MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Macon Police need your help to find a missing elderly man who was last seen driving his van on Riverside Drive. In a news release, MPD explained that 71 year old David Mann and his wife,…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- A Macon man is arrested for an armed robbery that took place Friday, May 3 in North Bibb County. The Middle Georgia Regional Fugitive Task Force and Macon Police Department's Strike Team arrested 24-year-old Kenneth Antonio…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Laurens County deputies arrested a woman and charged her with 2 counts of giving alcohol to minors. 34-year-old Christie Soles of Dublin turned herself into deputies at the Laurens County Detention Center this afternoon. She was…
AUGUSTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Georgia man dying of cancer has an unusual request at the end of his life: He's seeking corporate sponsorship for his tombstone. David Hunter is quiet, contemplative, and determined. Three adjectives you might expect about…
JULIETTE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Monroe County deputies are investigating a double homicide that happened in south Monroe County near Juliette. According to spokesperson for the sheriff's office, Allison Willis, the victims are Russell Jacobs and James Pittman Wood. The two…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Family, friends and church members of a missing Middle Georgia State College student canvassed the Cochran campus and community passing out flyers. 19-year-old Jmaal Keyes has been missing for nearly two weeks now. Police say he…
IRWINTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Wilkinson County's summer reading program is facing major budget cuts. Library officials are asking for the county's help to make up for the shortfall. The county library's $50,000 budget is made up of funds from the…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - With impending closures and job cuts at Central State Hospital, officials are doing what they can to help employees who could be out of a job. The hospital is offering a free GED program to employees…
BYRON, Georgia (41 NBC) – Peach County's new medical center in Byron has been in the works for the past 12 years and is set to open on June 13. Nancy Peed, CEO of Peach Regional Medical Center, says the…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC) – Macon and the Medical Center of Central Georgia celebrated the completion of the New and Pine Street intersection project with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday. The work improved roads, sidewalks, and traffic flow along Pine…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Jones County deputies are sporting some new technology that's helping them identify criminals within seconds. They're using a finger print scanning system called Rapid ID. Deputies ask a for a person's name, type it in, and…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb Sheriff's Office is investigating a personal armed robbery that took place at the Quality Inn on Chambers Road, according to a news release. Witness reports say around 1:40am on Tuesday, two armed suspects approached…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- For as long as Sgt. Charles Whitaker with the Macon Police Department can remember the Special Olympics torch run has been a tradition for MPD officers and SWAT members. "This is my fifth time doing this…
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Jones County Captain Earl Humphries says 22-year-old Brittany Grizzle was shot and killed Monday night at a home on Joy Cliff Road. Humphries says the shooting happened around 8:40 pm. He identified the shooter as Grizzle's…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's likely you've heard of Gulfstream Aerospace, the Savannah based company that makes those really fancy planes you see in the movies and on TV, right? As part of a series I'm bringing you for the…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Starting on July 1, Warner Robins city employees and their families will pay more for co-pays and brand-name prescriptions. Monday night, council voted 4-2 to approve the increase, with council members Mike Davis and Daron…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Milledgeville police needs the public's help to find a sixteen-year-old runaway. According to a news released from MPD, Brandi Leigh Corbin was last seen walking from her home on May 2 around 8 p.m. Major Reggie…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Artenia Lockett lost a lifetime worth of memories, after a fire ripped through her home on Maynard Street; the 72-year-old and her family survived and it's all thanks to two barking dogs. Early Monday, Lockett's family…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC) - Sgt. Billy Skinner is with the Macon Police Department Bomb Squad. He was on the scene for the suspicious package scare at the Amstar 16 movie theater and also the suspicious package alert at City Hall…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Warner Robins Police Department is looking for a man who walked into the HEA Federal Credit Union on Osigian Boulevard and robbed it. Police say the man walked up to the counter, handed the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - It's been three decades since legislation gave people with rare diseases more options to live a better life, and one man in Macon is living life to the fullest because of it. Jameson Atkinson has a…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – It's been nearly two weeks since Middle Georgia State College student Jmaal Keyes went missing, now his church is assisting in efforts to find him. Members of Destiny World Church in Austell, Georgia plan to canvas…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon City Hall was evacuated for about an hour this afternoon after an unattended suitcase was left on the side of the building. City spokesman Chris Floore told 41NBC Macon police evacuated the building around 1:30.…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Mercer University's Educational Opportunity Center is working to move more people from poverty to prosperity. This weekend, the organization hosted its second "College Day Sunday" event at Christian Fellowship Church in Warner Robins. Dozens of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Losing a limb hasn't stopped Cory Cochran from enjoying life, in fact, he's are diving right in! When he was four, Cochran was run over by a riding lawn mower, struggling for years on the wounded…
