation…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Medical Center of Peach County is ready to its doors to the public. Officials invited the media to see the hospital's new facilities on Wednesday. Hospital staff worked throughout the morning adding the final touches.…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- It's the start of a new era, as Robins Air Force Base said goodbye to the 689th Combat Communications Wing and it's leader. In a traditional air force ceremony Wednesday morning, Colonel Joseph Scherrer stepped…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon Police are searching for a suspect in the attempted robbery of the Palm Tree Extended Stay Hotel located on Riverside Drive. At approximately 9:20 Monday night, a man walked into the lobby and acted…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County deputies are looking for a man who tried to rob a west Macon hotel with a knife Monday night. At about 10 p.m, a man approached the counter at the Best Western Inn on…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A few local celebrities traded in their day jobs Tuesday night to help fight domestic violence, and they raised almost $12,000 in just four hours. The 2nd annual "Appetites for Advocacy" was put on by the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Some Macon City Council members say they're ready to work with the county to help open up the remaining closed pools. Council met Tuesday afternoon in a worksession about the issue. Last week, council and the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Quick, convenient, and right in the middle of the action! Robins Air Force Base celebrated the opening of a facility that's all that, located right on the flight line. Inside the FAST FORWARD facility, there's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - All of the pools in Bibb County may not be open, but that isn't stopping residents from hopping in this summer. Memorial Park pool is one of only three open so far this summer. But today,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An alligator was found in a backyard The alligator was about nine and half feet long. Holsie Mackey owns the home on Kiernan drive and he says his neighbor called to say the gator was under…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two Middle Georgia hospitals announced they will start working together to cut costs and bring better healthcare to the area. Hospital leaders for Houston Healthcare and the Medical Center of Central Georgia met on Tuesday…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Milledgeville man wanted on drug charges turned himself in to authorities on Monday. The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Chadwick Canty has been on the run for months. Earlier this year, the department conducted…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – One suspect is in custody and another is at large in after a body found near Cook Road in Dodge County. According to Dodge County Coroner Joe Smith, the GBI is investigating the case as an…