WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Perry's Dogwood Festival is living up to its name by including four-legged friends with a dog competition; one local trainer is preparing dogs to compete. Mike Ferguson and his wife have spent their lives turning…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – From car crashes to bus accidents, firefighters from all across the state spent the weekend preparing for the worst in Jones County. The training was part of an annual vehicle rescue exercise. More than 100 first…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Crews returned to the Ocmulgee River this weekend in search for the missing swimmer, presumed dead as of Monday afternoon. It is going on a week now and there is still no sign of the body…
ROCHELLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Wilcox County School System is now considering sponsoring an integrated prom in 2014. The announcement comes just days after a group of Wilcox County High School seniors gained national attention for their efforts to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The search continues for the missing swimmer who drowned in the Ocmulgee River Monday. Friday marks day five of the search for 24-year-old Aaron Cross. Searchers spent all day looking from the air and combing the…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The countdown to the Final Four is almost over, and the City of Cochran is pumped up to watch one of their own, Carl Hall, play for the Wichita State Shockers Saturday night. "It feels great,"…
HAWKINSVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Pulaski County Schools went on lockdown at around 3 PM today after an unidentified man came onto the football field at Hawkinsville High School. The man had a pellet gun on the football field while a…
A Marshallville police officer has won $1 million in a Georgia Lottery prize riding in Peach County. Tinichia Story, who lives in Montezuma, won the big bucks playing the instant game Maximum Green. She claimed her prize Tuesday at the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A man was robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning at the Murphy USA gas station located at 6040 Harrison Road. John Lee, a 56-year-old Sun City Center, Florida native was buying gas at 3:42 a.m. when…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating two men who robbed a man and stole his car while he was filling up with gas early Friday morning. According to a…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon non-profit group, Community Health Works, is hosting a dinner fundraiser to help provide assistance for people to have more and easier access to local, healthy foods. As part of Community Health Works' mission, the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police say they have arrested the man responsible for beating up another man in downtown Macon on Poplar Street and Second Street Lane. Police were able to capture the suspect Lonnie Layson, after he threw…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Macon mother accused of killing her three children in a house fire was granted bond Thursday. A Bibb County judge set Colethia Williams bond at $75,000 with some restrictions. She's not allowed to have any…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Home prices in Middle Georgia are increasing according to a news release from Core Logic, a property information and analytics firm. The data shows that home prices in Macon rose by 11 point one percent in February…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon says Robins Air Force Base's annual economic impact of $2.9 billion could be in jeopardy. Thursday at a 21st Century Partnership Forum at the Museum of Aviation, McMahon called on base…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police need your help in locating a suspect wanted in connection with a bank robbery that took place at the SunTrust Bank on Vineville Avenue around 10AM Thursday morning. According to a new release by…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The man arrested for the murder of a Hawkinsville will make his first appearance in court Thursday. Macon police arrested 30-year-old Brandon Sherod Davis and charged him felony murder and a superior court probation violation. Davis…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Search efforts are on hold Thursday morning for the man believed to have drowned in the Ocmulgee River Monday. Lt. Sean Defoe with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office tells 41NBC searchers are on standby and waiting…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Students at Stratford Academy got an 'out of this world' learning experience Wednesday. One by one, the students there lined up for their once in a lifetime chance to speak with an astronaut aboard the International…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Wednesday marks day three for the search of the missing swimmer who drowned in the Ocmulgee River on Monday. Searchers used a cadaver dog, to narrow down the area and they believe they know where the…
ABBEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Every spring, students in Wilcox County dress up and head off to separate proms, one for the white students and the other for black students. But this year, that could all change. "It's embarrassing to know…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Middle Georgia Regional Airport has one of five air control towers in Georgia expected to close this month. 41 NBC spoke with Air Traffic Manager Walt Alexander about the pending closures and what he and his…
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Peach County Ford changed hands, and that means about 30 employees are jobless. On Wednesday morning the lot full with trucks and cars looked ready for business, but Peach County Ford wasn't open. According to two…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Houston County Sheriff's Office says a suspect is in custody in connection with the death of 26-year-old Chassity Lester of Hawkinsville. 30-year-old Brandon Davis of Macon turned himself in to the office Wednesday morning. …