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- An early morning car accident in Houston County killed two people and sent one to the hospital in serious condition. A news release from the Houston County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened around 2:00…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Movie goers were evacuated from AmStar 16 in Macon after a backpack was left inside a theater. Lieutenant Sean DeFoe with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says the backpack was full of childrens clothing and books.…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – After 15 years of service and sweet music, Senior Master Sergeant Bill Granger took the stage for one final selection. On Saturday, the Band of U.S. Air Force Reserve performed its last public show with the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC-WMGT) - The Macon Centreplex has been transformed into a world of high-flying acrobatics, and death defying stunts. It takes a lot to put on Cirque du Soleil: Quidam; a healthy body, lots of training and absolutely no fear of…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A current Georgia congressman announced his bid for the U.S. Senate in Macon on Friday. Representative Jack Kingston of Savannah says he could easily stay in the House of Representatives, but wants to take on the…
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A Cochran woman is demanding the city cough up the cash to pay for her medical expenses after she tripped and fell over a broken sidewalk. She tells 41NBC she wants Cochran to be held responsible,…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - Belk is celebrating 125 years of business and they're doing it by going out into the community and celebrating with 125 days of service. Belk and the volunteer organization Points of Light have come together to…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A special group is hosting a Kentucky Derby viewing party Saturday night right here in Macon. Jay's HOPE Foundation is putting on the seventh annual "Celebrate Hope: An Evening at the Races." The event benefits the…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb's Sheriff's Office is investigating two incidents that occurred early Friday morning, according to a news release. The first incident took place around 1am in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn located at 138…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - An old tradition returns once again, as the Georgia State Fair began Thursday at Central City park in Macon. The fair runs through the weekend, ending Sunday night at 10pm. Nick Harmeier, Vice President of Business…
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Old Book Sale is on again at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. The Houston County Friends of the Library is once again holding the book sale to benefit the county's several libraries. Georgette Lipford,…
EATONTON, Georgia (OACA) - Just in time for Mother's Day, Oconee Area Citizen Advocacy is set to host its second annual "Not Your Mama's Garden Tour" on Saturday, May 11, in downtown Eatonton. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tour…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Milledgeville police arrested a husband and wife duo wanted for burglary in Emanuel County. According to a news release, the Emanuel County Sheriff's Office reached out to MPD on Wednesday in reference to two burglary suspects…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- Students honored one of their teachers at a surprise assembly at First Presbyterian Day School in Macon Thursday. After 50 years of teaching, 8 years at Riley Elementary and the last 42 years at FPD, English…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Bibb County School District is still hard at work to erase an $18 million budget deficit. At the school board's last budget workshop, the administration proposed cutting 97 positions, most of which would be teachers.…
EASTMAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- From Genesis to Revelation, Dodge County residents read every word of the Bible this week in the county's first ever Bible reading marathon. "I'm just that vessel being used by him, and it's not about me,…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) -National Prayer Day in Macon was a chance for believers to recognize how important prayer is, and the people at city told 41 NBC how it impacts their daily lives. It was a ceremony filled with…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The recent compromise on air traffic control in Congress gives one Georgia congressman hope that partisan politics can be put aside to tackle national budget cuts. Congressman John Barrow says this is great example of prioritizing.…
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - The Emerald City of Dublin is celebrating its 200th birthday with a new Bicentennial Plaza. Dublin celebrated its birthday with shovels instead of candles. To commemorate its history and future, the Main Street Dublin-Downtown Development Authority…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Pactiv Advanced Packaging Solutions has released a statement after a fire gutted its plant in Bibb County. In an email Tori Berndt, Pactiv Communications Manager wrote: "This morning a fire broke out at Pactiv's molded fiber…
MACON, Georgia (41 NBC/WMGT) - Elderly abuse cases are now a top priority for the Macon Judicial Circuit and District Attorney David Cooke appointed a new man, Will Johnson, to take on those cases. District Attorney David Cooke "wanted someone…
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Milledgeville police are cracking down on speeders and distracted drivers. The police department kicked off its first ever HEAT summer program which targets four area throughout the city over the next 120. MPD picked the locations…
LIZELLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - A dangerous roadway in Bibb County has residents demanding officials take action to make it safer. People who live off Eisenhower Parkway in Lizella say accidents happen on that stretch of highway too often. Plans are…
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As fire crews worked to contain the flames that erupted at a manufacturing plant in Bibb County on Wednesday; many employees worry if their jobs would be salvaged. Pactiv Advanced Packaging Solutions appears to be a…
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) -- The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is looking for two convicted felons who are on the run. Chief Billy Boney says 35-year old Charlie Branner Junior (picutred on left), and 33-year-old Michael Laquell Sanders (pictured on right)…