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's prom season in middle Georgia, and some Warner Robins High School students have a message for all students; Don't Drink and Drive. From the start, it's easy to see where the Youtube video is…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Two men have been arrested in connection to copper thefts at several Macon and Bibb County recreational parks, according to a news release sent out by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. Stephen Andrew Sanders, 38 of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Bibb County's new animal shelter will hold nearly 140 animals, and the best part is, there'll still be room for expansion. Tuesday night, architects from Tevis Architects and Dunwody/Beeland Architects presented the building's design plan to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon's College Hill Corridor will soon see some changes, thanks to nearly $250,000 in grant money. Tuesday, the Community Foundation of Central Georgia awarded 11 grants as part of the Knight Foundation's Neighborhood Challenge. The grants…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Crews continue to search up and down the Ocmulgee River for the missing swimmer who drowned Monday afternoon. He is 24-year-old Aaron Austin Cross. Crews stopped working overnight, but they were back out at 7:30 Tuesday…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 12-year-old boy is recovering after he was struck by a car in north Macon. Emergency crews were on the scene Tuesday afternoon off of Pierce Avenue near the intersection of Old Holton Road. A relative…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – With the newest expansion of the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail complete, local leaders say they're one step closer to creating one of the largest river trails in the state of Georgia. The half mile stretch runs through…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A new fitness center is moving into downtown Macon and the Dannenberg. One of middle Georgia's most well-known health clubs, Kinetix, will fill the corner commercial space on the bottom of the building. Partners of the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Byron man died Monday night after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a utility pole. 27-year-old Marcus Allen was traveling westbound on Booth Road around 7 p.m. According to Warner Robins…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - U.S. Attorney Michael Moore announced Tuesday the sentencing for the man who stole more than $200,000 worth of cash, goods, and services from merchants and credit card companies. 49 year old Macon resident Thanh Quoc Hoang…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Former Twiggs County superintendent Dr. Valya Lee is one of five finalists for the superintendent position in Tuscaloosa County. Dr. Lee took on the role as Twiggs County superintendent in July 2010. During an interview with…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Seven months after being found guilty in federal court, a Macon man is sentenced to 28 months in prison. A news release from the United States Attorney for the Middle Georgia District says 49-year-old Thanh Quoc…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - One week after a fire started in a mechanical room at the Rosewood Nursing Center in East Macon, an 82 year old resident has died from smoke inhalation. Coroner Leon Jones said Betty Smith passed away…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon council committee wants the Bibb County Commission to prioritize its recreation spending. The appropriations committee Monday afternoon asked the commission to build the Filmore Thomas Recreation Center first when it starts spending penny tax…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Crews have temporarily called off the search for the body of a Warner Robins man who drowned Monday in the Ocmulgee River near Amerson Water Works Park. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells us the search…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Authorities have released the dramatic 911 tapes that came moments after officers shot and killed a Warner Robins man back in March. The emergency calls detail the minutes that led up to the domestic dispute on…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Russell Holt's defense attorney has filed a change of venue motion seeking to move his client's upcoming murder trial to a different courthouse. Holt, a former Georgia Department of Corrections probation officer, is charged with shooting…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Board of Education voted to extend the current acting superintendent's position. During a called meeting Monday morning, the BOE immediately went into closed session. According to the agenda, they were discussing "personal…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County Board of Education voted to extend the current acting superintendent's position. During a called meeting Monday morning, the BOE immediately went into closed session. According to the agenda, they were discussing "personal…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A group of women across Middle Georgia are apart of a nationwide movement to battle obesity. The group is called Black Girls Run! The organization started as a blog in 2009 and has spread across…
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A new fast food restaurant in Fort Valley has an historic twist. The Wendy's on Camellia Boulevard opens this week and in front of it is the sign from the old Coca-Cola Bottling Plant. Late…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – 11-year-old Kaylee Williamson raced across Ada Lee Park on Saturday in hopes to find the lucky egg. Hundreds of real and plastic-filled eggs were hidden throughout the park's hills. But for Williamson, the stakes were…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon Police Department's Internal Affairs Division has a new director. On Monday, Captain Terry Timely, with the criminal investigation division, will take over the new position. The current director, Captain Jimmy Barbee will be reassigned to…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A bill passed by Georgia lawmakers could abolish the Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority and transfer responsibilities to the Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority. Georgia State Representative Jimmy Pruett introduced the legislation to "streamline the daily…
Wichita State senior Carl Hall's family and high school basketball coach talk about his team's unlikely trip to the Elite 8. COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Wichita State Shockers are heading to the Elite 8. A big reason for that…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Macon City councilwoman is crying foul over what she calls changes Republican lawmakers made last night at the Gold Dome. Councilwoman Elaine Lucas says local GOP leaders gave permission to the consolidation transition task force…